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SWFA Customer service?
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05/21/20 03:57 AM
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unclebubba
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I have never used SWFA before, but had always heard great things about them and thier customer service. They have a Burris Veracity and fullfield scope package. Basically, 2 scopes for the price of one. $650. So I ordered on April 27th, and they charged my card. Rings show up in a couple days, but no scopes. I called, and was told that the scope was coming from the distributor direct, and would be shipped in afew days. A week later, I called looking for my scopes. Now, evidently they are on Backorder, and are supposed to be shipped "Friday or Monday". Monday comes, and i still haven't received tracking. I call them back and they apologize that it's taking so long, they really aren't sure when it will ship, but they are trying to get it done. Today, almost a month after my order, I received a tracking number for 4 scopes! I check my credit card, and it has been charged again. Called SWFA again. They don't know how those other two scopes got on there. Now I am told that they will send me a return label for the scopes that I didn't order, and after I return them, they will refund my card for the purchase that I didn't purchase in the first place! After such high expectations, this is a real let down.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/21/20 11:08 AM
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I understand the delay with the current COVID crap but the double charge should have been handled immediately with them sending you a shipping label to return them when you get them in. Kinda surprising to me too.
On a side note Midway USA is taking 3 weeks to get me a reloading die. They’re usually 3 days tops. Amazon is listin the same 3-4 week delays.
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05/21/20 01:01 PM
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I understand the delay with the current COVID crap but the double charge should have been handled immediately with them sending you a shipping label to return them when you get them in. Kinda surprising to me too.
On a side note Midway USA is taking 3 weeks to get me a reloading die. They’re usually 3 days tops. Amazon is listin the same 3-4 week delays. I've never had a problem with SWFA, but I always used Skylar direct. Midway sometimes are really fast and sometimes seem to drag their feet. As far as Amazon, not sure if its because I'm prime or not, but I've ordered around $1k of wood working tools in the last week and most of it was here yesterday with only a few straggler items coming in Saturday. Same with my son's birthday gifts, I haven't seen any of the delays others have talked about with Amazon.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
[Re: unclebubba]
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05/22/20 01:21 AM
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So they sent a scope I bought to the wrong person and refused to send me my scope because then “they would be out a scope”. They weee fine with me not having my scope though
POS company as far as I am concerned....too many better dealers
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 01:28 AM
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I have never used SWFA before, but had always heard great things about them and thier customer service. They have a Burris Veracity and fullfield scope package. Basically, 2 scopes for the price of one. $650. So I ordered on April 27th, and they charged my card. Rings show up in a couple days, but no scopes. I called, and was told that the scope was coming from the distributor direct, and would be shipped in afew days. A week later, I called looking for my scopes. Now, evidently they are on Backorder, and are supposed to be shipped "Friday or Monday". Monday comes, and i still haven't received tracking. I call them back and they apologize that it's taking so long, they really aren't sure when it will ship, but they are trying to get it done. Today, almost a month after my order, I received a tracking number for 4 scopes! I check my credit card, and it has been charged again. Called SWFA again. They don't know how those other two scopes got on there. Now I am told that they will send me a return label for the scopes that I didn't order, and after I return them, they will refund my card for the purchase that I didn't purchase in the first place! After such high expectations, this is a real let down. The drive would be worth the trip return them directly to their store this shipping and waiting crap wouldn’t work for myself
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 01:32 AM
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Troubled times we are in, in the gun business.
I would forgive them. Too many times have they done great work. As much experience as I have with them, I would give them a pass. I know that is no consolation to a new customer, but judging them under the current situation is not a fair assessment of how they truly operate.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 03:40 AM
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I'm with Jason on this one. I have had too many good dealings with SWFA to judge them during the most jacked-up situation I have ever lived through ( I say lived like I'll continue to do so ). Point being, yes Skyler is on to other things, but they have still been rock solid in all of my experiences.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
[Re: unclebubba]
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05/22/20 03:49 AM
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They should have said upfront they weren’t personally shipping this out. They did that to me back before they upgraded their inventory system. I bought an ‘in-stock’ item, only to find out a week later it was not in stock, and not even coming from them. And I had to call to get that information, they were a black hole of communication. I’ve since had two decent transactions with them.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 03:51 AM
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The lack in timeliness of shipping was frustrating, but forgivable considering what we are dealing with. Being told it would ship Friday or Monday, and then waiting almost 2 more weeks was even more frustrating, but again, I was just chalking it up to "everyone has a bad day now and then". Sending me double my order, and charging me double, then making me wait to get my incorrect charge refunded was the last straw. Coincidentally, I ordered some ammo and a trigger from Midway during the same time frame, and recieved my order a day ahead of schedule.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 01:17 PM
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I've had more than one poor experience with them, I'll just leave it at that. Too many other reputable places to buy optics to try them again, even if they were giving away scopes.
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05/22/20 02:08 PM
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SWFA is the best in the biz, I have used them for years. The current climate is screwing with everyone, I tried to get some stuff from optics planet and they are so backed up they wont even answer the phone. I ordered a scope and burris mount from SWFA a few weeks ago, then called to confirm shipping, they answered, talked through it, etc, and everything arrived when they said. If nothing else, the fact that they will pick up the phone and talk to you is a plus compared to other places.
I also live 10 minutes away, so I can walk in and get what I need more often than not. The recent scope I ordered had to be shipped from Sig direct and SWFA handled it well.
Right now shipping has more to do with the carriers than the place you buy from, but SWFA will continue to get my business.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 02:24 PM
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I don’t care anything about the current climate. If I’m out $650 for a while because of your screw up that’s a problem.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 02:28 PM
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I don’t care anything about the current climate. If I’m out $650 for a while because of your screw up that’s a problem. That should have been refunded immediately, and my next call would have been to my bank/card company.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 05:49 PM
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This could be the case of one bad apple ruining the whole bunch.
One bad employee can produce a negative connotation toward an entire company.
I've got no skin in the game with SWFA, just lots of transactions, phone calls, and emails. They've always done a great job, even after Skylar left. I sure hope this isn't a sign of what they are going to turn into.
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/22/20 10:06 PM
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I won't spend a dime on SWFA. Before they moved to Midlothian,I wasted two trips to Red Oak after they told me on the phone that they had the scopes that I wanted to look at IN STOCK so I could look and compare them side by side. They didn't have any of the scopes that I wanted to see in stock,and I spent a long time on the phone with them to make sure they had the exact model #'s that I wanted.
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05/23/20 09:56 PM
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They stopped getting my business when they stopped offering the discount for thf. That and they went to more of a drop shipping outfit and if they ship from distributors and not from their own stock I may as well look for better pricing elsewhere online.
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05/24/20 04:56 PM
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SWFA is the best in the biz, I have used them for years. The current climate is screwing with everyone, I tried to get some stuff from optics planet and they are so backed up they wont even answer the phone. I ordered a scope and burris mount from SWFA a few weeks ago, then called to confirm shipping, they answered, talked through it, etc, and everything arrived when they said. If nothing else, the fact that they will pick up the phone and talk to you is a plus compared to other places.
I also live 10 minutes away, so I can walk in and get what I need more often than not. The recent scope I ordered had to be shipped from Sig direct and SWFA handled it well.
Right now shipping has more to do with the carriers than the place you buy from, but SWFA will continue to get my business. Current climate is no excuse for double charging a customer, and not refunding it immediately. I understand they are missing product until it gets returned, but taking an extra $650 from a customer could t potentially have serious financial consequences for some people. They don’t know the circumstances. And if a customer doesn’t make much money but has saved for a long while for a scope til they could scrape the extra together, that $650 could mean a late rent payment, car payment, or anything else. It’s inexcusable in my opinion.
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05/24/20 05:30 PM
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Dealt with them once and they were so rude I left
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05/24/20 10:44 PM
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Been there a bunch of times. Always had good experiences. Never heard of them drop-shipping items though, so hopefully this isn't their new MO. But I think judging any company on issues during COVID is tough. They ultimately got it taken care of.
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05/24/20 10:47 PM
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Been there a bunch of times. Always had good experiences. Never heard of them drop-shipping items though, so hopefully this isn't their new MO. But I think judging any company on issues during COVID is tough. They ultimately got it taken care of. Did they? I didn’t see an update.
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05/25/20 02:37 AM
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Been there a bunch of times. Always had good experiences. Never heard of them drop-shipping items though, so hopefully this isn't their new MO. But I think judging any company on issues during COVID is tough. They ultimately got it taken care of. Did they? I didn’t see an update. I had it delivered to the Ranch, where we've pretty much been living since March. We're heading home tomorrow, so that will be my first chance to get to UPS, so, no. They have not rectified anything really.
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05/25/20 03:06 AM
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Been there a bunch of times. Always had good experiences. Never heard of them drop-shipping items though, so hopefully this isn't their new MO. But I think judging any company on issues during COVID is tough. They ultimately got it taken care of. Did they? I didn’t see an update. I had it delivered to the Ranch, where we've pretty much been living since March. We're heading home tomorrow, so that will be my first chance to get to UPS, so, no. They have not rectified anything really. Am I wrong that they sent a shipping label and agreed to send a refund if you sent the product back? What else could you expect?
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05/25/20 03:12 AM
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Re: SWFA Customer service?
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05/25/20 01:47 PM
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Been there a bunch of times. Always had good experiences. Never heard of them drop-shipping items though, so hopefully this isn't their new MO. But I think judging any company on issues during COVID is tough. They ultimately got it taken care of. Did they? I didn’t see an update. I had it delivered to the Ranch, where we've pretty much been living since March. We're heading home tomorrow, so that will be my first chance to get to UPS, so, no. They have not rectified anything really. Am I wrong that they sent a shipping label and agreed to send a refund if you sent the product back? What else could you expect? I would expect not to get popped for $650 twice on THEIR MISTAKE and for them to refund the extra charge immediately. As pointed out above, for some people that missing $650 could cause major problems. If you make the mistake, you make it right and don’t burden the customer.
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05/26/20 01:52 PM
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I would expect not to get popped for $650 twice on THEIR MISTAKE and for them to refund the extra charge immediately. As pointed out above, for some people that missing $650 could cause major problems. If you make the mistake, you make it right and don’t burden the customer.
Exactly. I am very blessed in that $650 isn't making much of an impact in my life right now, but there have been times in my life where it would have made a HUGE impact.
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