Victoria All-Sports Center — Attraction in Victoria

I'm conflicted about writing this review... Long story..... was helped by an extremely knowledgeable Hispanic gentleman (im sorry i dont recall your name) who helped my wife and I look at a few rifles. Knew everything about them, answered every question, great sense of humor. My wife found one she absolutely loved.. a Mossberg 464 spx tactical 30-30.

Being the intuitive husband I am, I came back and put it up for layaway for her for a Christmas present. Told the lady at the counter that's what it was for. This is where the "mistake" comes in. My name goes down on the layaway ticket. No one points it out and I'm completely ignorant that I've just completely screwed up my brilliant surprise.

I make my payments, once per month, announcing every time that "I'm here to make a payment on my wife's Christmas present." Come today when I take my wife down there so we can register it under her name and make the final payment. She's glowing. Over the moon. I'm a hero. Then the owner and his son get involved.

She passes her background perfectly. But. Turns out my name being on the layaway ticket means I have to register too. It's her rifle. Its her gift. I know. Easy fix right? But turns out I know that I can't register right now for a gun. Complicated thing with the feds, an issue I'm working with them to resolve.

I try to get the owner and/or his son to work with me. Give me a refund for the $500+ I've already paid and take my name out of it. They only do store credit. The have to cover their asses and won't do that.

I get it. The feds are strict and they face jail time. It's cool. I get the ass covering. Can we just let her use the store credit and pull my name out of it that way? The credit goes under my name. They can't let her have that rifle now because they believe in attempting something called a straw buy.

What happened to Christmas spirit? What happened to caring about the people who come to you? Long story short I was given three options. Wait 2-6 months for me to finish my deal with the feds. Take 500 buck of store credit I won't ever use and she can't use. This one was the only concession. Get cash back minus a 25% restocking fee.

A simple mistake in processing made me look like a loser and cost me a quarter of what I paid out in an effort to be a good husband.

I get they were trying to protect themselves. But there was damn near nothing done to help me out or effort put into ensuring my satisfaction as a customer. All because they wrote my name instead of hers.

That all said... the rest of the staff are great. Friendly. Funny. Understanding. All smiles and helpful to fault. The owner and and his son however are much less so. Paper pushers. Treating me like a criminal when I've done nothing wrong but let them write my name.

By all means. Go to all sports. But you can bet your sweet bippy that my wife and I will never be going back in there.

Thanks to all the staff and team who helped us, treated us like people. You were great.

To the owner and his son. I forgive your selfish ass covering and the shop my wife and I give our business to in the...

My recent visit. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone in and bought NOTHING! Staff is super knowledgeable, polite, and personable. I’d talk to the persons behind gun counter on rifles that interested me and they never pressured me, nor were they uninterested when I bought nothing. Always would allow me to look/hold at merchandise at counter to get a fit just right for me and my needs. Today I buckled down and I am FINALLY in process of buying a rifle through lay-a-way. Super easy process and for someone like me that doesn’t have money up front it is very Convenient and reasonable. In summary, friendly staff, will listen to needs and understand what you are looking for in a rifle!

I have bought smaller items from all sports and have been pleased with quality, also super knowledgeable on fishing gear. Great store, great people, great local shop! I...

Victoria All-Sports has been around as long as I can remember. However the name is very deceiving. I went inside the store to attempt to purchase archery equipment. I walked through the entire store to see if I could find any. Nothing was found. Asked the cashier if they even sold it. She had to ask a manager about it. I’ve also noticed their their prices are higher than those surrounding selling the same items. Not happy with my last couple of trips here and will not walk in there again for ammo or any other type...