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Alternatives are readily available
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If they say & charge UPS shipping, then the package should stay with & be delivered by UPS................not spend 3 days in The Black Hole of "being transferred to USPS" facility.
If they are going to end up with USPS delivering it, then just ship it USPS Priority from the get go.
Most other don't pull the bait & switch BS than now seems SOP with Midway. I could be wrong and probably am, but I think the UPS and USPS have their own deals worked out as for deliveries. The outfit shipping the parcel has nothing to do with it after the UPS picks up the package. We get stuff quite often marked UPS that my local postal guy jams in our mailbox. Not positive, but I think it depends on the size of the package..........................they know when the tracking number is issued if it's going to be a UPS delivery or a USPS delivery. Tracking number formats are different. If you are paying for UPS, you should get UPS service. I absolutely, rarely get that kind on nonsense from other suppliers. MM
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Alternatives are readily available Fact, & that's exactly the point. MM
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Alternatives are readily available I go to Brownell's if Midway doesn't have what I'm looking for. They're goo, too.
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Hey guys you need to remember these companies have consultants that come in and tell them to be competitive you have to do zero level stocking (make the manufacturer stock them), and other BS plans that make having parts in stock a real problem. Not to mention shipping practices, and so forth. I don’t blame them for trying to make thier own business better, but sometimes the results can stink... Anyone can make a mistake, the great ones tend no to repeat their mistakes all that much.
Brownells has real gunsmith experience on hand for tech calls - go find that anywhere ... NOT.
Midway USA ships FAST, and has a ton of products in inventory ... find that anymore ... not so much.
People who expect a group or person to be perfect at everything need to get away from the Internet and TV more - it doesn’t happen in real life.
In short respect them for what they are good at, it’s their strong point - if you want to complain about everyon’e week point, remember complaining about weak-points is probably a week point itself.
Life is Good... if not Get a dog, and treat it well... and it will be good.
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That's good MM. When it doesn't go all your way you call names. But Be Well, RZ.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.
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Im waiting in que on the Midway chat line as we speak. Its actually moving very quickly. When I signed on 10 mins ago I was 43rd in line. Now 20th.
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When I use midway from home I just use the free or economy shipping ( on the rare occasions when I can't get the free) and that ships UPS surepost. (UPS to the USPS), however when at the lake in the summer I select UPS as an option because USPS is terrible in that little town and I have never had them send a "UPS" order surepost and I probably order 15 times a summer and been doing that for several years.
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them. Coolidge
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I've had my fill of Midway. My current order is the last straw.
Placed an order last week on Monday, they said it shipped on Tuesday, but that really just means that it's ready for pickup.
So they send it UPS, which I am paying for, who eventually passes it off to USPS....................so the delivery date scheduled is this Thursday.
So 11 days from order, 10 days from ship date.
I've never really liked Midway, but they have a lot of stuff, I like them less now & will only buy a super great deal product or something that I absolutely cannot get anywhere else from now on.
And they are still soliciting for the corrupt NRA.....................
MM
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I've had a dealer account with Brownell's for 25 years; unfortunately, their dealer pricing is not what it used to be but their customer service, shipping & delivery is impeccable & is what Midway wishes theirs was.
Unfortunately, Brownell's doesn't always have what's needed, when it's needed.
If they did, I'd never visit Midway's website. Primary Arms also has far, far better service on the product types that it carries than Midway.
But ya'll just keep on with Midway.................they'll continue to be the last resort for me.
I feel much better now about whining about Midway, knowing that so many here will keep Larry fully satisfied.
MM
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If they say & charge UPS shipping, then the package should stay with & be delivered by UPS................not spend 3 days in The Black Hole of "being transferred to USPS" facility.
If they are going to end up with USPS delivering it, then just ship it USPS Priority from the get go.
Most other don't pull the bait & switch BS than now seems SOP with Midway. I could be wrong and probably am, but I think the UPS and USPS have their own deals worked out as for deliveries. The outfit shipping the parcel has nothing to do with it after the UPS picks up the package. We get stuff quite often marked UPS that my local postal guy jams in our mailbox. Not positive, but I think it depends on the size of the package..........................they know when the tracking number is issued if it's going to be a UPS delivery or a USPS delivery. Tracking number formats are different. If you are paying for UPS, you should get UPS service. I absolutely, rarely get that kind on nonsense from other suppliers. MM I have only had them hand off to UPS when the package could be delivered by USPS on a day that UPS doesn't operate. In other words, by handing off to USPS, I got the package on a Sunday instead of a day later on Monday.
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Truth is that they use bait & switch on their shipping..................nothing more, nothing less.
So fu^ck off dipschitt.
Midway's all yours.
MM Did I hurt MontanaBaby's feelings? Before your continued crying about the B&S conspiracy theory, learn about how FedEx & UPS has been dumping their overflow packages onto USPS for a few months now. Midway has nothing to do with it.
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Ain't possible for a suckass from a suckass state like Conn-et-i-cut could ever hurt my feelings.
Go lick some dingleberry's off Larry's ass.
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Now, Boys.
It’ll all be okay.
The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
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Hey guys you need to remember these companies have consultants that come in and tell them to be competitive you have to do zero level stocking (make the manufacturer stock them), and other BS plans that make having parts in stock a real problem. Not to mention shipping practices, and so forth. I don’t blame them for trying to make thier own business better, but sometimes the results can stink... Anyone can make a mistake, the great ones tend no to repeat their mistakes all that much.
Brownells has real gunsmith experience on hand for tech calls - go find that anywhere ... NOT.
Midway USA ships FAST, and has a ton of products in inventory ... find that anymore ... not so much.
People who expect a group or person to be perfect at everything need to get away from the Internet and TV more - it doesn’t happen in real life.
In short respect them for what they are good at, it’s their strong point - if you want to complain about everyon’e week point, remember complaining about weak-points is probably a week point itself.
Life is Good... if not Get a dog, and treat it well... and it will be good.
Good perspective but will still have to send prayers to those wait more than week to get their products after they order them
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I've had a dealer account with Brownell's for 25 years; unfortunately, their dealer pricing is not what it used to be but their customer service, shipping & delivery is impeccable & is what Midway wishes theirs was.
Unfortunately, Brownell's doesn't always have what's needed, when it's needed.
If they did, I'd never visit Midway's website. Primary Arms also has far, far better service on the product types that it carries than Midway.
But ya'll just keep on with Midway.................they'll continue to be the last resort for me.
I feel much better now about whining about Midway, knowing that so many here will keep Larry fully satisfied.
MM I haven't ordered a thing from them for several years after I ordered "in stock" powder from them during a powder shortage. I was promised for months that it would be sent shortly. Finally after about 8 or 10 months without notifying me they refunded my credit card account. I believe they diverted my powder to a more ''important'' customer and then the powder shortage got worse. If it was in stock I don't understand why it wasn't first come first served.
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Alternatives are readily available I go to Brownell's if Midway doesn't have what I'm looking for. They're goo, too. I have Brownell's catalogs from decades ago. They still can be very handy looking for some parts, sights etc.
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Hey guys you need to remember these companies have consultants that come in and tell them to be competitive you have to do zero level stocking (make the manufacturer stock them), and other BS plans that make having parts in stock a real problem. Not to mention shipping practices, and so forth. I don’t blame them for trying to make thier own business better, but sometimes the results can stink... Anyone can make a mistake, the great ones tend no to repeat their mistakes all that much.
Brownells has real gunsmith experience on hand for tech calls - go find that anywhere ... NOT.
Midway USA ships FAST, and has a ton of products in inventory ... find that anymore ... not so much.
People who expect a group or person to be perfect at everything need to get away from the Internet and TV more - it doesn’t happen in real life.
In short respect them for what they are good at, it’s their strong point - if you want to complain about everyon’e week point, remember complaining about weak-points is probably a week point itself.
Life is Good... if not Get a dog, and treat it well... and it will be good.
Fell asleep after "Hey guys..." Could you say it again?
Don't ask me about my military service or heroic acts...most of it is untrue.
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Ain't possible for a suckass from a suckass state like Conn-et-i-cut could ever hurt my feelings.
Go lick some dingleberry's off Larry's ass.
MM I think you'd be able to do that free with a $49.00 order!
I would have got him too but a Dad Blam snow flake hit me in da eye....
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