Just wanted to share an unfortunate experience that I had here yesterday. So I'm up near Merrimack, NH about once a month because my wife shops at the outlets there. I usually drop her off and make a quick stop at Collectable Firearms and Ammo to pick up some .22 ammo if they have any. I've never had any issues before buying multiple boxes, but that all changed yesterday. They had about 10 boxes of 500 count Remington Thunderbolts, so I grabbed 4 of them to check out. Here's the exact dialogue.
Clerk: "Are you a New Hampshire resident?"
Me: "No."
Clerk: "Then I'm gonna have to restrict you to one box."
Me: "Really?"
Clerk: "Yeah, I don't wanna get cleaned out. I wanna have some for local customers."
Me: "Okay then."
Clerk: "Yep, sorry, tough world."
I'm not a confrontational guy, so I don't bother arguing about my previous purchases there. As I'm driving back though, I get more and more annoyed at the arbitrary implementation of this, in my view, unequal policy. I may not be a "local customer", but by his definition, it didn't matter how far away you lived, as long as you came from somewhere in NH. I'm also a repeat customer there, it wasn't like it was my first time going in there, looking to neckbeard and clear him out of 22 ammo, the prices of which weren't even that great. I understand restricting ammo, so many shops do it for 22lr, even Shooter's Outpost, and I don't mind if it's clearly stated and enforced for all customers. What annoyed me was that it was just set forth based on a very vague idea of where you're coming in from, and that there are different sets of rules based on where you live. I left with my one box and ended up just driving another 20 minutes up to Riley's, plenty of ammo, no restrictions .
This is not a dig at Collectable Firearms and Ammo. Like I said, I go there often, and in the past, I've always been treated nicely. No nonsense with checking my LTC or anything, just carding me to make sure I was of legal age to purchase (Asian genetics...) I'll probably still swing by out of convenience when I take my wife shopping, for my allotted 1 box as a MA resident. I just wanted to share my experience with this new policy. What do you guys think?
Clerk: "Are you a New Hampshire resident?"
Me: "No."
Clerk: "Then I'm gonna have to restrict you to one box."
Me: "Really?"
Clerk: "Yeah, I don't wanna get cleaned out. I wanna have some for local customers."
Me: "Okay then."
Clerk: "Yep, sorry, tough world."
I'm not a confrontational guy, so I don't bother arguing about my previous purchases there. As I'm driving back though, I get more and more annoyed at the arbitrary implementation of this, in my view, unequal policy. I may not be a "local customer", but by his definition, it didn't matter how far away you lived, as long as you came from somewhere in NH. I'm also a repeat customer there, it wasn't like it was my first time going in there, looking to neckbeard and clear him out of 22 ammo, the prices of which weren't even that great. I understand restricting ammo, so many shops do it for 22lr, even Shooter's Outpost, and I don't mind if it's clearly stated and enforced for all customers. What annoyed me was that it was just set forth based on a very vague idea of where you're coming in from, and that there are different sets of rules based on where you live. I left with my one box and ended up just driving another 20 minutes up to Riley's, plenty of ammo, no restrictions .
This is not a dig at Collectable Firearms and Ammo. Like I said, I go there often, and in the past, I've always been treated nicely. No nonsense with checking my LTC or anything, just carding me to make sure I was of legal age to purchase (Asian genetics...) I'll probably still swing by out of convenience when I take my wife shopping, for my allotted 1 box as a MA resident. I just wanted to share my experience with this new policy. What do you guys think?