Got  a shipping label created notice on 6/13/2013 for an upper ordered on 2/22/13. Today is the 20th and order has still has not been picked up by ups. Are they trying to piss off their customer base? I read the above emails with profanity directed at the customer and his response is " I will be blunt with them". K I guess it's my turn. Hey dickhead we are asking abt our orders that are 3-6 weeks past the "approximately 8 weeks" you have listed on the "in stock items" on your site. You say it's the constant emails that prevent you from filling our orders and your working 7 days a week. Tough shit you Whiney bitch! Have you ever thought abt posting we are sorry but have suspended orders at this time due to a huge backlog of orders. Fuck no you would rather mouth off from miles away. Don't forget you colossal douche bag it's folks like us that put food in that lil cock holster you call a mouth and the majority of individuals you have sold too, only ordered from you because YOUR site claimed to have items in stock. Suck it up, hire a customer service person with some tact and an individual to manage your website. Problem solved you "asshole"  Not that any of this will matter. Your rep is so pathetic now because of your piss por customer service that after all your back orders are filled your business is going to shrivel up and die anyway

Be happy, I ordered 4 days before you and I haven't seen shit.  He's probably gonna cancel your order now!   Palmetto State, Surplus Ammo and Arms, SOTA Arms,  Stoner, and a whole bunch of folks listed on arpartsfinder.com have tons of stuff available and you will receive it in 3 weeks or less from the day you order.  In fact Palmetto State encourages you to e-mail them if you have any questions on your order.  Yesterday they had one or more uppers on sale (along with a lot of other stuff) for 200 dollars off list.

Just in case anyone would like to lay it on RGuns.  You can and have the right to.  See below:

Business Guide to the FTC's Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule [PDF]


TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO COMPLY WITH THE RULE

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE RULE

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

PART 435 -- MAIL OR TELEPHONE ORDER MERCHANDISE RULE



Introduction

To help you plan and operate your business, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") staff in cooperation with the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has prepared this booklet about the FTC’s Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Trade Regulation Rule (the "Rule"). The Rule’s requirements are explained in plain English. This discussion is followed by a question and answer section. The Rule itself is reprinted at the end of this booklet.

What Does the Rule Cover?

It applies to most goods a customer orders from the seller by mail, telephone, fax, or on the Internet.

It does not matter how the merchandise is advertised, how the customer pays, or who initiates the contact.

What is the Mail or Telephone Order Rule?

The Rule requires that when you advertise merchandise, you must have a reasonable basis for stating or implying that you can ship within a certain time. If you make no shipment statement, you must have a reasonable basis for believing that you can ship within 30 days. That is why direct marketers sometimes call this the "30-day Rule."

If, after taking the customer’s order, you learn that you cannot ship within the time you stated or within 30 days, you must seek the customer’s consent to the delayed shipment. If you cannot obtain the customer’s consent to the delay -- either because it is not a situation in which you are permitted to treat the customer’s silence as consent and the customer has not expressly consented to the delay, or because the customer has expressly refused to consent -- you must, without being asked, promptly refund all the money the customer paid you for the unshipped merchandise.

How to Comply With the Rule

The following information will help you comply with the Rule.

What You Should Know Before You Make a Shipment Representation

When you offer to sell merchandise, you must have a "reasonable basis" for:
•any express or implied shipment representation, or
•believing you can ship within 30 days of receipt of an order -- if you make no shipment representation or if the shipment representation is not clear and conspicuous.

Whenever you change the shipment date by providing a delay notice, you must have a "reasonable basis" for:
•the new shipment date, or
•any representation that you do not know when you can ship the merchandise.

When you take orders by telephone, you may choose to provide prospective customers with updated shipment information. This may differ from what you said or implied about the shipment time in your advertising. The updated shipment information you provide on the telephone supersedes any shipment representation you made in the advertising. You also must have a reasonable basis for the updated shipment representation.

"Reasonable basis" means that the merchant has, at the time of making the representation, such information as would under the circumstances satisfy a reasonable and prudent businessperson, acting in good faith, that the representation is true.

The evidence you need to demonstrate the reasonableness of your shipment representations varies with circumstances. The following, however, is important:
•Anticipated demand. Is the demand for each advertised item reasonably anticipated?
•Supply. For each advertised item, is there a sufficient inventory on hand or adequate sources of supply to meet the anticipated demand for the product?
•Fulfillment system. For all promotions in the relevant sales seasons, can the fulfillment system handle the cumulative anticipated demand for all products?
•Recordkeeping. Are adequate records kept of the key events (see section headed "Why You Should Keep Records" for a list of key events) in each individual transaction to ensure that items can be shipped within the applicable time, as established by the Rule?

Remember: Whether you make a shipment representation or rely on the 30-day rule, your advertising should be unambiguous about when you will ship.

What You Must Know Before Making Shipment Representations in Sales Involving Credit Applications

If your customers apply to you to establish an in-house new credit account or increase an existing credit line to pay for the merchandise they order, the Rule provides the following:
•If you make no shipment representation when you solicit the order, you are allowed 50 (instead of 30) days to ship the order. The extra 20 days is to enable you to process the credit application. If you wish to use this provision of the Rule, you must have a reasonable basis to believe you can ship in 50 days.
•If you do make a shipment representation when you solicit the order, you must have a reasonable basis for being able to ship in that time, regardless of whether the order is accompanied by an application for credit or extension of a credit line. You are presumed to have factored in the time needed to process the credit application or to have qualified your shipment representation appropriately.

When Your Fulfillment Or Other Obligations Begin ("Properly Completed" Orders)

The "clock" on your obligation to ship or take other action under the Rule begins as soon as you receive a "properly completed" order. An order is properly completed when you receive the correct full or partial (in whatever form you accept) payment, accompanied by all the information you need to fill the order. Payment may be by cash, check, money order, the customer’s authorization to charge an existing account (including one you have created for the customer), the customer’s application to you for credit to pay for the order, or any substitute for these transactions that you accept.

It is irrelevant when you post or deposit payment, when checks clear, or when your bank credits your account. The clock begins to run when you receive a properly completed order.

Note, however, that if a customer’s check is returned or a customer is refused credit, the Rule stops the shipment clock. It is reset at day one when the customer gives you cash, the customer’s check is honored, or you receive notice that the customer qualifies for credit. At this point, you may take the amount of time you originally stated to fulfill the order.

What You Must Do If You Learn You Cannot Ship on Time

When you learn that you cannot ship on time, you must decide whether you will ever be able to ship the order. If you decide that you cannot, you must promptly cancel the order and make a full refund.

If you decide you can ship the order later, you must seek the customer’s consent to the delay. You may use whatever means you wish to do this -- such as the telephone, fax, mail, or email -- as long as you notify the customer of the delay reasonably quickly. The customer must have sufficient advance notification to make a meaningful decision to consent to the delay or cancel the order.

Some businesses adopt internal deadlines that are earlier than those set by the Rule to ensure that their delay notices give all customers a meaningful opportunity to consent to the delay. If businesses fail to ship or give delay notifications by their internal deadlines, they automatically cancel the orders and make refunds.

In any event, no notification to the customer can take longer than the time you originally promised or, if no time was promised, 30 days. If you cannot ship the order or provide the notice within this time, you must cancel the order and make a prompt refund.

What a First Delay Option Notice Must Say

In seeking your customer’s consent to delay, the first delay notice you provide to the customer (the "delay option" notice) must include:
•a definite revised shipment date or, if unknown, a statement that you are unable to provide a revised shipment date;
•a statement that, if the customer chooses not to wait, the customer can cancel the order and obtain a full and prompt refund; and
•some means for the customer to choose to cancel at your expense (e.g., by providing a postage prepaid reply card or toll-free telephone number).
•the following information when you cannot provide a revised shipping date: ?the reason for the delay, and
?a statement that, if the customer agrees to the indefinite delay, the customer may cancel the order any time until you ship the merchandise.


If your first delay option notice provides a definite revised shipping date of 30 days or less, you must inform customers that their non-response will be treated as a consent to the delay.

Thus, your delay option notice might look something like this:

We will be unable to ship the merchandise listed above until [date 30 days or less later than original promised time]. If you don’t want to wait, you may cancel your order and receive a prompt refund by calling our toll-free customer service number, (800) 555-1234. If we do not hear from you before we ship the merchandise to you, we will assume that you have agreed to this shipment delay.

(Many merchants add clarifying language such as "Remember, if you want the merchandise, don’t call.")

If your first delay option notice provides a definite revised shipping date of more than 30 days or states that you do not know when you will be able to ship, you must tell your customers that if they do not respond, the order will be cancelled automatically within the originally promised time plus 30 days.

For example, suppose you have a reasonable basis for being able to ship in 30 days and you have chosen to make no shipment representation in your advertising. Within the 30 day period after you receive the customer’s properly completed order you learn that you cannot ship in time and, although you believe you will be able to ship at some point, you don’t know when. Your delay option notice to the customer might look something like this:

Because [explanation of backorder problem], we are unable to ship the merchandise listed above. We don’t know when we will be able to ship it.

If you don’t want to wait, you may cancel your order and receive a prompt refund by calling our toll-free customer service number, (800) 555-1234. If we do not hear from you and we have not shipped by [date 30 days later than original promised shipment time -- in this example, 60 days after receipt of the properly completed order], your order will be cancelled automatically and your money will be refunded.

If you do not want your order automatically cancelled on [date 30 days later than original promised shipment time], you may request that we keep your order and fill it later. If you do request that we keep your order and fill it later, you still have the right to cancel the order at any time before we ship it to you. You may use our toll-free number, (800) 555-1234, either to request that we fill your order later or to cancel it.

Remember: You are required to explain the nature of the backorder problem only if you provide an indefinite revised shipment date. This explanation should be detailed enough to permit the customer to judge what the possible length of the delay might be.

You also have the option of seeking your customer’s affirmative agreement to the delay. In any event, you must indicate what will happen if the customer does not respond.

What Later Notices Must Say

If you cannot ship the merchandise by the definite revised shipment date included in your most recent delay option notice, before that date you must seek the consent of your customers to any further delay. You must do this by providing customers a "renewed" delay option notice. A renewed delay option notice is similar in many ways to the first delay option notice. One important difference: the customer’s silence may not be treated as a consent to delay.

A renewed delay option notice must include:
•a new definite revised shipment date or, if unknown, a statement that you are unable to provide any date;
•a statement that, if the customer chooses not to wait, the customer can cancel the order immediately and obtain a full and prompt refund;
•a statement that, unless you receive notice that the customer agrees to wait beyond the most recent definite revised shipment date and you have not shipped by then, the customer’s order automatically will be cancelled and a prompt refund will be provided; and
•some means for the customer to inform you at your expense (e.g., by providing a postage prepaid reply card or toll-free telephone number) whether the customer agrees to the delay or is canceling the order.
•the following information when you cannot provide a new definite revised shipping date:
•the reason for the delay, and
•a statement that, if the customer agrees to the indefinite delay, the customer may cancel the order any time until you ship.

If you have provided an appropriate and timely delay option notice and the customer agrees to an indefinite revised shipment date, no additional delay notices are required.

When You May Cancel an Order

Instead of seeking the customer’s consent to delay, you can always cancel the order and send a refund. In that case, you must notify the customer and send the refund within the time you would have sent any delay notice required by the Rule.

When You Must Cancel an Order

You must cancel an order and provide a prompt refund when:
•the customer exercises any option to cancel before you ship the merchandise;
•the customer does not respond to your first notice of a definite revised shipment date of 30 days or less and you have not shipped the merchandise or received the customer’s consent to a further delay by the definite revised shipment date;
•the customer does not respond to your notice of a definite revised shipment date of more than 30 days (or your notice that you are unable to provide a definite revised shipment date) and you have not shipped the merchandise within 30 days of the original shipment date;
•the customer consents to a definite delay and you have not shipped or obtained the customer’s consent to any additional delay by the shipment time the customer consented to;
•you have not shipped or provided the required delay or renewed option notices on time; or
•you determine that you will never be able to ship the merchandise.

The following is one example of a delayed order scenario:
1.You have a reasonable basis to be able to ship the merchandise in 30 days. That being the case, you make no shipment representation in your advertising. When your prospective customer calls to place the order on July 1, nothing has happened to change your belief that you can ship in 30 days, so in accepting the order you provide no updated shipment information. You plan to ship the order by July 31.
2.On July 10, you realize you cannot ship by July 31. Within a few days (reasonably quickly so the customer has time to make a decision), you send a delay notice with a revised shipment date. Based on information such as customer demand for the merchandise and information you recently received from your suppliers, you reasonably believe that you will be able to ship 30 days from the original shipment date. The revised shipping date you provide in the delay notice is August 30, i.e., 30 days from July 31. Your delay notice explains that, unless the customer tells you otherwise, you will assume that the customer is willing to wait for the merchandise until then.
3.Having heard nothing from the customer, on August 10 you realize that you will not be able to ship by August 30, so reasonably promptly you send a second delay option notice saying when you now reasonably believe you will be able to ship. The notice tells the customer that the order will be cancelled automatically on August 30 unless you have already shipped by then or the customer expressly tells you not to cancel.

How Quickly You Must Make a Refund

When you must make a Rule-required refund, the following applies:
•If the customer paid by cash, check, or money order, you must refund the correct amount by first class mail within seven working days after the order is cancelled.
•If the customer paid by credit, you must credit the customer’s account or notify the customer that the account will not be charged, within one customer’s billing cycle, after the order is cancelled.

How Much You Must Refund

If you cannot ship any of the merchandise ordered by the customer, you must refund the entire amount the customer "tendered," including any shipping, handling, insurance, or other costs. If you ship some, but not all, of the merchandise ordered, you must refund the difference between the total amount paid and the amount the customer would have paid, according to your ordering instructions, for the shipped items only.

For example, if you charge a flat fee for shipping and handling regardless of the total number or cost of the items ordered, you need not refund any shipping and handling charges if you ship some items. On the other hand, if your shipping and handling charges are indexed to the number of items or the dollar amount of the order, you can keep only those shipping and handling charges that are appropriate to the number or dollar amount of the items actually shipped.

When making Rule-required refunds, you cannot substitute credit toward future purchases, credit vouchers, or scrip.

When the order is paid for in whole or in part by proofs of purchase, coupons, or other promotional devices, you must provide "reasonable compensation" to the customer for the proofs of purchase plus any shipping, handling, or other charges the customer paid. (The circumstances of each promotion may affect what is deemed to be reasonable.)

Why You Should Keep Records

Although you are not required to keep records, an accurate, up-to-date recordkeeping system can help show that you are complying with the Rule. This is especially important because, in any action to enforce the Rule, if you cannot document your use of systems and procedures for complying, the Rule provides that you bear the burden of proving you do comply. Your documentation should provide answers to the following questions.
•Substantiation for shipment representations. How is demand anticipated? How is inventory monitored? How is inventory acquisition coordinated with customer demand and order cancellation? How are demand needs communicated to and met by buyers/suppliers/drop shippers?
•Fulfillment system. How is the fulfillment system designed to meet the requirements of the Rule? Are the delay option notices in compliance? Does the customer’s active or passive exercise of any cancellation option result in a prompt refund response?
•Recordkeeping. Are adequate records kept for each individual order demonstrating the date you received the order; the contents of and date you provided any delay option notice; the date you received any exercise of a cancellation option; the date of any shipment and the merchandise shipped; the date of any refund and the merchandise for which the refund was made?

If you provide delay option notices by telephone, you may want to keep accurate records of the scripts you use. To help document your compliance with the Rule, you may find it useful to maintain a chronological record of all calls you make, including the number from which the call is made, the called number, the party contacted, and the duration of the contact.

Businesses often ask how long they should keep their records relating to Rule compliance. The statute of limitations on actions to enforce the Rule is three years for consumer redress and five years for civil penalties. State statutes of limitations for individual customer or state actions are sometimes longer. Check the state laws where you plan to do business.

What the Rule Does Not Cover

The following sales are exempt from the Rule:
•magazine subscriptions (and similar serial deliveries), except for the first shipment;
•sales of seeds and growing plants;
•orders made on a collect-on-delivery basis (C.O.D.); and,
•transactions covered by the FTC’s Negative Option Rule (such as book and music clubs).

The Rule also does not cover services, such as mail order photo-finishing. In the question and answer section that follows, you will notice other circumstances in which mail or telephone order merchandise may not be covered by the Rule.

Why You Should Comply with the Rule

Merchants who violate the Rule can be sued by the FTC for injunctive relief, monetary civil penalties of up to $16,000 per violation (any time during the five years preceding the filing of the complaint), and consumer redress (any time during the three years preceding the filing of the complaint). When the mails are involved, the Postal Service also has authority to take action for problems such as non-delivery. State law enforcement agencies can take action for violating state consumer protection laws.

Apart from this, your failure to ship on time, or your failure to notify your customers promptly about delays and to obtain their consent to the delays, or your failure to make full and prompt refunds when your customers do not consent to delayed shipment, can adversely affect your business by discouraging repeat purchases. Accordingly, most businesses regard compliance with the Rule as simply good business practice.

Questions and Answers About the Rule

The FTC staff receives questions from mail or telephone order merchants who want to know how to comply with the Rule in certain circumstances. Provided below are commonly-asked questions and staff responses.

Using a Fulfillment House or Drop-Shipper

Q: Who is liable for Rule violations caused by a fulfillment house or drop shipper?

A: The seller is. This is because the person soliciting the order, not the agent fulfilling it, is the seller under the Rule. The person soliciting the order can control -- among other things -- the shipment representations made in soliciting the sale and the choice of fulfillment houses. The seller can adjust the shipment representations to include the time needed to transmit orders to a fulfillment house and for the fulfillment house to respond.

However, staff considers the following circumstances when deciding whether to recommend an enforcement action:
1.whether the merchant made all reasonable efforts to prevent violations, including, e.g., •contracting with the fulfillment house to require it to comply with the Rule (or, at least, require it to promptly inform the merchant of any problems that could involve the Rule);
•"seeding" orders with the fulfillment house to monitor its fulfillment time; and
•monitoring customer complaints for unusual surges.

2.whether the violations were genuinely unforeseeable and beyond the merchant’s control to prevent;
3.whether the merchant, from all objective circumstances, did not know and did not have reason to know of the violations when they occurred; and,
4.whether the merchant promptly took all reasonable steps to remedy the fulfillment, notification, or refund systems failures as soon as it discovered them, and to remedy any resulting customer injury.

"Bill-me" Orders; Sales On Approval

Q: We offer to ship merchandise ordered by mail or telephone and to bill the customer later. Are we covered by the Rule?

A: Whether the transaction is covered by the Rule depends on whether you bill as part of a credit arrangement made with the customer. For example, suppose you ship the merchandise under an arrangement where the customer has an open account or a charge account you have provided, and the customer authorizes you to charge the account. This is a credit sale and is covered by the Rule. The customer’s authorization to place a charge on the customer’s account meets the Rule’s test for coverage that the order is prepaid and thus properly completed when received by the merchant.

On the other hand, suppose you ship the merchandise along with an invoice payable upon receipt. This is not a credit or prepaid sale and is not covered by the Rule. Of course, if you are unreasonably slow in shipping the merchandise or do not ship in the time you promised, you could violate the FTC Act’s general prohibition against unfair or deceptive practices. In addition, in some instances, the customer may have the right under state law to refuse to accept the merchandise.

Q: Does the Rule cover sales on approval?

A: No. Sales on approval permit the prospective customer to return merchandise, usually after a "no obligation" or "free trial" period, even though it is exactly as represented in the merchant’s advertising. These sales do not require the customer to pay for the order until the merchandise is received and approved. Because the order is not prepaid with cash, check, money order, or charge, it cannot be treated as the "receipt of a properly completed order" -- which would trigger the Rule’s requirements.

Unordered Merchandise

Whether or not the Rule is involved, in any approval or other sale you must obtain the customer’s prior express agreement to receive the merchandise. Otherwise the merchandise may be treated as unordered merchandise. It is unlawful to:
1.Send any merchandise by any means without the express request of the recipient (unless the merchandise is clearly identified as a gift, free sample, or the like); or,
2.Try to obtain payment for or the return of the unordered merchandise.

Merchants who ship unordered merchandise with knowledge that it is unlawful to do so can be subject to civil penalties of up to $16,000 per violation. Moreover, customers who receive unordered merchandise are legally entitled to treat the merchandise as a gift. Using the U.S. mails to ship unordered merchandise also violates the Postal laws.

Insurance Charges

Q: What are our responsibilities if we charge to insure delivery?

A: Instead of directing customers to make claims against the common carriers who may be responsible for losing merchandise, most merchants reship for the sake of customer satisfaction. To pay for these reshipment policies, some merchants ask customers to buy "insurance" or provide it as an option. By offering insurance, the merchant implicitly represents that it will honor any claim of nondelivery by providing prompt reshipment or, if reshipment is impossible, a prompt refund. It would be improper to collect fees from customers for reshipment insurance and not respond promptly and appropriately to their bona fide claims of loss.

Substitutions

Q: If a customer orders an item which is backordered, can we substitute an item of similar or better quality without the customer’s consent?

A: For backorders, the Rule provides only two ways of responding to a properly completed order for mail or telephone order merchandise: obtain the customer’s agreement to delayed shipment or provide a full and prompt refund. Unless the customer expressly agrees to the substitution beforehand, you do not have the option of substituting merchandise that is materially different from your advertised merchandise. The term "materially different" means that the merchandise differs in some manner that is likely to affect the customer’s choice of, or conduct regarding, the merchandise. Any product feature would be deemed material if it is expressly mentioned or depicted in advertising. Differences in design, style, color, fabric, or promoted end use also would be deemed material.

Dry-testing

Q: We want to sell by mail or telephone a product that is not yet available. Does the Rule apply?

A: It depends. In an advisory opinion, the FTC told a publishing company that it could "dry-test" its merchandise as long as the following conditions were met:
•In promoting the merchandise, the merchant can make no suggestion that the merchandise will be shipped or that customers expressing an interest in it will receive it.
•In all promotional materials, the merchant must disclose all material aspects of the promotion, including the fact that the merchandise is only planned and may not be shipped.
•If any part of the promotion is later dropped, the merchant must notify subscribers of the fact within a reasonable time after soliciting their subscriptions.
•If, within a reasonable time after soliciting their subscriptions, the merchant has made no decision to ship the merchandise, it must notify subscribers of this fact and give them the opportunity to cancel and, where payment has been made, make a prompt refund.
•The merchant can make no substitutions of any merchandise for that ordered.

If these conditions are not met, the Rule applies.

Making Fast Shipment Representations

Q: We represent that we ship in 48 hours. In case of delay, when are we required to provide notification of delay?

A: Within 48 hours of receipt of the order.

Q: Can we say 48 hours "most of the time?"

A: If you represent that you ship in 48 hours most of the time, you will be required to ship or provide notification of delay in 48 hours all the time. The Rule requires you to ship in the time you say. If you say you ship in 48 hours "most of the time," reasonable consumers will infer that you will ship their orders in 48 hours. Similarly, if you represent, "in-stock items ship immediately," unless you tell consumer when they order that the item is not in stock, you will be required to ship, provide notification of delay, or cancel the order immediately.

Notice by Posting and E-Mail

Q: Can we send the delay option notice to the customer’s e-mail address?

A: Yes.

Q: Can we provide a delay option notice by posting it on the customer’s "order-status" page of our website?

A: If you provide a delay option notice, you must choose a way that is reasonably likely to provide all the required information within the time period required by the Rule. If the consumer doesn’t visit the order-status page until after she misses her order, you haven’t complied with the Rule’s requirements that the delay option notice be provided within the promised shipment time. Of course, posting on the customer’s order-status page can be an excellent way to back up notification by another means.

Qualifying 30-day or Other Shipment Representations

Q: In soliciting telephone orders we make no shipment representation, so the 30-day rule applies. In taking the order, the sales representative tells the customer that the merchandise will be shipped in 72 hours. Then we discover that the merchandise cannot be shipped in 72 hours, but can be shipped within 30 days. Do we have to get the customer’s agreement to a delay?

A: Yes. The shipment representation you make in negotiating the sale during the telephone call supersedes any express shipment representation you made in soliciting the order or, if you made no express shipment representation, the 30-day shipment time. Your compliance with the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule will be determined based upon the 72-hour shipment representation.

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

For more information about the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule, call the Federal Trade Commission toll-free: 1-877-FTC-HELP; write: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Response Center, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580; or visit: www.ftc.gov.

You also may want to contact relevant trade associations, such as the Direct Marketing Association. Contact the DMA’s Washington, DC office at: 202-955-5030; write: 1111 19th Street, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036-3603; or visit: www.the-dma.org.

Your local U.S. Postal Service or consumer protection agency may offer additional assistance. State and local governments also may have requirements with which you must comply. You should consult appropriate state agencies for information about laws that affect your business.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT

The National Small Business Ombudsman and 10 Regional Fairness Boards collect comments from small businesses about federal compliance and enforcement activities. Each year, the Ombudsman evaluates the conduct of these activities and rates each agency's responsiveness to small businesses. Small businesses can comment to the Ombudsman without fear of reprisal. To comment, call toll-free 1-888-REGFAIR (1-888-734-3247) or go to www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

PART 435 -- MAIL OR TELEPHONE ORDER MERCHANDISE RULE

Sec.
435.1 Definitions.
435.2 The rule.
435.3 Limited applicability.

Sec. 435.1 Definitions.

For purposes of this part:

(a) Mail or telephone order sales shall mean sales in which the buyer has ordered merchandise from the seller by mail or telephone, regardless of the method of payment or the method used to solicit the order.

(b) Prompt refund shall mean:

(1) Where a refund is made pursuant to paragraph (d)(1) or (2)(iii) of this section, a refund sent to the buyer by first class mail within seven (7) working days of the date on which the buyer's right to refund vests under the provisions of this part;

(2) Where a refund is made pursuant to paragraph (d)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section, a refund sent to the buyer by first class mail within one (1) billing cycle from the date on which the buyer's right to refund vests under the provisions of this part.

(c) Receipt of a properly completed order shall mean, where the buyer tenders full or partial payment in the proper amount in the form of cash, check, money order, or authorization from the buyer to charge an existing charge account, the time at which the seller receives both said payment and an order from the buyer containing all of the information needed by the seller to process and ship the order. Provided, however, that where the seller receives notice that the check or money order tendered by the buyer has been dishonored or that the buyer does not qualify for a credit sale, receipt of a properly completed order shall mean the time at which:

(1) The seller receives notice that a check or money order for the proper amount tendered by the buyer has been honored;

(2) The buyer tenders cash in the proper amount; or

(3) The seller receives notice that the buyer qualifies for a credit sale.

(d) Refund shall mean:

(1) Where the buyer tendered full payment for the unshipped merchandise in the form of cash, check, or money order, a return of the amount tendered in the form of cash, check, or money order;

(2) Where there is a credit sale:

(i) And the seller is a creditor, a copy of a credit memorandum or the like or an account statement reflecting the removal or absence of any remaining charge incurred as a result of the sale from the buyer's account;

(ii) And a third party is the creditor, a copy of an appropriate credit memorandum or the like to the third party creditor which will remove the charge from the buyer's account or a statement from the seller acknowledging the cancellation of the order and representing that it has not taken any action regarding the order which will result in a charge to the buyer's account with the third party;

(iii) And the buyer tendered partial payment for the unshipped merchandise in the form of cash, check, or money order, a return of the amount tendered in the form of cash, check, or money order.

(e) Shipment shall mean the act by which the merchandise is physically placed in the possession of the carrier.

(f) Telephone refers to any direct or indirect use of the telephone to order merchandise, regardless of whether the telephone is activated by, or the language used is that of human beings, machines, or both.

(g) The time of solicitation of an order shall mean that time when the seller has:

(1) Mailed or otherwise disseminated the solicitation to a prospective purchaser;

(2) Made arrangements for an advertisement containing the solicitation to appear in a newspaper, magazine or the like or on radio or television which cannot be changed or cancelled without incurring substantial expense; or

(3) Made arrangements for the printing of a catalog, brochure or the like which cannot be changed without incurring substantial expense, in which the solicitation in question forms an insubstantial part.

Sec. 435.2 The Rule.

In connection with mail or telephone order sales in or affecting commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, it constitutes an unfair method of competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice for a seller:

(a)(1) To solicit any order for the sale of merchandise to be ordered by the buyer through the mail or by telephone unless, at the time of the solicitation, the seller has a reasonable basis to expect that it will be able to ship any ordered merchandise to the buyer:

(i) Within that time clearly and conspicuously stated in any such solicitation; or

(ii) If no time is clearly and conspicuously stated, within thirty (30) days after receipt of a properly completed order from the buyer, Provided, however, where, at the time the merchandise is ordered the buyer applies to the seller for credit to pay for the merchandise in whole or in part, the seller shall have fifty (50) days, rather than thirty (30) days, to perform the actions required in § 435.2 (a)(1)(ii) of this part.

(2) To provide any buyer with any revised shipping date, as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, unless, at the time any such revised shipping date is provided, the seller has a reasonable basis for making such representation regarding a definite revised shipping date.

(3) To inform any buyer that it is unable to make any representation regarding the length of any delay unless:

(i) the seller has a reasonable basis for so informing the buyer, and

(ii) the seller informs the buyer of the reason or reasons for the delay.

(4) In any action brought by the Federal Trade Commission, alleging a violation of this part, the failure of a respondent-seller to have records or other documentary proof establishing its use of systems and procedures which assure the shipment of merchandise in the ordinary course of business within any applicable time set forth in this part will create a rebuttable presumption that the seller lacked a reasonable basis for any expectation of shipment within said applicable time.

(b)(1) Where a seller is unable to ship merchandise within the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, to fail to offer to the buyer, clearly and conspicuously and without prior demand, an option either to consent to a delay in shipping or to cancel the buyer's order and receive a prompt refund. Said offer shall be made within a reasonable time after the seller first becomes aware of its inability to ship within the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, but in no event later than said applicable time.

(i) Any offer to the buyer of such an option shall fully inform the buyer regarding the buyer's right to cancel the order and to obtain a prompt refund and shall provide a definite revised shipping date, but where the seller lacks a reasonable basis for providing a definite revised shipping date the notice shall inform the buyer that the seller is unable to make any representation regarding the length of the delay.

(ii) Where the seller has provided a definite revised shipping date which is thirty (30) days or less later than the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the offer of said option shall expressly inform the buyer that, unless the seller receives, prior to shipment and prior to the expiration of the definite revised shipping date, a response from the buyer rejecting the delay and cancelling the order, the buyer will be deemed to have consented to a delayed shipment on or before the definite revised shipping date.

(iii) Where the seller has provided a definite revised shipping date which is more than thirty (30) days later than the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section or where the seller is unable to provide a definite revised shipping date and therefore informs the buyer that it is unable to make any representation regarding the length of the delay, the offer of said option shall also expressly inform the buyer that the buyer's order will automatically be deemed to have been cancelled unless:

(A) The seller has shipped the merchandise within thirty (30) days of the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, and has received no cancellation prior to shipment; or

(B) The seller has received from the buyer within thirty (30) days of said applicable time, a response specifically consenting to said shipping delay. Where the seller informs the buyer that it is unable to make any representation regarding the length of the delay, the buyer shall be expressly informed that, should the buyer consent to an indefinite delay, the buyer will have a continuing right to cancel the buyer's order at any time after the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section by so notifying the seller prior to actual shipment.

(iv) Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a seller who furnishes a definite revised shipping date pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section, from requesting, simultaneously with or at any time subsequent to the offer of an option pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the buyer's express consent to a further unanticipated delay beyond the definite revised shipping date in the form of a response from the buyer specifically consenting to said further delay. Provided, however, that where the seller solicits consent to an unanticipated indefinite delay the solicitation shall expressly inform the buyer that, should the buyer so consent to an indefinite delay, the buyer shall have a continuing right to cancel the buyer's order at any time after the definite revised shipping date by so notifying the seller prior to actual shipment.

(2) Where a seller is unable to ship merchandise on or before the definite revised shipping date provided under paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section and consented to by the buyer pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(ii) or (iii) of this section, to fail to offer to the buyer, clearly and conspicuously and without prior demand, a renewed option either to consent to a further delay or to cancel the order and to receive a prompt refund. Said offer shall be made within a reasonable time after the seller first becomes aware of its inability to ship before the said definite revised date, but in no event later than the expiration of the definite revised shipping date. Provided, however, that where the seller previously has obtained the buyer's express consent to an unanticipated delay until a specific date beyond the definite revised shipping date, pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section or to a further delay until a specific date beyond the definite revised shipping date pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, that date to which the buyer has expressly consented shall supersede the definite revised shipping date for purposes of paragraph (b)(2) of this section.

(i) Any offer to the buyer of said renewed option shall provide the buyer with a new definite revised shipping date, but where the seller lacks a reasonable basis for providing a new definite revised shipping date, the notice shall inform the buyer that the seller is unable to make any representation regarding the length of the further delay.

(ii) The offer of a renewed option shall expressly inform the buyer that, unless the seller receives, prior to the expiration of the old definite revised shipping date or any date superseding the old definite revised shipping date, notification from the buyer specifically consenting to the further delay, the buyer will be deemed to have rejected any further delay, and to have cancelled the order if the seller is in fact unable to ship prior to the expiration of the old definite revised shipping date or any date superseding the old definite revised shipping date. Provided, however, that where the seller offers the buyer the option to consent to an indefinite delay the offer shall expressly inform the buyer that, should the buyer so consent to an indefinite delay, the buyer shall have a continuing right to cancel the buyer's order at any time after the old definite revised shipping date or any date superseding the old definite revised shipping date.

(iii) Paragraph (b)(2) of this section shall not apply to any situation where a seller, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section, has previously obtained consent from the buyer to an indefinite extension beyond the first revised shipping date.

(3) Wherever a buyer has the right to exercise any option under this part or to cancel an order by so notifying the seller prior to shipment, to fail to furnish the buyer with adequate means, at the seller's expense, to exercise such option or to notify the seller regarding cancellation.

Nothing in paragraph (b) of this section shall prevent a seller, where it is unable to make shipment within the time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section or within a delay period consented to by the buyer, from deciding to consider the order cancelled and providing the buyer with notice of said decision within a reasonable time after it becomes aware of said inability to ship, together with a prompt refund.

(c) To fail to deem an order cancelled and to make a prompt refund to the buyer whenever:

(1) The seller receives, prior to the time of shipment, notification from the buyer cancelling the order pursuant to any option, renewed option or continuing option under this part;

(2) The seller has, pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section, provided the buyer with a definite revised shipping date which is more than thirty (30) days later than the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section or has notified the buyer that it is unable to make any representation regarding the length of the delay and the seller:

(i) Has not shipped the merchandise within thirty (30) days of the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, and

(ii) Has not received the buyer's express consent to said shipping delay within said thirty (30) days;

(3) The seller is unable to ship within the applicable time set forth in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, and has not received, within the said applicable time, the buyer's consent to any further delay;

(4) The seller has notified the buyer of its inability to make shipment and has indicated its decision not to ship the merchandise;

(5) The seller fails to offer the option prescribed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section and has not shipped the merchandise within the applicable time set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

(d) In any action brought by the Federal Trade Commission, alleging a violation of this part, the failure of a respondent-seller to have records or other documentary proof establishing its use of systems and procedures which assure compliance, in the ordinary course of business, with any requirement of paragraph (b) or (c) of this section will create a rebuttable presumption that the seller failed to comply with said requirement.

Sec. 435.3 Limited applicability.

(a) This part shall not apply to:

(1) Subscriptions, such as magazine sales, ordered for serial delivery, after the initial shipment is made in compliance with this part;

(2) Orders of seeds and growing plants;

(3) Orders made on a collect-on-delivery (C.O.D.) basis;

(4) Transactions governed by the Federal Trade Commission's Trade Regulation Rule entitled "Use of Negative Option Plans by Sellers in Commerce," 16 CFR part 425.

(b) By taking action in this area:

(1) The Federal Trade Commission does not intend to preempt action in the same area, which is not inconsistent with this part, by any State, municipal, or other local government. This part does not annul or diminish any rights or remedies provided to consumers by any State law, municipal ordinance, or other local regulation, insofar as those rights or remedies are equal to or greater than those provided by this part. In addition, this part does not supersede those provisions of any State law, municipal ordinance, or other local regulation which impose obligations or liabilities upon sellers, when sellers subject to this part are not in compliance therewith.

(2) This part does supersede those provisions of any State law, municipal ordinance, or other local regulation which are inconsistent with this part to the extent that those provisions do not provide a buyer with rights which are equal to or greater than those rights granted a buyer by this part. This part also supersedes those provisions of any State law, municipal ordinance, or other local regulation requiring that a buyer be notified of a right which is the same as a right provided by this part but requiring that a buyer be given notice of this right in a language, form, or manner which is different in any way from that required by this part. In those instances where any State law, municipal ordinance, or other local regulation contains provisions, some but not all of which are partially or completely superseded by this part, the provisions or portions of those provisions which have not been superseded retain their full force and effect.

(c) If any provision of this part, or its application to any person, partnership, corporation, act or practice is held invalid, the remainder of this part or the application of the provision to any other person, partnership, corporation, act or practice shall not be affected thereby.

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Ordered TRR15A3 16 Inch Upper with Stainless Superbull

2-17-13

Charged today

Woohoo, I'm only one day after you!!!!!  

My order(2/14) for a 20" fluted superbull(matte sand) had a UPS number assigned on 6/13...now all they have to do is actually ship it.
Soon I hope...I'm tired of looking at the box with the anodized matte sand matching lower and all of the little extras.  

Ordered two FA BCG's on March 7th got shipping notice (and credit card billed) yesterday. Tracking information says they are on their way.

Just got the UPS shipping notice today, it'll be here Friday. Still haven't mentioned it to the wife...

I'd wait!

It's been over 6 months and there has been no communication. I do NOT recommend anyone order anything from these guys. I couldn't wait on them any longer and have been following this and other R-Guns threads with popcorn for months. I Went ahead and located reasonably priced parts and built a spikes 762x39 and have started on a Grendel now. It took me far less time to complete the build than I have been waiting for these whiny little girls playing gun shop to simply fill my order. They say "WAAAH! Don't email us! You are just making it impossible for us to fill the orders." I would not believe this were true if I didn't think it were highly plausible that these clowns are so stupid that rudimentary communication is beyond there capability. It very likely takes them a good 30 minutes to type in their one or two word responses. ...let me provide a possible scenario for why they don't return my emails:

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At R-gun an extremely stupid individual arrives at work, opens his email application and attempts his daily chore of reading the four emails that he has received. His reaction to seeing so much email is to shout "F**********K! Wook at awl da e-mails dees f'ing A-holes keep sendin'...GAWD I HATE READIN'!"

By lunch time he has managed to read one of the emails and miraculously located the correct keys to type in "f**k off". While attempting to locate the correct keys he also becomes extremely upset with the Chinese believing they are the cause of all of the keys on his keyboard being out of alphabetical order. He gets agreement from his co"workers" that the letters would be properly located if they were built by people "speekin inglish". He also complains that he had to learn the alphabet in kindergarten since now even his superficial understanding of it is useless. Meanwhile, a customer standing at the counter waiting for service decides he should leave since he sees that purchasing any weapon, whether firearm or slingshot  from R-Guns would be unwise, and quietly sneaks out of the shop. Now, since this "worker" can only get through two of the four emails by the end of the day he has to postpone the remaining two for the morning.

The next  morning our friend at R-guns places his grapefruit sized cranium in front of his computer screen and works hard to get the little arrow over the little envelope so he can tell some customers how bad they are.  Fourty minutes later several employees are huddled around his "work" station attempting to figure out why the little arrow is impossible to control. Finally the "smart" one, a true computer wizard, diagnoses the problem by detecting that the cord is sticking out the wrong end of the mouse and thus resolves the situation by rotating the mouse 180 degrees. After much baritone and studdered laughing and some pats on the back  our R-guns customer service rep is back to "work".

As he gazes blankly and drools slightly he thinks hard to remember where he left off yesterday. Being that he has only a 500cc brain he lacks the computational power to resolve the situation. His solution is to conclude that anyone that sends an email is bad and thus not deserving of a response. He is now happy and can knock off early today!
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Every other gun dealer I have dealt with has been good to great! Most are pretty good or at least want to be. These guys don't even try, which just necessitates that I shop elsewhere. I thought they had what looked to be a decent product and I really liked their unique O.D. Green anodizing. I am sort of funny about my guns and other belongings not matching someone else's. Now I don't even want the gun and would frankly be embarrassed to have a firearm with their name on it.

I have decided that in no way will I ever buy one of their guns since it just doesn't feel right. I sent them an email once to confirm my FFL dealer for shipping of the lower and never got a response...I bumped it a couple of times too. I am not canceling my order because I really just don't like wasting time dealing with bums, and besides, I'm not supposed to contact them. Instead I just cancelled my credit card. I read on other forums and maybe this one too that R-guns leaked some CC numbers. I have been watching my account closely for months and planned to replace the card due to this warning anyway...after my order was filled.  So I just did that sooner and that is that...no Retard-guns.

Jan 24
ITEMS:
Qty - Price - Part# - Desc
1 - 240.00 - =RT**5LC*0004= - TRR15 5.56mm Lower Receiver with MagPul MOE
Collapsible Stock
MagPul MOE Stock Color: Olive Drab
Receiver Color: Olive Drab
Trigger Group: Stainless Steel

Jan 30
ITEMS:
Qty - Price - Part# - Desc
1 - 540.00 - =RT165US30017= - TRR15A3 16 Inch Upper with Superbull Profile
Barrel and Long RGQ Handguard
Furniture Color: Olive Drab
Receiver Color: Olive Drab
Carry Handle Option: No Carry Handle
Rifling Twist Rate: 1:9

The entertainment value of this almost makes up for how scratched and dinged and beat up and dirty the $400.00+ lower I received from them last week was.  I will never buy another lower from RGuns and you, that's the all encompassing generic "everybody" you shouldn't either    
Senior Chief

Woo hoo, got my UPS tracking notice for the upper I ordered Jan 6th, so, should be any day now?!?!? heh.....

Well, I canceled my order of 8 kits on the 17th. Apparently they charged the card on the 26th and shipped them yesterday. Called the card company, started the dispute. If I end up with them, I guess I can always sell them.

Let us know, somebody here will buy them.

Don't get to excited!  I recieved my tracking number on 6/13 and the order has not been picked up or shipped yet.

I did send them an email on 6/25:  "If at all possible and at your convenience, would you be able to provide
me a tentative shipping schedule update on order# 2268-2771-XXXX?
I do see a UPS shipping label was created on 6/13."

This response was sent back to me from RGuns on 6/26:  "check it now it should be on the way. i had to fire some new shipping guys. "

I sent them this response on 6/27 and again on 7/2:  " I have been checking the UPS tracking number and UPS still shows this order as having not been picked up or shipped. The UPS label was created on 6/13 . Unfortunately it appears my order 2268-2771-XXXX was never picked up or shipped thru UPS and I have not recieved the order either.

I appreciate anything you can do to verify whether the order has been prepared but is still sitting unshipped in you shipping department.

I've been as polite as I can be and am hoping that RGuns will finalyze and ship my order.  My patience is running thin and if I don't get a response back by 7/13 then I will request a cancellation and refund of the order.

I have the same issue but my label wasn't cut until 2 weeks ago.  They must be really busy.  In the meantime I have ordered and received 2 other uppers and 4 lowers from other folks.

Update:  CC charged

Update:  UPS says it is actually on it's way now.

After 5 months of waiting and buying 9 other uppers from other builders and receiving all of them in 2 months or less, finally, finally tomorrow my RGuns upper arrives.  I'm praying it's good because the lower was corroded, scratched up shit.  I'll comment again on Friday with the results since I know UPS won't get out here until late.  

Update:  Received today, looks and feels very nice, fit into the anxiously awaiting lower perfectly.  Can't wait to get to the range and thoroughly break it in.

Well guys, I got mine...but the rail is cock-eyed and a large burr in the bore. yikes.  Trying to get the former fixed...waiting on response.

This thread has died, anyone receive anything from them recently? I am still waiting on my 16" Diamondcut superbull barrel upper. Ordered 1/20/13.

Yeah, it's not looking too good.   I've been trying to get an answer from them on my 20" fluted superbull...billed on 6/10 and UPS label created on 6/13...still unshipped.    I've been almost begging them to at least give me an update or timeline. I finally sent them an email...ship by the 19th or refund/credit my $618.  

Yep, i know what you mean. I had emailed them 3 times before and they always answered me with vague responses, but they were always cordial. Since it's now been 6 months so last week i sent them a new nice email asking for a more precise shipping date on my 16" super bull barrel upper. I even said that if they don't know when they could ship it to please call me so we can work out another arrangement (again trying to be nice about waiting 6 months when just about every other place online has in store inventory now) with my phone number. I didn't hear back. (Before they always emailed me within 24 hours) So i dunno if i pissed them off or if they shut down shop (as calling them goes to a full voice mail box) or what. So again being nice, i sent them the same email again on Tuesday. Again have not hear back.

I really want this, but i am losing hope that they are even still in business....

I just got off of a NJ website discussing whether RGuns was still in business...they are but the I'm reading the same complaints there that you read elsewhere.

Well it's my turn to share an update on my order from 2/7/13
Order Number 2268-XXXX-XXXX
16" Upper in 5.56 and assorted parts
 
I received my tracking number on 7/16.  The credit card got charged 7/14.
But, the order has not been picked up or shipped yet.

I've had no e-mail contact, couldn't get anyone on the phone, and their voice mail hasn't been emptied so also could not leave messages.  The company was recommended by a co-worker at the time of the rush.  But if I had done my research on the company I would have never bought "in stock" items from them, and certainly not the core components of my build if I had known the wait was going to be 5-6 months.

Here is a "sort of" update based on my experience with them.  In February I ordered a lower ($410.00 plus) and an upper ($600.00 plus)  Then in April I ordered another upper ($500.00 plus).  Near the end of last month the lower arrived with no notice or any UPS info. (It took 5 months to get here)  It was dinged up, corroded in the dings and had scratches all over it.  I had two choices, keep it or return it and then wait to see what they would do to make it right.  I decided to keep it and since I build a lot of AR's and do coatings, I would take it apart and fix it up myself.  Which I did.  Who knows what would have happened if I had returned it.   I certainly was not going to wait another 5 months to get it replaced. So, basically I got screwed.  If I had returned it, I am pretty sure I would have gotten screwed also but from a different direction.  About a week after that I was charged for one of the uppers and a label was created.  About 2 weeks later it arrived.  It looked pretty good but wasn't even a near match for the lower.  (Both were supposed to be matte sand and the upper was supposed to have a nickel boron upper receiver, which it did).  The upper receiver was scratched up some but I figured I could polish it out and that would be a better solution than returning it and being stuck in the ether again.  At that point I decided to cancel the other upper, which I did.  About 3 days later a label was created for that upper.  I figured I would just wait and see what happened.  After about a week or so they finally cancelled the label and the order.  No communications from RGuns,.  In the meantime, between February and July I had ordered 9 other uppers and many, many, stripped lowers from Palmetto State, Surplus Ammo and Arms, SOTA Arms and Red X Arms.  I received every one of these orders in 3 weeks or less,  along with lower parts kits, lower build kits, butt stocks, scopes, BUIS, and tons of other stuff.  The prices were as good or better and the products received were "Brand New"  and even the "blem" lowers I ordered looked better than the lower I had received from RGuns.  I believe that every seller does the best job they can to provide the best product they can in a timely manner, including RGuns.  Their problem is and I am pretty sure it will end up putting them out of business, that they are doing the best they can and it is SHIT!   So I have decided that of the 40-60 thousand a year I spend on my gun hobby absolutely none of it will ever go to RGuns again.   I really like the way things look on their website but the actual product looks like it was drug up and down the street and left out in the rain for a few months.  SO, right now I am locating sources for everything I would have bought from them and using those sources.    You (that's the collective you) may be lucky and get a brand new hot running high class AR from RGuns but, most likely, what you will get is the same SHIT that I and others have received.   Why?? Because they can't do any better than that.    SO be warned if you decide to buy from them you are in for a long, slow pissed off ride to a place you probably don't want to be.   Just buy from someone else.  Get your stuff quickly, in clean packages and looking brand new.  Just like you would expect it to be.  Don't waste your time with these people.  They don't care about you and they don't care about their products or  their business.  That's just how they are and how it is so BUY FROM SOMEONE ELSE!   Carry On!

Just an update.

Charged 7/14
No ship date that I know of. Let's see how much longer I have to wait. 16" Midlength upper heavy barrel.

Well, I've finally had it with RGuns.  I sent them an email telling them to cancel my order for a 20" fluted superbull I ordered on 2/14.
I was billed on 6/10 and a UPS label generated on 6/13...never shipped.  I told them to resolve the issue, ship it or refund my $618 by 7/23 or I would contact my bank and initiate a chargeback.  

I've sent several polite emails asking for a status update...one response, "check UPS again, I had to fire some guys in shipping",  another response almost 2 weeks ago was "I'll check on it".


I called my bank today and they told me they will do a chargeback if the payment to RGuns was made 60 days or less from my request.

Anybody interested in purchasing a brand new RGuns stripped lower - anodized matte sand?

Ordered 2-17
Charged and tracking # 6-25
Shipped 7-23, supposed to be here tommorrow

Well what do you know...After contacting my bank today to initiate a chargeback from RGuns...they shipped it out...to be delivered on 7/30.  Now I'll wait and see if RGuns screwed the build up or not.

Hope it works out for you.  If your stripped lower isn't ate up like the Matte Sand one I got was I'd sure be interested in buying it from you.   Let me know.
thanks,
mike

Mike, other than one very small gouge just above the mag well on the left front side, my lower looks petty good.
I'll report back with the final result when I get the upper unit and take it to the range and shoot it.

Got it today. Almost 5 months. Fit and finish is perfect. Only shot 4 rounds, didn't want to piss off the neighbors.

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Order
.prefix number 2284. Credit card charged today. Ordered on 6/6/13. Three bcg's. Shouldn't take too long toget that order out.

djsethall ,  very nice. I hope mine looks that good...I opted for the 20" fluted superbull with a Free Float Handguard and High Rail QuadRail Gas Block[

7/30 - Update: Picked it up at UPS will call and looks good so far.  I'll finish building the lower today, take a few picks and post them up

8/7 - Update - Took it out to the range on 8/1 and no FTF or FTE...after 50 rounds I was hitting an 8" steel plate @ 125yds with the open sights.  It shoots real well...I'm happy...but I'll never do business with RGUNS again.

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Here's a picture of my 2009 California compliant build - CMMG lower/Del-Top 20" upper
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Delivered today (7/31). Looks good. Have not shot it yet. Function check was fine.

Update from 7/31

Upper and parts finally shipped today!  Should have it on Tuesday. I'll send more info when I receive the parts.

I just got the UPS notification that my package is in UPS possession and will be here on 8/7. I ordered 3 bcg's on 6/6. I'll post the results of how they look when they get here.

I invite everyone to go to RGuns website... They appear to have dropped their disclaimer about a wait time, instead now just selling their stuff without a wait expectation. I for one ordered an upper on 1/20/13 and after not receiving it by July 20th with no response to my order status for 3 weeks cancelled to order another upper from AIM Surplus. That upper was a Spikes Tactical, 60 dollars cheaper,  arrived in 4 days, and looks great!

Be very wary of ordering from these guys because unless they decided to drop all their back orders and start fresh (which would really piiss me off) especially without warning, they are 20k orders behind and you may never see your order. I also cancelled my card just in case they wanted to charge me after i informed them of my cancellation.

BTW even though i again asked for a confirmation when i cancelled my order, they never bothered to let me know that they no longer had any intention of changing my card.

TRR15A3 16 Inch Upper with Heavy profile barrel, mid-position gas port, Magpul MOE hand guard, M16 Front sight Base and Vortex Flash Suppressor.

Ordered : 04Mar13
CC Billed: 17Juy13
Ship notification: 15July13
Shipped: 23July13
Delivered: 25July13
Upper looks pretty nice so far.

Order received. 2 556 bcg's and 1 6.8 bcg. Ordered on June 6, delivered August 7. Bcg's look like $115 bcg's. Not the best in the world, but functional. A little pitting on the 6.8's bolt cam pin, but no major concerns. Cleaned them up and tomorrow I will drive one of the 556's to the smithy and have it mated to a barrel with an old style barrel extension. That barrel I bought from high powered armory that is costing me another $150 to make it right. Bought the barrel for $285 and it came with a chewed up compensator and gas block. I would never order anything from them again. Rguns came through with a good value for my dollar. Order was delivered within 8 weeks as the website said. Thanks guys

I thought I'd share my experience.
I ordered my complete 16" upper on 5/19
UPS Tracking info was sent on 7/31
I received my upper on 8/6

Looks good so far and it fits perfectly on my New Frontier lower. I'll be taking it out for the first time this Saturday so I'll report back as soon as I can.

You all are crazy for doing business with these people.  Everything they have is available much more quickly and for equal to or lower prices elsewhere.  All you have to do is get off your butt and search it out.  It's all there. You will save yourself a lot of wait time and the chance of getting one item nice and the next item junk, or not at all.