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Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:10 pm
by shoppe
Guess what! The second parcel has not arrived Either!
More emails with no replies.
I called this morning and was told my order had been posted yesterday? All she would tell me,it was definitely posted yesterday. I can only assume they did not have a parts I ordered in stock and was waiting for the parts to arrive in stock.
If that was the case and they told me ,I would have been fine with that and waited.
I will see that the next few days bring.
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:47 pm
by hitchphil
Graham M wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:09 pm
I only went into the NSRA shop ONCE!!!! many years ago in 1988 and that was enough for me. The prices were higher and the service was appalling.
I wanted to buy a .22 match rifle and after trying to get the attention of the drunken asshole behind the counter
I gave up.
The NSRA were at that time asking £930 for an Anschutz 1913, so I took a ride down to Surrey Guns and saw Graham Manley who got me my rifle (which I still have) for £765.
I was also able to buy gert big Gunguard case, a shooting glove, sling , shooting cap, mat and pay the petrol money to get there and back AND have my dinner in Wallington for less than the cost of a rifle from the NSRA.
Even their ammo was more expensive than my local shop.
Jesus only 34 years ago!
.... you dont hold a grudge then hu? - will the same bloke be there behind the counter? is it even the same shop? has your local shop survived? & does it have any where near the stock options & range of goods as the NSRA shop?
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 7:35 am
by Pete
I've never had a problem with them......they have regular deliveries from HPS, and in the past have been happy to hold my personal HPS orders of primers and centre fire ammo etc. for me to collect, thus saving me a lot of hassle....
Pete
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:50 am
by Graham M
hitchphil wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:47 pm
Jesus only 34 years ago!
.... you dont hold a grudge then hu? - will the same bloke be there behind the counter? is it even the same shop? has your local shop survived? & does it have any where near the stock options & range of goods as the NSRA shop?
No I don't suppose he is still there, but unfortunately that sort of thing does stick in a persons memory. I just could not believe how the NSRA could have someone who was obviously the worse for wear serving on a counter offering firearms for sale. In the last 50 years of shooting I have seen so many good shops close down it's frightening, but I still find it cheaper to go to other suppliers for my needs. I have just bought a new shooting jacket for prone rifle and it was cheaper and easier to send to Intershoot in Northern Ireland
https://www.intershoot.co.uk/
Took 6 days including the weekend but I have had things within 3 days if ordered on a Monday. And they were cheaper than the NSRA shop.
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:11 am
by rox
Graham M wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:50 amAnd they were cheaper than the NSRA shop.
STOP PRESS: Online retailers cheaper than bricks & mortar stores shock!
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:18 am
by Graham M
Graham M wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:09 pm
The NSRA were at that time asking £930 for an Anschutz 1913, so I took a ride down to Surrey Guns and saw Graham Manley who got me my rifle (which I still have) for £765.
I was also able to buy gert big Gunguard case, a shooting glove, sling , shooting cap, mat and pay the petrol money to get there and back AND have my dinner in Wallington for less than the cost of a rifle from the NSRA.
Even their ammo was more expensive than my local shop.
Surrey Guns were a "Bricks and Mortar" shop as well.
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:13 pm
by kevinww
Although Surrey Guns is no more, the old fart Graham Manley is still about and I regularly extract the urine out of him and vice versa and he still gets us some good deals on stuff as he retained his RFD.
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:10 pm
by shoppe
Guess what again!!
No parcel has arrived despite being told on Tuesday it was posted last Monday.
I called today to be told ,they had a mix up on my emails.
My email said ,IF by chance I received the two parcels I would phone up and pay for the second parcel. I will use the stuff anyway so no big deal.
I have told it was posted yesterday. This is the third time I have been told this. Will wait and see.if what I am being told is true, his would be the fourth parcel to be sent.
I ordered stuff from reloading solutions on Thursday and got it today.
Re: Nsra shop open??
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:39 am
by shoppe
