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J-S ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
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Seems youve gotten him on a bad day or rubbed him up the wrong way. Rons an asset to the airgunning community, as DVLNME said hes been around for decades as the only airgun dedicated store. He sells you what you need, not just what will make him money. Hes straight to the point has a wealth of knowledge he doesnt mind sharing. If somethings crap he'll tell you its crap.
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J S Airguns
Air Arms TX200('s) Theoben Sirocco HW77 FWB 300s Webley Patriot One or two others... Current projects: Too many.. |
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dvlnme ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 May 2017 Location: taranaki Status: Offline Posts: 519 |
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Ron Young has been around a long time and was for many years nz only dedicated airgun importer and dealer,Ron is allways great to deal with personally,and really does know what hes talking about,i have been dealing with Ron for longer than i can remember with airguns,hes never let me down hes got me things you just cant get that are not often evan made anymore,nothing is ever too much trouble for him and has allways given me honest answers to my questions never any BS his service has allways been great,sorry you seem to have had a bad experience from his store,something i personally have never had and dont expect i will have either,i dont know of anyone who has done either,talk to Ron personally am sure he will sort it out for you,you are right tho bout the bigger shops they are more interested in just selling more product than helping you,their staff dont seem to know diddly squat bout anything airgun related and dont seem interested in learning anything bout the airguns and produces they sell either.my local H/F is owned by an old friend of mine who no longer works there,they used be great for airguns and did know what they talked about and sold,thats all changed since he stopped working in the store and staff have changed as well as those who were hunters with both firearms and airguns have all left now and been replaced with idiots who are only interested in selling products they know nothing about so there is no one working store who are evan interested in hunting our guns these days,so you get what you get from these idiots,there are some specilized airgun importers and dealers now who do know the guns and products they sell and are great to deal with,but unfortunatly for me the cost of frieght now kills any advantage of dealing with these people ,but i am lucky in having a very good local sports store owned and operated by a hunter and shooter whos interested and uses both firearms and airguns who does know what hes talking about and does have a very good supply of all makes of pellets etc allways in stock just 15 mins from me,so i deal with this store pretty much exclusivly now for my airgun and firearms needs with perfect satisfaction,stores like this are now hard to find and well worth supporting for us locals,
just my two bobs worth eh!! cheers mike
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kruzaroad ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2472 |
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My god, Im putting youngs up there with gun city. After dealing with them im definitly getting a debit card so I can buy off the web.
I have no idea what you guys see in them but I wont be dealing with them again. What an absoult twat to deal with. Worst of any airgun dealer ive experianced so far. All the rest have been great. Edited by kruzaroad - 01 Oct 2022 at 2:41am |
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Mic ![]() Member ![]() Joined: 22 Apr 2021 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 28 |
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Yes, Ron Young is your man.
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J-S ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
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Dave from Airguns NZ is great to deal with, he is the importer / distributor fo the brands he sells and they are the top end of brands so he backs up the sales with customer service. He isnt a one stop sports shop like the others, neither is youngs - both are airgun specific. They know a lot about a few things, vs stores that know very little about a lot of things. Then there are the uninvested workers clipping their pay ticket who really only know how to stock the shelves and process payments. |
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J S Airguns
Air Arms TX200('s) Theoben Sirocco HW77 FWB 300s Webley Patriot One or two others... Current projects: Too many.. |
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kruzaroad ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2472 |
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tx came from airgunsnz.Awsome to deal with hassel free knows what he is on about.
Myson I wish I had that problem. Everytime I go looking for pull through swabs or air gun oils, The first thing they try to do when they hear *air rifle* is sell me an air gun cleaning kit. And always the same one.That's three different shops and they have all done it more than once. If it was napiers kit I'd by it. |
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Myson ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Feilding Status: Offline Posts: 196 |
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Also, I went into H&F in Palmerston North recently and asked a guy behind the counter: "Do you have a .177 cleaning rod and kit"?
His reply: "What's that?" ![]() Jeeeez............! |
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Air Arms S510 US .22 Air Arms S410 .22 Weihrauch HW97KT .177 Weihrauch HW95 .177 |
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Myson ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Feilding Status: Offline Posts: 196 |
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I'm currently dealing with an issue at H&F on behalf of a good female friend who runs a remote station.
In summary, their supply chain product support processes - for an expensive item they sold to her in 2020 - are useless! They can't fix the problem, nor can their suppliers!!! Apparently the part that needs replacing is not longer available (after 20 months!!!!!!). ![]() Pathetic! I would never trust them to support any item going forward. Not only are they overpriced, they're also unhelpful. I've had to go to senior H&F management to get any sort of assistance and even that has failed! I'm done with them! If you want trouble free pellet or air rifle supplies, go to David Kay at Airguns NZ (https://airgunsnz.co.nz/). Or Ron Young of course! They're always reliable, knowledgeable and products arrive by courier, hassle free! Both are a delight to work with..... |
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Air Arms S510 US .22 Air Arms S410 .22 Weihrauch HW97KT .177 Weihrauch HW95 .177 |
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kruzaroad ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2472 |
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They eventual offered me a new mag originally when mine had issues.I decided not too.
They replaced the barrel, even though it was off a return that had mag issues, prior to gamo sending them spare mag parts. Truthfully I'm rather impressed with Vaughans who have put up with a lot of photos and emails from me. (I'd have blocked me) but I had to go to importer. H&F wernt allowed to get me parts as its a gun City only gun. Gun City was useless recommended young's when I asked them to get seals. If ya have issues with a gamo I'd recommend going strait to vaughans upper hut (Web site) |
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Billbobnz ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Jun 2020 Location: Ashburton Status: Offline Posts: 882 |
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Exactly, also the fact that they can't even back up with spare parts is another thing too
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