Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on February 15, 2008, 08:09:53 AM
Post by: mfree on February 15, 2008, 08:13:35 AM
I can say that except for restaurant work, I could have done nearly anything else and made more; I could not, however, have had more fun or learned more about my favorite hobby.
Sometimes it ain't all about the Benjamins, dig?
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on February 15, 2008, 08:15:30 AM
Maybe a weekend gun shop gig would be the ticket.
Post by: Bogie on February 15, 2008, 08:24:06 AM
Post by: Finch on February 15, 2008, 08:28:01 AM
I'm guessing that most of them are retired from their previous jobs as customer disservice reps...
Or Navy Seals....
Post by: Sergeant Bob on February 15, 2008, 08:57:28 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on February 15, 2008, 09:11:18 AM
Because they'd probably recall all the battlefield pickups they'd seen everywhere, from BARs to PPSh's, and be reminded each and every day how many tens of thousands of dollars they'd be worth here.
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 15, 2008, 10:19:52 AM
I'm guessing that most of them are retired from their previous jobs as customer disservice reps...
Or Navy
Fixed!
Post by: MechAg94 on February 15, 2008, 10:57:36 AM
Post by: Brad Johnson on February 16, 2008, 12:30:42 PM
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So, what does the typical gun shop employee pull down a year?
About enough to keep them in guns and ammunition. Their other bills? Who knows...
Brad
Post by: ilbob on February 16, 2008, 12:41:40 PM
all they get is wholesale pricing on guns and no transfer fees.
Post by: Standing Wolf on February 16, 2008, 03:31:40 PM
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on February 16, 2008, 05:07:05 PM
Post by: K Frame on February 16, 2008, 05:53:29 PM
I certainly didn't get rich, but I was fortunate in that I was working there when the assault weapons/high capacity magazine ban were going into place. People were panic buying obscenely priced firearms and magazines.
I think I was making $7 an hour and 3% commission...
Post by: wooderson on February 16, 2008, 05:57:30 PM
Post by: bunni on February 16, 2008, 06:25:51 PM
Post by: Manedwolf on February 16, 2008, 06:31:49 PM
I'd imagine you'd make as much as any other hellish retail job - perhaps less since it seems nowadays many brick and mortar gun shops are sinking.
A lot I've seen just price themselves to death. People are informed consumers now, they know how much stuff costs online, and they're not going to be fooled in a lot of cases. If a store has a rifle for hundreds of dollars more than it can be had for online, even with shipping and transfer fee, a lot of people are going to leave it there to get dusty.
One of the most successful ones I know of, my favorite store, MOVES guns. They have some higher-priced collector pieces, and they also move Saigas out the door at $250 for the 5.56 and $260 for the 7.62. They get S&B ammo and sell it for cheaper than Wal-Mart. They get odd lots of milsurp and stack it all over, like treasures to find and grab, and price it low to move.
As I result, I spend lots of money at the place!
Post by: S. Williamson on February 16, 2008, 06:37:04 PM
There is no money to be had. You cannot live on what they pay.