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So I bought a gun Labor Day weekend (pictured in another post), it shipped from dealer 2nd Day Air (no cost to me) and arrived when it was supposed to at my LGS (Thursday, 4 Sep 25).

I also ordered an inexpensive IWB holster from same dealer so I could carry it while I await a quality holster to be made. I paid to have it shipped UPS 2nd Day Air so it would arrive same day as gun or day after.

The original given delivery date WAS Thursday, 4 Sep 25, between 1-4 pm, which would have been 2nd day. It didn’t arrive then so I rechecked tracking and yep, unexpected delay, with no explanation, stuck in Louisville, KY. It sat there until very early this morning, when someone thought it should tour the US, then venture BACK to exactly where it spent the weekend in KY where it had been sitting for 5 previous days, and now seems to have now departed from KY once again. Tracking now says to me tomorrow afternoon, 1:30-4:30.

Should I hold my breath? Surely there’s a reasonable explanation for initial delay (that they chose not to share with their customer), but I’d REALLY be interested to hear about the flight route chosen after package started moving again!

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Well hopefully you get it soon. I know its frustrating. But we all have heard the horror stories or experienced it ourselves. Dont buy local, buy where it has to ship and play the postal roulette.

Thats One reason I will drive distances to look at firearms but come back to my dealer to have him order what I want. Might take longer and maybe cost more but he takes care of me and my money helps feed his kids.
 
Oh, I am going through the same thing myself, except the two packages contain three machine guns. Two weeks of wandering, Fedex promised it should be delivered tomorrow, maybe.

Next time I may just fly to the other dealership get something local to eat and pick them up, and fly home.

Sir do you have anything to declare?
Me: I sure do
 
Sld1959 said:
Well hopefully you get it soon. I know its frustrating. But we all have heard the horror stories or experienced it ourselves. Dont buy local, buy where it has to ship and play the postal roulette.

Thats One reason I will drive distances to look at firearms but come back to my dealer to have him order what I want. Might take longer and maybe cost more but he takes care of me and my money helps feed his kids.
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Or, from the customers side, maybe the LGS’ could stock what customers actually want?
 
Lab4Us said:
So I bought a gun Labor Day weekend (pictured in another post), it shipped from dealer 2nd Day Air (no cost to me) and arrived when it was supposed to at my LGS (Thursday, 4 Sep 25).

I also ordered an inexpensive IWB holster from same dealer so I could carry it while I await a quality holster to be made. I paid to have it shipped UPS 2nd Day Air so it would arrive same day as gun or day after.

The original given delivery date WAS Thursday, 4 Sep 25, between 1-4 pm, which would have been 2nd day. It didn’t arrive then so I rechecked tracking and yep, unexpected delay, with no explanation, stuck in Louisville, KY. It sat there until very early this morning, when someone thought it should tour the US, then venture BACK to exactly where it spent the weekend in KY where it had been sitting for 5 previous days, and now seems to have now departed from KY once again. Tracking now says to me tomorrow afternoon, 1:30-4:30.

Should I hold my breath? Surely there’s a reasonable explanation for initial delay (that they chose not to share with their customer), but I’d REALLY be interested to hear about the flight route chosen after package started moving again!

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I’d be willing to bet it never left Kentucky.
 
Lab4Us said:
Or, from the customers side, maybe the LGS’ could stock what customers actually want?
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Thats practically impossible, just looking at Springfield alone how many different makes and models do they have? And then they just released another Whatt 25 models that are brand new for 2025 just in the Saint series so do you buy all 25 of those Saints or do you split it among the hundreds of different AR brands?
 
Lab4Us said:
Or, from the customers side, maybe the LGS’ could stock what customers actually want?
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true, but even the biggest gun stores, simply cannot stock every brand, and ever model..it would be too costly to carry that inventory, plus end of the year inventory and taxes on stock.....yes, many states charge a tax on inventory, which includes all in the display cases, and in the stock room.

instead, just ask your LGS to order the gun for you..it'll go from thier distributor, to his store.

that's what i have done, as well as many others.
 
Belt Fed said:
same happened to me last couple of times. it seems like these delivery companies are getting worse.
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and me recently as well, just not a gun i bought, but fiber optic sight rods...from Midways USA in the state of MO, actually to MY postal DC center, 2-3 miles from my house...out to Cape Cod for 2 days......THEN back to my DC center, then me....

that package vacationed in Cape Cod, where as i NEVER did..!!!!
 
Although my original post here was about an inexpensive IWB holster, not a gun, figured I’d share some local pricing vs online pricing relative to a gun I might be interested in, an FDE Springfield TRP CC AOS. The first is the listing on the site my LGS uses as their distributor. I can order direct from that distributor at that price, get it overnight, and LGS usually waives transfer fee (as it’s their distributor). Or I can have LGS order for me from there, pay an additional $50-$100 markup and pay no transfer fee. I’ve even asked LGS to match their distributors listed price and they won’t do it.

Or I can order from the second place, save a minimum of $230 (going with a $50 LGS markup, would likely be more), then pay $20 transfer fee, so save minimum $210. Taxes are a wash, same either way.

I’m more than happy to pay an LGS a $50-$75 markup over a better online price (for a gun), especially for a hard to find gun model I might want. I’m not going to pay $210 more.

These prices were current as of 10-15 minutes ago.

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Lab4Us said:
Although my original post here was about an inexpensive IWB holster, not a gun, figured I’d share some local pricing vs online pricing relative to a gun I might be interested in, an FDE Springfield TRP CC AOS. The first is the listing on the site my LGS uses as their distributor. I can order direct from that distributor at that price, get it overnight, and LGS usually waives transfer fee (as it’s their distributor). Or I can have LGS order for me from there, pay an additional $50-$100 markup and pay no transfer fee. I’ve even asked LGS to match their distributors listed price and they won’t do it.

Or I can order from the second place, save a minimum of $230 (going with a $50 LGS markup, would likely be more), then pay $20 transfer fee, so save minimum $210. Taxes are a wash, same either way.

I’m more than happy to pay an LGS a $50-$75 markup over a better online price (for a gun), especially for a hard to find gun model I might want. I’m not going to pay $210 more.

These prices were current as of 10-15 minutes ago.

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If that's what your local does then taking the risk of postage for anything is worth the inconvenience. My guy usually charges 25 to 50 bucks for most things depending on what paperwork and who he has to deal with for ordering.and of i csn find something cheaper than what his dealers charge he will order thst, as long as they have a decent reputation with him.

Plus he has about the best knife selection in the state from what I have seen. And I love fondling knives while talking guns lol.
 
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