As I have mentioned from the beginning, I had my RMA printed up, and thought that it wasn't a great idea to send it in, until I at least knew how long the repair would take, and what the heck it actually was. I also considered that they may get overwhelmed and offer us a self install kit at some point, once they realize the mess they created for themselves.
This seems like a class action suit will appear suddenly. If so they may be forced to refund the cost of the gun once it becomes, " an unreasonable delay", at that point I will decide what my options are. It is very odd to recall a product when you can't offer a repair for it, I would think they will have to make good on it at some point.
And don't think for a moment that just because they are a well known company, that they can't go bankrupt, or at least seek protection under the bankruptcy laws if this gets too expensive to fix. If they sold a million guns and it cost 50 dollars to fix each one, "it may be more or less", it may be a real problem to come up with that money after it has been spent.
It also will affect their gun sales looking forward, "I know I won't be buying a polymer gun from them soon", although their 1911's remain solid. We don't know how much of their business is in Polymer pistols.
The same thing has happened to Mercedes and Samsung, who offered refunds or repairs, without admitting blame, "but they had the fix for their problems".
Springfield seems to be "lost", at the moment with several hundred thousand Plus guns sitting in their warehouse. And stores not ordering new merchandise on two of their biggest selling models, until the air clears.