I’m conflicted on this altogether. This is an outsider perspective coming from someone who only bought three mags earlier today.
I saw the same deal on the “$400” ACC Remington 700 SA chassis system. It’s very clear that MDT listed it as the entire system. I was tempted to buy one just to resell it at that price. But I had a gut feeling that it was accidentally labeled because there were other ACC bases that were going for the exact price. Similarly, the ESS, LSS, and LSS XL chassis models were being sold as bases only.
I think the mistake that MDT made is the fact that they normally sell the ACC chassis as a system altogether. So for folks logging online today, they’d see the $400 price and assume it’s being sold in the same fashion, especially because the description even says as much. I triple checked it myself.
Now on the flip side, I will say that there are a lot of folks here that don’t have much empathy for the situation at all. I’m seeing people going from 0 to 100 crucifying the company over the course of 1 hour. MDT might crap the bed and handle it poorly like Geissele, but I think it’s way too premature to handle it with such venom already. Let’s give them the benefit that they will meet customers in the middle.
Who knows, it may not be the entire system as priced, but they might offer a discount on a stock of the users choice, or include the elite grip for free, etc.
It’s an honest mistake from a company that hosts one of the last true Black Friday sales left. This chassis is still being sold for a ridiculous discount, so maybe try to keep some of this in mind as your go into your weekend that is dedicated to thanks and gratitude. All I know is I’m glad to not be in MDT’s shoes this weekend!