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lobster_roboto · 06-18-2007, 11:48 PM

So it is almost 1am and I just got back from my weekly excursion to wal-mart to buy a few food items and what not... I do this quite often and everytime I go I pick up a box of blazer brass .45 so I can keep my stocks up.

Every time I go it is late. Why you ask?
A.) I am a bit reclusive.
B.) to many people during the day
C.) Working during the day.

It has never been a problem with buying ammo this late. But tonight it was.
After waiting for 20 minutes at the counter someone finally walks up and tells me that he doesn't think I can buy ammo after midnight. He even calls his manager and confirms this.

Why all the sudden can I not buy ammo at night?
Isn't wal-mart about efficacy and convenience?

Tard · 06-18-2007, 11:53 PM

Tell me you are kidding.

dasanii19 · 06-18-2007, 11:54 PM

Ive been turned down at night to buy ammo at Walmart. I think its a dumb rule, I dont get it..

Tard · 06-18-2007, 11:55 PM

I'm never up past 11PM so I guess I'll never know.

lobster_roboto · 06-19-2007, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tard

Tell me you are kidding.

Not in the slightest.

The reasoning I got from the manager was that someone could buy ammo leave load the gun and come back and start shooting.

I was speechless. I started thinking maybe just maybe wal-mart has some exclusive bullets that only fire after midnight.

I guess I can't do anything about it except get there earlier. I just hate having to deal with the hordes of people in wal-mart and then if you're buying anything else besides bullets they force you to check out at register "15" the infamous cigarette isle that is always 20 people in a line strong.

Up until now I just accepted the strange looks I get for buying handgun ammunition in the middle of the night.

texasm203 · 06-19-2007, 12:03 AM

It's not Wal-Mart policy. It happens because

1) Somebody lost the keys to the ammo cabinet
2) Somebody is too lazy and so is the manager
3) You have a quirky state law prohibiting this.

Mephis · 06-19-2007, 12:09 AM

Never heard of this, I bought ammo at 2am last week...

phaetos · 06-19-2007, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lobster_roboto

The reasoning I got from the manager was that someone could buy ammo leave load the gun and come back and start shooting.

Can't that happen regardless of the time of day?

Quote:

I was speechless. I started thinking maybe just maybe wal-mart has some exclusive bullets that only fire after midnight.

Sounds perfectly reasonable.

Quote:

and then if you're buying anything else besides bullets they force you to check out at register "15" the infamous cigarette isle that is always 20 people in a line strong.

Strange, I have to buy it in sporting goods, nowhere else.

Ishpeck · 06-19-2007, 01:18 AM

I boycott Wal-Mart after their incompetent staff failed to check me out one day. I just wanted ONE box of ammo but they couldn't handle the pressure.

retired · 06-19-2007, 01:57 AM

I have read lots of posts about buying ammo at Walmart since joinging 3yrs ago and I have noticed most of the complaints seem to come from states that are more gun friendly than Ca.

I have never experienced one problem in buying ammo from any of the Walmarts I have gone to. I have never been escorted out by a mgr. for buying multiple boxes of ammo (not a case I will admit) either.

Heck, one time, my son bought some 357sig ammo by mistake before we met up for the day. I went to the store and explained he made a mistake and I needed 357 magnum ammo as I didn't even have a gun that shot the sig. They exchanged the ammo even tho the company policy says they aren't supposed to. I just paid the difference in price between the two.

I just wish they sold guns in Ca. again, but they won't anymore because of a problem a few years back.

06-18-2007, 11:48 PM	#1
lobster_roboto XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,683	say no to bullets after dark? So it is almost 1am and I just got back from my weekly excursion to wal-mart to buy a few food items and what not... I do this quite often and everytime I go I pick up a box of blazer brass .45 so I can keep my stocks up. Every time I go it is late. Why you ask? A.) I am a bit reclusive. B.) to many people during the day C.) Working during the day. It has never been a problem with buying ammo this late. But tonight it was. After waiting for 20 minutes at the counter someone finally walks up and tells me that he doesn't think I can buy ammo after midnight. He even calls his manager and confirms this. Why all the sudden can I not buy ammo at night? Isn't wal-mart about efficacy and convenience? __________________ "Let's go straight to the source and ban crime"

06-18-2007, 11:53 PM	#2
Tard XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Machias, WA Posts: 3,844	Tell me you are kidding. __________________ If you aren't part of the solution you are part of the precipitate.

06-18-2007, 11:54 PM	#3
dasanii19 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 3,619	Ive been turned down at night to buy ammo at Walmart. I think its a dumb rule, I dont get it.. __________________ MY NAME IS SUE!!! HOW DO YOU DO!!! "I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it."

06-18-2007, 11:55 PM	#4
Tard XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Machias, WA Posts: 3,844	I'm never up past 11PM so I guess I'll never know. __________________ If you aren't part of the solution you are part of the precipitate.

06-19-2007, 12:03 AM	#6
texasm203 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Antonio Posts: 1,452	It's not Wal-Mart policy. It happens because 1) Somebody lost the keys to the ammo cabinet 2) Somebody is too lazy and so is the manager 3) You have a quirky state law prohibiting this. __________________ If you won't stand behind our troops, please stand in front of them!

06-19-2007, 12:09 AM	#7
Mephis XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 587	Never heard of this, I bought ammo at 2am last week... __________________ All guns lost in tragic boating accident until 08 president is decided.

06-19-2007, 01:18 AM	#9
Ishpeck XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 4,204	I boycott Wal-Mart after their incompetent staff failed to check me out one day. I just wanted ONE box of ammo but they couldn't handle the pressure. __________________ When given a chance to issue letters of marque and reprisal against Bin Laden, Congress voted against it and instead, voted the Patriot Act into law. Tells you who they think their real enemies are. http://www.ishpeck.net/

06-19-2007, 01:57 AM	#10
retired XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S. Calif. Posts: 5,532	I have read lots of posts about buying ammo at Walmart since joinging 3yrs ago and I have noticed most of the complaints seem to come from states that are more gun friendly than Ca. I have never experienced one problem in buying ammo from any of the Walmarts I have gone to. I have never been escorted out by a mgr. for buying multiple boxes of ammo (not a case I will admit) either. Heck, one time, my son bought some 357sig ammo by mistake before we met up for the day. I went to the store and explained he made a mistake and I needed 357 magnum ammo as I didn't even have a gun that shot the sig. They exchanged the ammo even tho the company policy says they aren't supposed to. I just paid the difference in price between the two. I just wish they sold guns in Ca. again, but they won't anymore because of a problem a few years back.

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