Maurers Trading post

**awdxtc** · September 20th, 2011, 10:11 PM

This is very sad. I live in a depressed part of the state and to see a business that actually offers a decent selection so we don't have to drive all over the place, or place orders over the internet; to see this business making such bad decisions that leaves us no other choice is sad.

**allen16323** · September 21st, 2011, 10:38 AM

Altra is a good shop to work with I would check them.

**awdxtc** · September 21st, 2011, 12:40 PM

do you have a number for them?

**sprrdhawk44** · September 21st, 2011, 01:08 PM

Altra is a very nice shop. The guy that runs it is one hell of a nice guy. Maurers has a nice selection, but I have to agree that their prices seem really high on everything. I imagine the only business they get is from people who don't know any better, or impulse buyers.

**awdxtc** · September 24th, 2011, 07:49 PM

I never did get a call back from them...surprise. I really think business must not be that great there. It seems to me that they are trying to make up for it by overcharging. No one in their right mind can justify charging over $700 dollars for a $500 gun. If they think that $700 dollars is the correct price then I guess I know why business is not going so well, a misinformed owner and employees. Anyone in that business should know the market price otherwise they are in the wrong business.

**Connal** · December 2nd, 2013, 06:08 PM

Thought I would add my recent experience to this.

I've been shopping there since I was seven years old, and I got my first .22, so I have been a repeated customer.

Over time if you know who to talk to, you can get a good deal, as long as the owner isn't in the shop. With my new job, I was looking into building an AR pistol. Saw they had one on the shelf. Couldn't tell what manufacturer, but it had no sights, no optics, no nothing. Just the pistol.

I track down one of their new . . I guess the polite word would be employee. But more like a burlap sack of cabbage clippings. Or at least his attitude would lead me to believe that.

"Hey, quick question. What is the price on the AR pistol down there?"
Oh, you mean the beretta?
"No, not the ARX160, the AR pistol. The plane Jane, right hand side, second from the top."
I don't think we have one.
"Sure you do, I can see if from here. Second down, right there."
Oh, that one is . . . uh. $1,800.

Now, I know I can get a sig p516 for a little less than $1,500.

"Why is the price so high?"
Well, that is what we paid for it, so we have to sell it for that much. It's business 101. At this point, he is giving me a little attitude. I figure I might as well dish it out too, at least a little bit.

"Actually, business 101 would be selling for a profit. If you sell things for the same price you buy them, there is no profit."
Well, if you don't want it, don't buy it.
"I wouldn't mind having it, but when I can get a sig 516 for less than that, why would I spend more to be treated so poorly?"
Yeah, I would like to see you find one for less than that.

So I pulled my phone out, found one, showed it to him. And then I just walked out the door.

No more of my business anymore. And this is after they took down the sign saying all guns must be checked. Crooked bastards.