Sportsman Guide

[MarkCO]

He lives!

I have been living. Just not much shooting or gun forums over the last few years. Working on getting back to it.

[BushMasterBoy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sportsman's_Guide

Got bought by Northern Tool in 2012. After reading a lot of reviews, many of the positive reviews seem to follow a template. AAFES site shows a disclaimer that SG is overwhelmed with calls.

https://www.shopmyexchange.com/the-s...-guide/6655799

[MrPrena]

evolution of e-commerce (etail).

impact gun 04-?
Botux (Botach) - 06 to? fixed service according to reviews.
la police gear ?
optics planet 09-17? getting better

[brutal]

I've bought from LA Police Gear without issue. Mostly range bags. Too many range bags.

[Bailey Guns]

Many years ago I ordered something from Botach. After I placed the order I started reading the terrible reviews. My order arrived sooner than expected. Ordered a second time with the same results. Figured I'd quit while I was ahead. Never ordered from them again. If I recall they had REALLY good prices on a lot of cop stuff.

[MrPrena]

i think when small stores gets big from online ads, and they need to accommodate the new demand from e-commerce side. Many online stores have a issues of keeping up and mess up with quantities in stock. when they upgrade and hire more as time goes by, they become more reliable.

I did not buy anything at Optic Planet for years, because they had a horrible reviews.
when they were selling trg magazines at $140 and gave them a chance. they have been really good since.
I still try not to order anything under 4 or 5 or low quantities items.

[crays]

Many years ago I ordered something from Botach. After I placed the order I started reading the terrible reviews. My order arrived sooner than expected. Ordered a second time with the same results. Figured I'd quit while I was ahead. Never ordered from them again. If I recall they had REALLY good prices on a lot of cop stuff.

I've never had an issue with Botach. Several holsters (ordered individually, separate occasions) shipped directly from Israel and arrived in about 4 days. Been a few years since I've used them. YMMV

Sent from somewhere

[brutal]

Botach was about 50-50 for me. I quit them.

Optics Planet hasn't been good lately. Had some hunting ammo backlordered for forever and finally had to cancel the order. Yea, ammo is tough sometimes but the other backorders for the same stuff had already shipped in from two other e-tailers weeks before.

[electronman1729]

Well!
So I filed a BBB complaint against sportsman guide last week. Looks like I'm scoring a case of 223 for $299 and a case of 9mm for $199

[Bailey Guns]

Was that something you backordered and they didn't want to honor the price?