Yeah, those Richards at Richard's Sporting Goods do it all the time. I haven't stepped in their BS store since 3 years ago (maybe 2) when they advertised a Mossberg 500 with rifled barrel and scope like $279.

Yeah I was right in there. NONE IN STOCK. Call all the stores in N. IL. Guess what. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT - NO ONE HAS ONE.

"No problem. We'll issue you a raincheck."

OK great - when can I expect it in? "Don't know."

Will it be in in time for deer season? It is a frickin deer gun, kinda what the whole idea of the sale thing revolves around right? "Don't know."

"Now for the raincheck, do you want 12 or 20 gauge?" Well I'll take whatever you get in first, what do you get more of?

"Don't know what we're getting until they get here."

You have to be friggin kidding me! You have no idea what is being shipped to you until they get here?!?! "Yep."

Well put me down for the 20 gauge. "OK, you're down for a 20 gauge. So for 20 gauges that puts you about 5thin line for a 20."

Well then change that to 12 gauge. "OK but you'll then be about 7th or 8th."

WHAT?!?!?!?!? I was in here drinking coffee waiting for your doors to open! "Well that line for guns is at all the stores here in our region." So your computers are hooked up to compile a list of rainchecks but not to know what mechandise is expected to arrive?!?!??!?!?!?!

OH I GET IT! This sale thing IS all about deer season. It's about suckin' customers in with false hopes and raincheck BS for deer equipment that is advertised but not here. Knowing darn good and well that the majority of people who come in will buy other stuff and ca-ching! Get those registersringing! Yes it was quite a scene - just like I wanted it to be. Squeeky wheel always gets the oil (or the cops called as I have found out also at times - not in this case).

I don't know if it was my attitude, and I gave them plenty, both to the guys at the gun counter and the store manager who I had call all the other stores for me. But I never did get a call back saying my raincheck was filled. Turns out you have to go back and have it re-validated every so often. That's a real cute BS little loop hole Dork's has, isn't it?

DON'T SHOP AT DORK'S SPORTING GOODS!