I happened to wonder into my favorite gun shop back in October (almost 9 months ago) and asked about ordering a 308 POF NP3 upper. I had done my research, so I KNEW what the upper was worth. A rookie at the counter quoted me a price that was almost $400 less. So, of course, I jumped on it!
Come to find out, he mistakenly quoted me HIS price. The owner of the shop called me the next morning and told me about the mistake. I fully expected to pay an additional $400 since it was still a fair price, and that gun shop had always treated me right. It felt a little like stealing. HOWEVER, the owner told me since I already place the order and they charged my credit card, he would honor it. He knew who I was, knew I use them almost exclusively, knew he had made money on me in the past, and admitted he was only going to lose the cost of shipping in the deal.
6 months later (April), I start calling the dealer to find out what's going on with my upper. I was told it would be up to 90 days because POF usually has a backlog of orders. The dealer offered to cancel, but I didn't want to since it was such a smoking deal. He suggested I call POF directly to find out exactly what was going on. He said he could do it, but didn't care if I stepped in so I could track it as often as I wanted.
Almost 9 months later (30 June) and a dozen phone calls to POF.....and I'm still waiting.
In 3 months, POF has told me:
- we are waiting on the rails to be finished
- your barrel is being heat treated as we speak
- your rails are not finished yet
- your upper is complete, just waiting for assembly
- we just got a new batch of barrels in, and your is being heat treated
- etc., etc., etc.
POF also told me they are just now filling individual orders from MARCH and mine will be ready when it's ready. If it weren't such a good deal, and I NEEDED the upper ASAP, I would have canceled and purchased a different upper.
Is this common practice for POF??
