I don't hate Midway, and I think Larry is a decent guy from his sponsorships and TV ads on the Outdoor channels. My only real gripe with them is what they did to Reinhart-Fajen.
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Ive never had an issue with optics planet. I know they are on the official NES banned list (don’t recall why) but I’ve ordered at least 3 red dots from them at better prices than anywhere else and pretty quick shipping if I recall.Those of you who hate midway should take opticsplanet for a testdrive
If you hate fat people you just alienated 3/4 of NES members.- Dicks on chicks
- Medical insurance that doesn't pay for snake bites
- Fat people (sort of goes with cyclists)
you know, i'm aware of their reputation but needed to use them twice for something and had good experiences, which did surprise me at the time I remember. isn't one of their issues when they don't have an ordered item in stock they leave you hanging with no explanation and no opportunity to cancel? answering the customer service line was spotty also iirc. but yeah, they dug themselves into a deep hole and rightly so.Those of you who hate midway should take opticsplanet for a testdrive
This is classic optics planet. Everything is in stock on the website. Few items are in stock in reality. I am at 100% miss rate. I only have tried when I could not find something available somewhere else. OP of course said they had it so I ordered. I always end up canceling a couple days later when they admit they don’t have it.Earlier this summer I ordered a scope from optics planet. Part of the appeal was the $40 gift code that came with it. So I placed the order for the scope and then the next day used the code to order a mount and charging handle. The scope came promptly, in under a week. Never heard anything about the mount for a month until they emailed me that they couldn’t charge my card. Called customer service and couldn’t reach a person, so I left a message. Tried that like 3 times. Two days later someone called me back. Apparently the item I ordered was not in stock (even though the website said it was) and it had taken them so long to process my order that the bank had cancelled the payment. After that it took another week to get that package. All told it was almost 7 weeks to get those items.
Let’s start a ledger keeping track of everything NES hates:
- Midway due to less than favourable shipping terms.
- Chicks in men’s bathrooms
- Dicks
- People returning wallets to their owners since they speak Spanish and are of questionable citizenship (maybe?)
Feel free to add to the list since I missed a million.
If you hate fat people you just alienated 3/4 of NES members.
Talk about skin flint, $5 is ripping someone off?
I guess you didn't bother to read any of the intervening discussion and missed the point where I mentioned that even Geissele was selling there Tavor Surpa trigger for $280 (as was Primary and PSA and EVERYONE) but Midway has it jacked up to $315. That's a $35 ripoff.
Ive never had an issue with optics planet. I know they are on the official NES banned list (don’t recall why) but I’ve ordered at least 3 red dots from them at better prices than anywhere else and pretty quick shipping if I recall.
Or try this one: "Hi, I'm Larry Potterfield, please buy my high Quality IMI 62 gr green tip ammo for .24/round, get free shipping and keep the hobby and gun culture alive". I bought 450 greenies for $115, end price. Let me know when and if you find a better deal that isn't steel cased Tula 55gr crapola.
Why do I need an expensive range bag that costs twice as much? In fact, why do I need a range bag? Plastic shopping bags are free..."Hi im larry potterfied, please buy my chinese range bag that we ripped off the design from an American company. ours is cheaper, and i know you're a f***ing skinflint and will buy it."
Why do I need an expensive range bag that costs twice as much? In fact, why do I need a range bag? Plastic shopping bags are free...
I can't say midway is THAT bad though, all things considered. They carry some esoteric stuff like brownells does that pretty much nobody else sells because its not profitable enough or whatever. So at least they have value in that sense.