Remain Calm! All Is Well,....Announcement From Bud's Gun Shop

[twyacht]

   Caught this from Bud's,. But the Brady Bunch says gun sales and NICS checks are "average"

       This notice is being sent to all customers who recently placed an order with www.budsgunshop.com and may not necessarily apply to your order.

            If you are not already aware of what is going on in the firearms industry, there is no doubt you soon will be via the media. Our sales in the month of February were over FIVE TIMES what they were back in February 2009 following the last presidential election…and you may recall those were some pretty crazy times ! We did plan for 2012 to be another challenging election year….but we admittedly did not plan for this level of volume, and definitely not this early in the year !

            Although your order may not have experienced a delay, we would like to apologize to anyone who has, or is currently, experiencing a delay in shipping. Our order volume unexpectedly skyrocketed in February, far beyond our capacity to process and ship. We immediately began the process of expanding our facilities, adding additional staff, and working extended hours…but those efforts are just now starting to pay off.

            The good news is that we are starting to get back on top of things. We are currently shipping out more orders each day that what we are taking in, so it is now just a matter of clearing the backlog that was created in February. Since Monday we have been able to ship out 300 more guns than what we sold during that same time….so the backlog should be cleared shortly at this rate. We are shipping oldest orders first (first in – first out) so clearing this backlog will cause some newer orders to ship closer to the “7″ in our advertised “3 to 7 business days” terms. Many repeat customers were so use to us shipping in 3 days they started to get concerned when their order had not shipped in 5 days…even though we were well within our “3 to 7 business days” terms. Also, “business days” refers to Monday-Friday only, as neither UPS or USPS pick up packages at our warehouse on weekends.

            We sincerely apologize if you experienced a delay and assure you we are continuing to do everything we possibly can to prevent future delays. We have also suspended all cancellation fees for any delayed orders. If you orderhas been delayed, and you prefer to cancel your order at this time….we will be glad to accommodate that request with absolutely no fees….we need more guns anyway !

            We appreciate the business and commit to do a better job next time if given the opportunity.

            Kind Regards,

            Team Buds



 

[kmitch200]

But the Brady Bunch says gun sales and NICS checks are "average"

More CCW permits = less NICS checks. Either that or the Brady bunch is lying. We know that would never happen.

[tombogan03884]

But the Brady Bunch says gun sales and NICS checks are "average"
     

They are probably telling the truth, for 3 years now the "average" has been to set a new record every month.

[Solus]

You know, the same market forces at work here are the ones that are likely causing the change in Gun Shows, as discussed in another thread.

Dealers have little reason to haul their goods to a gun show when they can't keep them on the shelf for as long as it would take to pack the truck.  

And why offer any discounts at a gun show when everything is moving at list+ as fast as you can get it in.

Only things left for the gun shows are Turkey Jerky, trinkets, doo-dads and other junk

Well, I imagine the growth on online gun sales opportunities has also had it's effect.

[Pecos Bill]

NICS checks are average? Didn't they see the FBI report on some 125,00 (?) NICS checks on Black Friday alone?

I don't want to start a panic BUT the manufacturers are falling behind. They can't make the blasted things fast enough to meet the orders. Two of the AR manufacturers are already telling dealers that they can't give any delivery dates for the future.

Pecos

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