Well Joe, if you're talking about a custom product like the Bartlein barrel I ordered then you're correct. But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about products that are normally available mass produced items that you can buy at any number of places. So why should it be taking so long for Geissele to be getting all these orders out?
Why were they selling out of stock merchandise but not telling them it was out of stock? Why are they not shipping out orders in the order in which they were received? Why did Bill Geissele himself lie and say that the delay would be because their shipping department is so small instead of the truth which is orders placed after the sale that were at full price would be pushed to the front of the line and shipped first within 3-5 business days? Why did they charge people immediately instead of waiting until their orders shipped?
Sorry, but if you call that an honest and upstanding company with great customer service then so be it. But I don't and won't do business with companies that have those kinds of policies.
*shrug* there are any number of reasons.
Seeing as ALG Defense/Geissele is used to outfitting militaries and their distribution channels, it COULD be that their production schedule is dedicated to the production runs to those customers first, and retail second.
It could also be that what keeps their costs so low is that, rather than invest in a hyper-efficient shipping system, it's a person named Ethel, who is 90 years old, and hard of hearing. So, all of our orders have to wait for Ethel to get around to sending it out. If Ethel has a cold, or her great-great grandchildren are in town, sh*t doesn't get done.
Or, maybe the local UPS driver is anti-gun, resents having to put it on the truck, so he delays and/or changes the routing to make sure you get it as far out in the future as possible.
Maybe the high quality is due to them offering sacrifices to the dark one for each trigger group, in a ceremony that takes two weeks, and requires a goat, a crayon, five candles, and the only non-virgin in a Pokemon tournament.
I highly doubt that the cause is because they are rubbing their hands in evil glee while twirling their mustaches and screaming, "f*ck those m*th*rf*ck*rs."