Re: WARNING ~ TR ~ My experience
I am amazed at your cynicism Gunfighter.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">People buy stuff all of the time without knowing much about it or only what they read or are told by less than reliable sources. When the instant success doesn't happen, they drop it. Some people take it back up, others drop it completely and try something else. </div></div>
Is the fever that bad?
<span style="font-weight: bold">What fever?</span>
Remember a guy that went by Celt, that mofo'ed a few sticks, then ran with some bucks.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Jeff Hicks? Yes, many of us remember him and if you recall the entire story, he wasn't some fly-by-night smith. He had a very good reputation for building outstanding rifles and having excellent service. It wasn't until years later after he got wrapped up in his BS that things went south. TR started out in the shitter.</span>
Remember when TR could not even be talked about on here, but now it's OK for the Cheeto eaters to pile on.
<span style="font-weight: bold">TR is still persona non gratis here however this video and testimony is another way to help to try and prevent anyone else from making a potential mistake. It is also an effort to try and get a company to step up and fix their screw up</span>
I'm not defending TR at all, they are like most of the rest of the wannabees, over priced, poor workmanship, it will make you a star at the range,...and if you want/allow us to do XXX you won't believe how well it will shoot.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Who are the rest of the "wannabees"? Who is selling over priced and poor workmanship?</span>
The amount of hype an pipe that abounds anymore is nothing more than a new way to separate the wide eyes from their cash. Then when that happens, they run to the net for redemption of their own lack of knowledge. Ie, Not my fault,... someone should have told me,... you the knowing please help me feel better about this,... and force the folks who fucked me, to fix what they hosed up, even though it's been two years.
<span style="font-weight: bold">This is where I LOL'd. If you want to point a finger, then point it right at TR. They are the ones spending tens of thousands on advertising in multiple gun rags. They're the one vying for television time. Sure, you can blame the consumer's ignorance, caveat emptor, but that still doesn't give the company a free pass to sell sub par work. And really, what does the time frame have to do with it? Bad work is bad work and if the craftsmanship is substandard or shoddy, why is it ok to let it pass just because time has elapsed? As if a couple of years of sitting in a safe negates the fact that their work looks like shit? There is no statute of limitations for shit work.</span>
I get it, the net can make or break a company and so be it But, the customer in this cluster fuck, holds just as much if not more fault on this one.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Again, here I LOL'd. Aren't you the same guy that was complaining how companies had no integrity if they didn't stick to their word concerning a delivery date? Accusing them (erroneously) of a "bait and switch" maneuver? Now here's a company with numerous (believe me, there are more incidents than this one highlighted here) complaints against it and now you're defending them by accusing the buyer of some hidden agenda?</span>
My question is why such a long thread based on two fuckup's, or is there more to it, than that?
<span style="font-weight: bold">Yes, there is more to it than that.</span>
Tacticool came/comes at a price for everyone,and is paid for in different ways. Some pay cash, some buy on credit, but others sell part of what they once stood for.
Guess I'm a slow learner, as I kept the faith,.....to this point.
Got to go, med's are calling.
OBTW, It's a bitch to go thru life as it is, but one thing for sure. I'll get to my end holding on to belief/things I'll never sell for money or power. Then again I could blame the med's, but believe it's deeper than that,.... crutch.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Like I said, I'm curious what you stand for. Because as I pointed out earlier, you were extremely critical of a company (or companies) that "guestimated" at a delivery date but should be held to that date with zero leeway, but here you have a company that obviously screwed up and you're basically saying it's the consumer's fault "But, the customer in this cluster fuck, holds just as much if not more fault on this one." So who and what do you stand for? Companies that stick to their word so a consumer doesn't get screwed or companies that can sell what they want hoping enough time passes they can excuse their crappy work? </span>
