SO...
I go to look for "gun stuff" at Cash America Pawn. I spot an Eotech 552 behind the counter for 275 and think, well hell, I'd be an idiot not to buy this. So I ask to see it and I immediately can tell that the metal feels cheap. I press the NV button in the middle... The one that is supposed to make the "thingy" disappear so you can only see it with the magical goggle thingies. Guess what? Yea, turned green.
So here I am pitying the store, thinking damn these folks got ripped off. I proceed to tell the lady behind the counter, hey this is a fake. I go into all the ways you can spot a fake Eotech and educate the woman. She seems interested and shocked. Oh by the way it was in a legitimate Eotech box.
I give it back to her and wouldn't you know....... SHE PUTS IT BACK ON THE DAMNED SHELF. I say, "hey, you're not going to continue to sell that are you? I mean it'd be messed up to sell that to a guy who knows no better, for 275, those things are 80 bucks and wouldn't last on a real firearm". Her reply...
"Well yea, I have to. It was sold to us so we have to sell it"...
Me: "Ha, no way, you're going to sell this to someone and cheat your customer, allowing them to think this is real?"
Her: "Well... It was sold to us to I have to sell it and they should know..."
Anyway that went back and fourth for about 8 rebuttals until I asked for the manager who simply smiled and nodded at me. I called another store to ask that manager what the hell the deal was with them selling a known fake as a the real deal. HIS response... "Maybe they'll just sell if for a little less..."
WHAT THE HELL?!
For some reason I had to fight the urge to run out with it and throw it as far as I could.
Don't shop there for guns, gun stuff, or anything for that matter. You have been warned.
I go to look for "gun stuff" at Cash America Pawn. I spot an Eotech 552 behind the counter for 275 and think, well hell, I'd be an idiot not to buy this. So I ask to see it and I immediately can tell that the metal feels cheap. I press the NV button in the middle... The one that is supposed to make the "thingy" disappear so you can only see it with the magical goggle thingies. Guess what? Yea, turned green.
So here I am pitying the store, thinking damn these folks got ripped off. I proceed to tell the lady behind the counter, hey this is a fake. I go into all the ways you can spot a fake Eotech and educate the woman. She seems interested and shocked. Oh by the way it was in a legitimate Eotech box.
I give it back to her and wouldn't you know....... SHE PUTS IT BACK ON THE DAMNED SHELF. I say, "hey, you're not going to continue to sell that are you? I mean it'd be messed up to sell that to a guy who knows no better, for 275, those things are 80 bucks and wouldn't last on a real firearm". Her reply...
"Well yea, I have to. It was sold to us so we have to sell it"...
Me: "Ha, no way, you're going to sell this to someone and cheat your customer, allowing them to think this is real?"
Her: "Well... It was sold to us to I have to sell it and they should know..."
Anyway that went back and fourth for about 8 rebuttals until I asked for the manager who simply smiled and nodded at me. I called another store to ask that manager what the hell the deal was with them selling a known fake as a the real deal. HIS response... "Maybe they'll just sell if for a little less..."
WHAT THE HELL?!
For some reason I had to fight the urge to run out with it and throw it as far as I could.
Don't shop there for guns, gun stuff, or anything for that matter. You have been warned.