Chch gun dealer to hold one-day Wellington sale

Press, 26 April 1988, Page 9

Chch gun dealer to hold one-day Wellington sale

PA Wellington A Christchurch gun dealer has taken out ] a one-day lease on a Wellington shop for |a stile todc y which he 'fexpepts will attract thousands )of bargain hunters, ji J The owner of Gun City. Ltd] Mr David Trippie. opted for a one-day lease afte'r failing to find reasonably j! priced I retail space in; Wellington available on a long-term lease.

•‘We’ve been trying} to move into Wellington for 18 | months, but, wefve never had a real estiite age'nt come back to. us with premises," he said. the shortage of moderately-priced retail space isl’a big stumbling block fdr many retailers trying to move into Wellington. H ■ . “Are rents really that

i dear up. there in Welling- ! ton? ” .’ - ) | ■ i ■ Mr Trippie plans Ito 1 have a. look for himself ! while jin iWellington -this ; week. ■ | :■ ■ j I'/ "We have had one-day ; sales before, in different ! locations.i but this its.|far |. and tiway ahead of any- ! thing else we have' Had. ! We would expect to sell) ! many thousands of'dollars ; worth 1 of guns and-a lot of I ammunition." he said.) j Mr Trippie sa dhe had received ) "thousands" |of ; phonp calls from Wellingi . ton buyers and he ! ex- ) pected many to turn ) out ; for the sale in the. Dukes ' Arcade in Willis, Street; He said he Was ■ ''overwhelmed'', by, j the response jand had definite plans to open a Wellington shop as soon as he cbbld find a suitable site. | j