Originally Posted by
SeanMP
Firstly, although I'm not condoning CTC policies they do have the right to set whatever "conditions of sale" they feel are appropriate. As long as what they are asking is
a) Non discriminatory
b) Not Illegal in itself
Ferrari will not sell you a car until you have completed their drivers course
Rolls Royce will not sell you a car unless you can show you have the appropriate assets to maintain that car for it's projected lifetime
The pharmacy in a major city will not sell you Sudafed unless you provide ALL your personal information.
These are all conditions of sale and are all completely legitimate. If you do not accept the conditions you have the right to not proceed with that transaction.
But secondly and more importantly why are you supporting CTC at all? They are far more interested in selling her the latest Martha Stewart flatware than him a rifle or a set of tires. The margin on that set of tires is 25% the margin on the flatware is closer to a 1000%. My local canadian tire is one of the handful that have an entire grocery store in the middle.
The solution is simple....don't support mass retailers, because they just don't care about you or your 25%
Support Eric, support your local gunsmith/outdoors shop, or support dedicated merchandisers like LeBaron....they all have one thing in common. You are their ONLY market.