I'm at a loss here.
Last March, I was getting spun up to go on a big game trip to Africa, so naturally that's a great excuse to get a gun made. So I did. I went to an outfit called C-Precision in Dallas GA. (Mods if name needs to be removed, I'm happy to do so, or obviously your powers of deletion). I ordered a 300wm on A MacMillan A4, and loaded out on components. The owner tells me that it'll take him a month to even get started, but promised delivery in two months.
Fast forward till yesterday, I went to finally pick my gun up. yes, you read that right. Literally over a year later and he finally lets me know the gun is done. In that time, I did not sit silently pining for my gun. Starting on 3/30, when it was obvious travel was going to be blocked, I requested a refund. Mind you, at that point, he didn't even start working on the gun. He ignored my email requesting the refund. He subsequently ignored another 10 emails, a few texts and a few phone calls all requesting a refund or at the very least some sort of status. Not a damn thing.
So the hunting trip was rescheduled to be a big game trip here in the States last October/November. The guy that referred me to him, pissed, went into the shop to find out WTF was going on; and he made the guy call me on the spot. The guy said that he'd have the gun done by the time the rescheduled hunt went down. The hunt went off, but guess who could not go because the smith failed to deliver again; me. I prepaid for ammo, food, room, board, transport and airfare. Guess what I'm out? The money for all that stuff.
So I go up to get the damn gun yesterday, thinking at least I'll have a bad ass new magic wand. F-no... He hands me this thing that looked like every other Rem 700 on a gun shop rack somewhere. No MacMillan A4 stock, no threaded barrel, and it was that cheap ass looking, black stock that comes on any base rifle. His response is... well... It's what has me pissed.
I told him the rifle is wrong and why. He said "Not my fault, or my problem, it was delayed". He literally did nothing on it for over a year until the guy who referred him to me went into his shop and chastised him. Not only is he currently refusing to at least put it in the correct stock, he's telling me that I owe him $700 more! He missed the delivery date of two months by a full year, he caused me to miss the trip that the rifle was purchased for, as well as losing the cash for the pre-paid expenses.
As of right now, he's giving me the finger. I'm going to small claims, however here is the issue that I have. Last year was tumultuous and my copy of the receipt is "somewhere". When we were in the shop writing down the specs, my friend was also in there. And I did tell him what stock I wanted in OD, and to use black for some camo contrast (I'm an old Army guy, no need for fancy). He didn't write that down on the receipt, and because I was making the mistake of thinking we were among friends, I didn't hover over him writing that receipt and therefor it's my word against his on the stock issue.
I was paying to have something similar to a piece that I had in another life. I am not a fan of black Rem700 aesthetic, it reminds me off a cheap BB gun. So I am positive of what I told him I wanted.
What would you do?
Last March, I was getting spun up to go on a big game trip to Africa, so naturally that's a great excuse to get a gun made. So I did. I went to an outfit called C-Precision in Dallas GA. (Mods if name needs to be removed, I'm happy to do so, or obviously your powers of deletion). I ordered a 300wm on A MacMillan A4, and loaded out on components. The owner tells me that it'll take him a month to even get started, but promised delivery in two months.
Fast forward till yesterday, I went to finally pick my gun up. yes, you read that right. Literally over a year later and he finally lets me know the gun is done. In that time, I did not sit silently pining for my gun. Starting on 3/30, when it was obvious travel was going to be blocked, I requested a refund. Mind you, at that point, he didn't even start working on the gun. He ignored my email requesting the refund. He subsequently ignored another 10 emails, a few texts and a few phone calls all requesting a refund or at the very least some sort of status. Not a damn thing.
So the hunting trip was rescheduled to be a big game trip here in the States last October/November. The guy that referred me to him, pissed, went into the shop to find out WTF was going on; and he made the guy call me on the spot. The guy said that he'd have the gun done by the time the rescheduled hunt went down. The hunt went off, but guess who could not go because the smith failed to deliver again; me. I prepaid for ammo, food, room, board, transport and airfare. Guess what I'm out? The money for all that stuff.
So I go up to get the damn gun yesterday, thinking at least I'll have a bad ass new magic wand. F-no... He hands me this thing that looked like every other Rem 700 on a gun shop rack somewhere. No MacMillan A4 stock, no threaded barrel, and it was that cheap ass looking, black stock that comes on any base rifle. His response is... well... It's what has me pissed.
I told him the rifle is wrong and why. He said "Not my fault, or my problem, it was delayed". He literally did nothing on it for over a year until the guy who referred him to me went into his shop and chastised him. Not only is he currently refusing to at least put it in the correct stock, he's telling me that I owe him $700 more! He missed the delivery date of two months by a full year, he caused me to miss the trip that the rifle was purchased for, as well as losing the cash for the pre-paid expenses.
As of right now, he's giving me the finger. I'm going to small claims, however here is the issue that I have. Last year was tumultuous and my copy of the receipt is "somewhere". When we were in the shop writing down the specs, my friend was also in there. And I did tell him what stock I wanted in OD, and to use black for some camo contrast (I'm an old Army guy, no need for fancy). He didn't write that down on the receipt, and because I was making the mistake of thinking we were among friends, I didn't hover over him writing that receipt and therefor it's my word against his on the stock issue.
I was paying to have something similar to a piece that I had in another life. I am not a fan of black Rem700 aesthetic, it reminds me off a cheap BB gun. So I am positive of what I told him I wanted.
What would you do?
