S&J Hardware Store Closing

[u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

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Simon posted this on CGN a few hours ago

Well...

I don't need to tell anyone how bad things have been in the gun business for small local shops.

More them 100 gun business have closed that I know of in the last years. Due to the government and the massive cost of living increases.

We have held out for many years longer than I thought we would.

With more then 80% of the products we would sell having been taken from us along with almost zero help from the industry wholesalers.

Along with our local economy being at a 70 year low.

No one can get a job here and any staring job is not offered to Canadians.

No one under the age of 25 can get a job

This puts a lot of financial strain on family.

In short we can not keep the store open.

We will be closed as of this coming Wednesday as we move everything into our wearhouse/manufacturing location in Trenton ON.

There is a small chance we will attempt to have a retail spot at our Trenton location.

But unlikely it will be viable.

Elbows up ER!!!!

BBB

[u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

Very sad to see any firearm/accessory business close down

My experiences have actually not been the best with them

I have ordered from them in the past only to encounter issues, wrong parts shipped, no returns of my phone calls or email, wrong mag tube extensions being sent, cross threaded, wrong pitch, whatever

Only to receive an "all sales final" answer back

No replies to emails for weeks/months, citing family issues, health issues

Im not going to go on and on

I hope things can turn around for S&J

Maybe focus on selling on Gunpost ?

[u/BrotherLefthand → u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

I had similar issues with them too. Shipping took 3 weeks for a simple ordered. I asked what was going on and Simon ghosted me. I commented on one of his CGN posts and he said I was full of shit and trying to slander his business. Like damn bro chill I just want to know when I'm getting my magazine extension and springs.

Doesn't seem like a storefront was good for their business anyway.

[u/Mysterious_Sleep7443 → u/BrotherLefthand]

I mean I understand health issues/family problems, but ive seen those excuses used like 30 times by Simon over 15 years

Once again not trying to blame and shame, I get it stuff happens in life

I dont appreciate getting sent Winchester SXP +1s with incorrect threads either, only to blame Winchester themselves for continuously changing the thread pitch

Then I have to take the loss and find something else it fits due to no returns let alone even hearing a reply at all

My Benelli M4 mag tube extension is excellent quality though and never had an issue with those

Its hit or miss I guess

[u/CAFirearmSociety → u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

Simon’s personality can turn on a dime. I have several great professional interactions with him, and out of no where he went nuts on me. I’m not sure if he misunderstood something, but he didn’t back down until other people were calling him out. I thought maybe he was just having a bad day, but now reading the other comments.

[u/stranger_danger85 → u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

Had some pretty lackluster machining done on a Beretta 71 by them, turned me off buying anything else from them.

[u/Juno7 → u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

Ditto. I've been burned by them in the past. I dont want to see small stores close but sometimes karma bites back.

[u/LenOneSnipes → u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

I had the same experience with them. Bought a lpk and fit and machining was very poor. The customer service that followed was just as poor. That was enough for me to not buy from them again.

[u/IAccidentallyCame → u/Mysterious_Sleep7443]

Yeah same. I kinda feel half bad their closing, but dealing with them was bad the one time I did. They sent 75% of my ordered items, charged me the full amount, and didn't respond to calls or emails.

I charged back my credit card for only the items they did not send but charged me for. They never did respond even after the fact.

That all said, the items they did send were of high quality.