Originally Posted by
NRA Trucker
Cabela's can't be beat for the selection of firearms on display. However, the prices on some of their handguns are just plain nuts. $617 for a Glock 26?!
I was in Cabela's a last weekend, just to see what they would offer me for a Beretta if I was to trade it in on another firearm. I told the greeter what I wanted and he asked "Do you have the weapon?!" I told him that yes I did, as it was my carry piece. I showed him where it was on my waist and drew it from the holster. The pistol was not loaded because I removed the magazine while I was in my truck and stuck it in my pocket.
He then proceeds to put a trigger lock on it, or I try I should say. After watching him struggle with it, I offered "I think you have it backwards". "I know what i'm doing!", he exclaims. He then tells me to follow him over to the office where they do the appraisals.
When we get to the office another gentleman asks me if I have the magazine for the gun. I tell him that I do and leave it at that. After waiting for about 15 minutes, he comes over to me and offers $300 for it. That's what I figured they would offer. I tell him that for that price, i'd rather just keep it. He tells me that I just need to let him know when i'm ready to leave, because he will need to escort me out of the store before handing over my pistol. I tell him that in that case, i'm ready to leave now.
He escorts me out, hands me the pistol and I walk out. However, I wasn't finished shopping yet. So I go around the corner of the building, out of sight of suspicious onlookers so I can re-insert my magazine and chamber a round. I then walk back into the store and go about my business.
What I find funny about this whole situation is that I was not allowed to have my firearm back while I was in the store, yet Cabela's has signs on the front doors stating that they respect a persons right to legally carry concealed or open inside of the store.