Tirod said:
As for hiring the gunstore groupies with no life who hang around the counter, nope. Knowledgeable and experienced firearms assemblers, armorers, machine operators, and shooters are in high demand by other employers. Add the .gov background check and the lack any large scale vocational education in our schools and the pool is extremely small. Most of working public is now service oriented, not skills based, and the ratio is increasingly devoid of any machinists and factory workers with skills.
Sure, knowledgeable and experienced folks with the skills you mentioned are in high demand. But, you don't need those skills to be hired as a warehouse employee performing the tasks of a mail room clerk… and that appears to be what PSA really needs at this point!
And, once again, the background check is a non-issue. Even before I got into LE, my prior three jobs all required a background check. My spouse works in oil/gas, and gets checked more frequently than I do in LE. Every person who ever buys a gun at a gun store can pass the background check. So, there are plenty of non-criminals out there looking for jobs!
atblis said:
I think they've knowingly dumped defective products on the market and plead ignorance. That in my book makes them not legit.
I've seen a few posts like this now, and I'm hoping that's not the case. I'll certainly let you guys know if my products arrive intact and as expected!
In some ways I feel like we've become so accustomed to bad service in this industry that we simply don't demand better when we should… panic buying practices have routinely put products out of stock, on long backorder waits, and created wild fluctuations in price.
Personally, I'm not satisfied to essentially let a dime of savings hold up a dollar of benefit, but clearly this is an issue that a lot of folks are split on. There are a lot of small companies in this industry that have experienced remarkable growth in the past few years. But, many of those companies have remembered that it is their customers who have grown their business!
I try not to complain about companies without cause, and in the past I've written glowing reviews of other companies I've dealt with in this industry (ex: I have nothing but praise for places like TAB Gear and Mile High Shooting). For now I guess I'll just play the PSA waiting game.