And it appears that NSF has updated their front page to remove the hotlink. I'll keep the site up just for giggles.
i would have loved to see their reactions when they found out the site was now live....
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And it appears that NSF has updated their front page to remove the hotlink. I'll keep the site up just for giggles.
Still playing stupid, petty, business-killing games instead of trying to act like the person in the equation who actually has something to lose. Dumb. At the absolute minimum they should just shut up about it and move on.
Attention: Out of stater's, You see something you would like, call us, we do ship.
Even if you somehow justify in your mind the ATF issue, their response in and of itself is reason enough to avoid the place. I will never shop in a place that holds their customers in such contempt.
It appears someone finally convinced them to take down the section attacking NES and telling us to stay out of the store.
This ^I didn't know NSF even existed until I read about it on this forum. The business they got from me they owe entirely to members of this forum. The business I will forever take somewhere else, they lost because of the way the acted on this forum.
If you've never been there and just want to gossip, do us all a favor and keep quiet.
northshorefirearms; said:It is quite apparent that the members of North East Shooters Forum have been very critical of our store since we opened 6 years ago. I have never thought much of some the members, nor the site itself in a whole, a forum which consistently downgrades gun stores in our region for not kissing their butt, very immature behavior. Please, read some of their posts, not just about us but other stores as well. The lack of responsible staff members is the blame to allow such ill- mannered behavior. We are the only gun store that I know of, who does not and will not put up with such antics. Most gun stores around here do whatever they can to please these people, so that they don’t get bashed. We never wanted these people in our store to begin with, that is quite apparent. Buying and owning guns should be done by responsible mature adults; far and few between on this forum. I’m sure all gun shop owners would agree, but, unfortunately, they are too scared to admit it openly. They are also to blame for spoiling them to the point of no return.
At North Shore Firearms, we treat every person who comes into our store equally, regardless of race, color, creed, etc. (In my family alone there are 3 interracial marriages.) For your information, we did not call the Methuen Police Department. We notified the BATF, while they were in our store, of a person “exhibiting odd and unusual behavior”, which were my exact words.
The following is the sequence of events that occurred:
#1- A customer that we sold an AK47 to had been calling us up to 5 times a day for the last 5 days.
#2- We knew who he was because we have caller ID.
#3- When he called, he used broken English and altered the tone of his voice, obviously to sound like a foreigner, such as; “you… make…a… AK47… into pistol? You…a… have…a… flash… suppressor for AK? You… have…a… gunsmith? You…give…a… me…name…gunsmith?”
#4- Yes, he did this 5 times a day for 5 days.
#5-When he purchased the AK, he, his brother, and father spoke perfect English.
#6- All of this took place after we sold him the gun.
#7- That’s it. That is all we said, no more no less. Would I do it again? Yes.
#8- We cannot say any more about what happened afterwards as a result of notifying the BATF.
#9- I will say that we are not the only store involved.
Sad. Really. I remember when they first opened and I tried to help them out as much as I could. Recommendations on their website, helping out with the computer systems (even completely rebuilding Jr's personal computer), and more whenever I could, etc. In return, I was always treated very fairly by them, often getting discounts, etc. Hell they even let me behind the counter to show firearms in the display cases and racks to myself. As a result, I've spent quite a few thousand there. There was a trust there. I'm not going to sit here and knock that. That being said, this latest BS to develop with the BATF, FBI, and whatever other alphabet agency you want to add along with nitwits at the Methuen Police Dept. gloating on facebook; followed by bizarre posts by NSF on this forum and their professional business website is total bullshit and the perfect storm method to send your business into the crapper.
NSF makes their biggest mistake in thinking that NES is the "Yelp" for gun stores in MA. It's not. It's a community. It's a community of like minded people (in this case shooters) who enjoy the hobby and in most cases are willing to bend over backwards for one another. There are countless threads demonstrating the kindness of members on this forum (except for Dench). NES doesn't exist just to be critical about gun shops and it certainly doesn't exist just to post negative reviews about said gun shops. There are many review threads on here for shops without a single negative on them.
I'd venture to say that hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not pushing a million dollars or more per year changes hands amongst members of this forum and gun shops active on this forum as a DIRECT RESULT OF THIS FORUM EXISTING. The fact that NSF doesn't want a piece of this money sort of baffles me. Why be in business if you can't maximize every single avenue of profit? The guys giving away a firearm a year to drive more business into their stores or doing raffles/karma, they know what they are doing.
I don't know what else to say as the story keeps changing. Fortunately for me I don't need anymore firearms at the moment and I don't need ammo for them as I haven't been shooting for a year due a spine injury, but even if I had money and given all that's going with NSF and the fact their website says they don't want me in their store in anymore, I'm finding it hard to ever want to step foot there again.
What on earth are you guys doing?