Re: Viper PST's still on for mid June?
I feel your pain. I have a 6-24 FFP on order and I'm not looking forward to getting it any less than you are.I ordered mine from Optics Planet, and have not gotten an Email, so I guess I'm not getting one of the first ones either.
The thing is, I've talked to several dealers, and from what I can tell, they had no idea how many scopes they would be getting in the first batch, but I'm sure they thought it was going to be more than 5. There may be dealers with hundreds(?) of pre orders, and there may be dealers with only a few. I think Vortex did what was fair, and divided up the scopes that were available among whichever dealers were on the list. If one dealer had an extra unit due to a "cancellation", and nobody else in line who had prepaid, should Vortex have taken it back and given it to another dealer? That doesn't seem fair either.
I'm not happy that I'm not one of the ones getting their scope this week, but I am glad that some are on their way to their waiting rings, because it means the rest are not far off. Had Vortex waited and not shipped anything, people would be pissed that another month had gone by and still nothing. We would be speculating, "maybe end of July, or August, maybe for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Who knows?".
Now we know they're real! They do exist, and they passed inspection, and they are good to go! It shouldn't be long now.
I think I'm going to just going to sit at my computer, and drink beer until I get the email that mine is on it's way.
Congradulations to the folks that are getting one of the few.
Be sure to let the rest of us know how they are.