I never had a problem with Buds or any other online firearms dealer,put CC info press buy now or send and it go's to my FFL.Easy as pie.

Someone else pointed out in another thread that Bud's doesn't hold inventory for "layaway." Says so in their disclosures somewhere on the website. I haven't verified it, so I don't know for sure.

In either case. Who the hell uses layaway for a gun? Save up your damn money, then look for the deals. You can offer cash, and the fewer transactions you have to make with ANY company, the less chances there are for something to get fucked up.

bought from them twice and no problems at all

They were the only retailer I could find that had them in stock. All is right with the world now though, found one on M4C for the same price + tons of factory-installed-extras (Heine sights, connector, plug, extractor, etc.)



Probably the wrong section, although I fail to see how a forum that has topics like "how to clean" and "poll: help me choose a handgun" and "how did I do on this trade?" is technical

Either way, I don't make the rules so if the mods could move this to a 'feedback' section (if one exists) I'd appreciate it!

They state on their website that some stuff is in stock at their KY location, while other stuff comes from warehouses.

I have bought 3 guns from Bud's and have had zero problems.

Of course I actually had enough money to just pay for the gun outright at the time of ordering without putting it on layaway or having to make "deposits", complicating the process.

Maybe they should have handled it better but when one voluntarily complicates what should be a simple transaction, the chances that something will get botched goes way up. Better to just save the money youself until you have the full amount then go back to make sure they have it in stock. If they don't then you're then free to find someone else that does without all the added headache. It's not like this was some limited edition once in a lifetime high dollar purchase that one would have to put a deposit on in order to not miss out.

Was worried at first when I saw the thread because I like using Bud's, but I'm not concerned now that I see it was a situation where somebody was trying to do something out of the ordinary.

Buds doesn't really care to retain you, individually, as a customer. I buy from them often (until my local FFL's stop accepting xfer's from Bud's - but that's another story) and I am fully aware that their CS sucks. It's abysmal. But, their prices make up for it. That's why people continue to buy from them. If they had higher prices and their CS sucked still, people would go elsewhere, but since they have the lowest prices out there, people use them The 10% of transactions that sour the buyer - well, they move on, but others continue to replace those customers.

Furthermore, it's a business: if someone had the cash up-front to buy an item, why wouldn't they sell it to the person that can pay 100% now, instead of holding it for the person who can pay 33% now, and the remainder in 30 days? Unless you're buying it from a "guy you know" at a gun shop, it's kind of a no-brainer.

good more should do this also... give the markup to the local FFL
not just some silly (small pass-through fee)

If they don't want to do it, why the fuck do they offer it? I didn't hack into their site and write the layaway policy. They wrote it and I abided by it. Yet I'm getting shit. Man, I love this site.


Keep it simple for the business in fear they don't trip over their dicks? Sounds like a confident consumer....

And thank you for the financial lesson, I'm fine though thanks for your concern. Just finished building a $5,000 rifle and the wife's OB visits have been adding up. So I wanted to hold the gun and control my cash flow for the moment. You can go straight to hell if you think I opened this thread to obtain financial advice.


Yes, that's SO close to what we're talking about here (sarcasm, laid it on thick but just wanna be sure it came across your screen). Again, just wanted to minimize cash output. So I used layaway to hold a 'rare' item, then paid in full the next month. Again, not sure why I need to justify my financial decisions to you pros.

Hope it makes you all feel better - just paid cash for the FDE Glock I got off the equipment exchange.


^ THANK YOU. The pro v. con layaway argument aside, this was about them offering a service, my abiding by their policies and procedures, and being screwed at the end of it.

If layaway is so difficult to operate successfully (for a company that ships firearms daily - which I would think a much more arduous task) they can go ahead and stop offering it. If its offered, my expectation is that if I hold up my end, they'll hold up theirs. End of story.

Sure I understand/get your point now. I've never done layaway but thought it a good idea in this instance to guarantee myself an item. Obviously the wrong thing to do!

If I were Buds, I might put a disclaimer in the layaway terms about 'reserving the right to sell stock outright for first run/specialty items''

Fail. It doesn't take a Harvard MBA to figure that this was bad business.

"In Stock" to me means they have it in their store/premises.

Never have a problem with buds,bought 3 pistols from buds my FFL receive it less than 1 week.
I even cancel my ordered once without restocking fee.
Sorry for the op bad transaction!