I spent 4 hours today on the phone, packing, typing, and preparing to send back two handguns, one to Ruger and one to Rossi.
I bought the Rossi new years ago, I've shot it very little and it's always had a problem with the action binding up occasionally. I'd do a double action trigger pull and it would get so hard that I'd have to use the hammer to force it through the rest of the way to fully cock the hammer. It's absolutely a problem with the gun and I finally got around to sending it back.
Rossi said... you've owned it for such and such amount of time so you must pay the shipping.... $50.00 for a shipping label through them. The guy was doing his job, reading from the manual on what he's supposed to do. I was very friendly with him and thanked him multiple times, he sounded like he was about ready to go home to put it nicely. Fine I guess, no problem, just another $50.00 into a $250.00 gun.
Next up, I called Ruger. Told them about an old Ruger Standard I bought a while back used from a pawn shop. I told them it never worked properly with it having consistent problems ejecting fired casings. I told them I rebuilt the bolt with factory parts and now I'm wondering if it could be the ejector or something else. The girl was Oh So Nice and happily said they would provide me with free shipping to and from and free repairs. I think I paid around $180.00 for the standard and it's in wonderful shape externally and internally despite it's functioning problems.
Once the Standard is fixed I'd bet it to be worth more than I paid for it. Once the Rossi is fixed I bet I'd be pretty excited to get $200.00 for it.
I'll be keeping them both. Overall I'm glad to have them on their way. I've been putting this off for years!
Just another day in the life of an enthusiast
I bought the Rossi new years ago, I've shot it very little and it's always had a problem with the action binding up occasionally. I'd do a double action trigger pull and it would get so hard that I'd have to use the hammer to force it through the rest of the way to fully cock the hammer. It's absolutely a problem with the gun and I finally got around to sending it back.
Rossi said... you've owned it for such and such amount of time so you must pay the shipping.... $50.00 for a shipping label through them. The guy was doing his job, reading from the manual on what he's supposed to do. I was very friendly with him and thanked him multiple times, he sounded like he was about ready to go home to put it nicely. Fine I guess, no problem, just another $50.00 into a $250.00 gun.
Next up, I called Ruger. Told them about an old Ruger Standard I bought a while back used from a pawn shop. I told them it never worked properly with it having consistent problems ejecting fired casings. I told them I rebuilt the bolt with factory parts and now I'm wondering if it could be the ejector or something else. The girl was Oh So Nice and happily said they would provide me with free shipping to and from and free repairs. I think I paid around $180.00 for the standard and it's in wonderful shape externally and internally despite it's functioning problems.
Once the Standard is fixed I'd bet it to be worth more than I paid for it. Once the Rossi is fixed I bet I'd be pretty excited to get $200.00 for it.
I'll be keeping them both. Overall I'm glad to have them on their way. I've been putting this off for years!
Just another day in the life of an enthusiast