BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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So...interesting responses. Seems people are afraid of posting negative/honest reviews. I wonder why? If you have put out hundreds of bucks for a class and it sucks, why not post an honest review?
Most of the reviews posted here and anywhere where are nothing but praise, and that's great...if it is true.
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?17441-AAR-Sand-Burr-Gun-Ranch-quot-Snubbie-class
That's honest. Positive and negative. Some classes have been better then others, but none have been a negative experience.
Now, most classes in the price range you are asking about are from nationally recognized instructors with a long track record and a well-honed and consistently presented class. As such, they are a known product that's easily researched. The more unknown and difficult to research classes aren't in that price range. Simply put, a start-up local instructor isn't likely to command $300-$1k for a class when you can attend a Massad Ayoob, Travis Haley, Ernest Langdon, etc. class for the same coin.
I would assume most folks dropping that kind of money and time have bothered to research the instructor and class a bit so they know it's something they want to do. If you don't like what Travis Haley teaches or who he is, you're not going to pay hundreds of dollars to train with him. That alone is going to cut down on negative experiences. You know what you're going to get ahead of time, as opposed to going to an unknown instructor.