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Posted: 1/9/2013 10:23:20 AM EDT
On Jan 2 I was able to place a order with MIdway USA for a Del-ton mid-length
rifle build kit for $484. It was listed as backorderd but I was still able to order one. The next day they stopped taking backorders. They showed an expected receive data of 1-13-13 then and are still showing that date. I completly understand what is going on and figure I have a snow balls chance in hell of actually getting this build kit for the price and expect a cancellation e-mail but I don't want to order from some where else and get stuck done the road. I really only need a complete upper but for the price I can throw all the lower parts into a stripped lower sitting in the safe that I was not planning on building until way down the road. Is ther any chance that Midway will actually receive the build kit I orderd in the next month or so or is this a 6 month to never wait? 8Nbait |
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I'm in the same boat, sort of.. I missed the backorder cutoff but have been watching MUSA heavily with thier 1-13-13 in stock estimate. Does this date hold true for them to receive your kits?
I contacted Del-Ton directly via email and they could not give an estimate (understandable). I am wondering how Midway can give an estimate if if the manufacturer of the product itself cannot give a heads up... Just looking for a Del-Ton M4 16" kit.. |
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Great. Now I will be on the computer all day Sunday waiting for the Del-Ton kits to become available
It is one of the better deals out there for a complete upper kit. Last I saw they could be had for about $450 to $500. That is a good deal considering the only thing you need is a stripped lower. |
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Please post when you see them available! I will be watching as much as I can as well. Right now I would go for any kit AF good quality but I really want a Del-Ton...
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Just checked my order status. Midway changed the expected instock
date from 1-13-13 to 6-12-13. Looks like I'll jump at the first complete upper I can get. What sucks is there have been several times in the last week there have been some pop up. 8Nbait |
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Just checked my order status. Midway changed the expected instock date from 1-13-13 to 6-12-13. Looks like I'll jump at the first complete upper I can get. What sucks is there have been several times in the last week there have been some pop up. 8Nbait I just found out the same thing... I guess we are in the same boat now. Been looking all over the web for complete uppers, LPK, etc. This is a very disappointing time! I wish Del-Ton would/could give us some insider info. I'd love to just pre-order one directly from them. In that way, I wouldn't have to spend all day every day scanning the net |
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Same boat, I'm just hoping they are getting some in stock enough to fill backorders. Hopefully that date is just when they expect to have enough to take more orders. I'm guessing Midway is one of Del-Ton's largest retailers and they will keep sending them their orders.
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I'm with yall.
I backordered M4 kit with expected date of 1-13-13. I had my hopes up for today. Now my expected date is 4-27-13. I'll have to keep my eyes open i guess. |
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Same boat, sort of.
Ordered a Del-Ton M4 kit, 2 PMAGs, and a DPMS full size buffer on 12/24. Expected date of shipping the order has been, and still is, 3/29/13. SUPPOSEDLY, the DPMS buffer is in stock. M4 kit and PMAGS are still not is stock. I will watch my order closely, and cancel the PMAGs if the M4 kit ends up in stock... |
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I am interested to see what will happen with my order. I placed an order through Midway on the 27th of December for a 20 inch kit and it is still showing on my account that it is backordered with a date of 1-23-2013 as when the order is expected to be fulfilled. We will see what happens.
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I ordered a mid length light weight upper on 12/20 with an expected date of 1/13. I had called Midway to inquire about the feasibility of that date after they stopped taking back orders. The woman I spoke to told me that they had such a back log of back orders that they had to stop taking them. They would begin filling orders as they had been placed as they began receiving items and she could not tell me where I was at in line-up for the upper I had ordered. She said that after the initial back order date they would be updating dates to reflect the next availability for current back orders. My upper actually was processed 1/8, shipped 1/9 and delivered 1/11.
So what I gather is that Midway will be on indefinite non-back order until they can satisfy current back logs that were placed while you could back order and it could be a fair wait if you had placed your order close to the cut-off. |
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I see now that the expected in stock date for the mid-length build kit I ordered has changed from 6-17-13 to 3-17-13.
Good news I guess but I have a feeling expected in stock dates are set by a monkey randomly pulling numbers out of a bag. 8Nbait |
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Funny
Please Delton no monkies involved We want are kits when you give your word |
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I ordered a Del-Ton complete upper from Midway on 12/28. In the backorder tab in my order area the status says 1/26/13, but when I look at the product page it says In Stock 2/6/13. Can anyone with experience ordering from Midway tell me which one I should believe? Thanks, I appreciate it!
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I ordered the Delton M4 Kit on 1/1/2013. The Back order tab shows a status date of 1/13/2013, but the Product listing is showing a 3/17/2013 date. 1/13/2013 has passed and nothing, so who knows when I'll get it.
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Just in case anyone else was wondering, I called Midway and they said to watch the date on the product page not the one in the order status area.
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Well, January 23rd came and went. My order through Midway is still backordered
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Ordered mid length from Midway 12/22/2012, Expected ship date 2/7/2013, doubt if that will happen, surprised if it ships out on time. In before back orders were cancelled, it was ordered as backordered, then a week later no more backorders acepted, will update.
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I ordered " Del-Ton AR-15 A3 Flat-Top Upper Assembly 5.56x45mm NATO 1 in 7" Twist 16" Mid Length Government Contour Barrel Chrome Lined Chrome Moly Matte with CAR-Style Handguard, Flash Hider" on 12/28/12 which is also showing an "In Stock" date of 2/7/13. I talked to Midway and they are saying there are 87 of these units backordered. Unfortuately they couldn't say how many were expected to come in or where I was personally in the backorder list.
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Some day we will be telling our grandkids about a time when we used to buy complete uppers to go on our stripped lowers...
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And they'll be like "but my teacher says guns are dangerous and evil grandpa, why did you want to kill people?"
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FYI....
Solomon: Status of DT1033
MidwayUSA: Welcome to MidwayUSA! Interaction transferred to CCWebChat. Derrick: Interaction alerting Derrick. Agent has joined the conversation Derrick: Thanks for contacting MidwayUSA--how may I help you today? Solomon: I am wondering if you guys received a shipment from Del-Ton containing DT1033, or if I was directly lied to. Derrick: We may have received some, but not enough to meet the demand,. Unfortunately I do not have a way to indicate if we received any and how much we received. Solomon: If I call in will someone have that information? Derrick: Unfortunately not. Solomon: Well someone there must have this information, because I am getting very tired of the "We know nothing" approach. Derrick: I'm sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused, but we do not have that information. We do offer a "notify me" email service through our website that will email you when we receive any specific product. The "notify me" option is listed under the price of products not currently available to ship or backorder. You will be asked for your email address and password (you must have an account to use this feature). Please note that when we scan any quantity of a given product into our warehouse, this email will be simultaneously sent to everyone who has set up the notification email on that product, and that orders will be taken "first-come, first-served." Solomon: So since I was already signed up for the "Notify Me" email, and I never got an email then no DT1033 was scanned into your warehouse? Derrick: Correct. Solomon: So how can you guys tell me that you "... contact our vendors regularly with regard to expected delivery times so we can provide you with the most accurate expected in stock date" but somehow go from an expected in stock date of 2/7/2013 to 7/7/2013? Derrick: That is the date that is given, then the vendor can't supply the item, so it changes. Solomon: but at sometime before 2/7/2013 you guys had to know that you would not receive these units since you communicate "Regularly" with the vendor. Solomon: and the vendor would know that they didn't ship any units to you. Solomon: especially if now the expected date is 7/7/2013 Derrick: We do communicate regular to the vendor, but we do not call every week. This action does not promotion vendor satisfaction. I'm sorry that we do not have the item in-stock, but we are waiting just as you are. Something here that makes me worry, This Post made this morning seems to indicate that "DaddyGreenJeans" purchased the exact upper I am waiting for from MidwayUSA yesterday and that it was shipped this morning.... Update: I talked to DaddyGreenJeans and he linked the wrong upper assembly. I'm glad that was just a mistype! |
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I ordered a dissipator kit mid December. The date has changed a couple of times. I remember 1/27 then it got moved to 2/7 and now it is sometime in June. Considering I had placed the order in December and it has gone through several date changes I am pretty skeptical. I'm losing hope.
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Not a single comment from Delton. Karma is a bitch. Once this frenzy is over, I will remember what Vendors were good and those that were not.
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Not a single comment from Delton. Karma is a bitch. Once this frenzy is over, I will remember what Vendors were good and those that were not. I don't have any problems with Del-Ton. However if I did; I would be in a better position as their direct customer to bitch and moan about it. I don't understand what you guys expect from Del-Ton. What knowledge can they possibly have about your business transaction with Midway? I feel your pain; but if it were me; I would be talking to Midway and not Del-Ton. It is Midway who has the details of your transaction and knows you as their customer. |
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I personally have no issue with Del-Ton, and would probably consider purchasing from them once they start takings orders direct. If there was a Midway forum I would be more than happy to post this there. My biggest hope is that Del-Ton will see what Midway is doing/saying to people wanting to buy the Del-Ton product.
Unfortunately since Midway would provide no other info on my Del-Ton backorder I cancelled it and purchased a PSA sans BCG & CH. |
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My brother in law ordered a mid length kit a week or two before the crap hit the fan. He got a tracking number yesterday. So some kits are getting out.
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My brother in law ordered a mid length kit a week or two before the crap hit the fan. He got a tracking number yesterday. So some kits are getting out. You wouldn't happen to know what day he ordered do you? I ordered the same kit in the middle of the storm, 12/25 just trying to get an idea on how far away it is. |
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For those interested. I placed my order with Midway on 12/31 for the non chromed mid length gov't profile upper assembly. It was a back order from the start. The original expected in stock date was 2/7. On 2/7, the date changed to 7/10 I believe. On 2/8 at around 3pm Midway sent a notification that my item was in stock. On 2/8 at around 330pm, my card was charged. Later that day, i got a tracking number. UPS says I should have the upper within the next 24 hours. Not bad.. if it actually arrives as stated, this will be less of a wait than I had in mid 2007 when i waited twice as long for the first upper.
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i ordered mid-length kit on 12/20 haven't heard a thing yet showing 3/17 expected on site.
Quoted: Quoted: My brother in law ordered a mid length kit a week or two before the crap hit the fan. He got a tracking number yesterday. So some kits are getting out. You wouldn't happen to know what day he ordered do you? I ordered the same kit in the middle of the storm, 12/25 just trying to get an idea on how far away it is. |
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Was estimated date 3/17, checked this morning now 4/13. So I ordered 12/25, original backorder date 1/13 then 6/17, then 3/17, now 4/13
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My brother in law ordered a mid length kit a week or two before the crap hit the fan. He got a tracking number yesterday. So some kits are getting out. You wouldn't happen to know what day he ordered do you? I ordered the same kit in the middle of the storm, 12/25 just trying to get an idea on how far away it is. It was about a week before Newtown. When he called in mid January to check I think they said there were about 10-15 back ordered when he ordered so he should be towards the top of the list to get one. I think he was told there were close to 500 back ordered when he called. |
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I just saw the same thing about the mid-length kit date being changed to 4/13
My order date is Jan 2nd, a day before Midway stopped taking backorders on AR stuff. Looks like I am at the back of that 500 back log. Glad I was able to pick up a Colt LE6920 last week at Walmart. 8nBAIT |
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Was estimated date 3/17, checked this morning now 4/13. So I ordered 12/25, original backorder date 1/13 then 6/17, then 3/17, now 4/13 I ordered the Mid-length kit on Dec 30th from Midway as well. I'm a little frusterated with the ever changing shipping date as well. |
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I ordered from midway 12/212012, orginally 2/7/13. Im not surprised on when my mid length gets shipped. I ordered directly from Del-ton in 2010, ordered in late april received my ordered in mid july. There was not the demand for ARs compared to now, so if I was to get one in april from midway, I would understand due to high demand . Very pleased with my first one, now number two. I guess we'll have to patient for a little while longer.
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Just got off the phone with MIdway. The credit card that I used to backorder the Delt-ton mid-length
kit got replaced with a new card with a different CSV number and expiration date so I figured I better let Midway know so there is no hang up with the order if/when they fill it. FYI I asked how many of the particular kit I ordered that they still have on back order and she told me 316 including mine. Del-Ton Mid-Length Carbine Kit AR-15 5.56x45mm NATO 1 in 9" Twist 16" Barrel Upper Assembly, Lower Parts Kit, M4 Collapsible Buttstock Pre-Ban Product #: 116018 Del-Ton #: RKT104 8nBAIT |
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I ordered 116018 (16" 1:9 middy kit) on Dec 24th...still waiting patiently.
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A week since this post has gotten any hits. Has anyone gotten eny recent shipping notices or are we all waiting until April +?
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No word yet from midway, as posted on thier website mid length kit available mid april, i think thats when backorders will be filled, i'll post when I get confirmation, otherwise just like the rest of you guys, still waiting.
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No word on the 20 inch kit I ordered on the 27th of December.
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I ordered an m4 rifle kit on 12/18 and just got the shipping notice today.
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Just talked with midway on their online chat, they would not let me know where I am in the order for Product #: 116018. They did say that there are still 309 outstanding backorders.
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I had to call yesterday to swap the cc out for the same reason as others. The lady I spoke with was pleasant but told me the same thing. She said that she had no way to know where I fell in the backorder from her terminal. I think that probably was truthful; I guess that I just need to develop some patience. I was able to build a Frank-n-gun 20" with a Del-Ton barrel over the last two months so I'm in good shape until then.
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No word yet from midway, as posted on thier website mid length kit available mid april, i think thats when backorders will be filled, i'll post when I get confirmation, otherwise just like the rest of you guys, still waiting. Actually, it's when they expect to get SOME in. The previous expected dates are when they got SOME in. They may have 316 backorders, but the 4/13/13 date ( or whatever date) is just when they expect the next hand full. They may only get 50-75 or so, and then we'll have a new date for the next bunch. |
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Chrome Lined M-4 Upper Product #: 165665.
Ordered 12/2/12. Shipped Wednesday 3/06/13. Delivered Saturday 3/09/13. * edited to correct delivery date * |
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Got this today.
Just wanted to drop you a quick note about your backordered product(s). Details are outlined below and we'll continue to keep you updated on a regular basis. If you backordered more than one product at the same time, we'll also send you an email whenever one or more of the products arrive. Just sign into your account on our website and visit your shopping cart to release them as soon they're in. If we don't hear from you, we'll wait for all the products on the invoice to arrive and ship them out together.
Attention If the card on file is declined when your products are ready to ship from MidwayUSA, your backorder will be automatically cancelled. I ordered on 12/20/12 |
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Got this today. Just wanted to drop you a quick note about your backordered product(s). Details are outlined below and we'll continue to keep you updated on a regular basis.
If you backordered more than one product at the same time, we'll also send you an email whenever one or more of the products arrive. Just sign into your account on our website and visit your shopping cart to release them as soon they're in. If we don't hear from you, we'll wait for all the products on the invoice to arrive and ship them out together.
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If the card on file is declined when your products are ready to ship from MidwayUSA, your backorder will be automatically cancelled.
I ordered on 12/20/12
I received the same email. Was this just to inform us or is this Midway speak for your order is nearing shipment? |
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I'm hoping the latter but it was 3 months to the day so it might just be computer generated. There website is saying 4/13 expected date.
Quoted: Quoted: Got this today. Just wanted to drop you a quick note about your backordered product(s). Details are outlined below and we'll continue to keep you updated on a regular basis. If you backordered more than one product at the same time, we'll also send you an email whenever one or more of the products arrive. Just sign into your account on our website and visit your shopping cart to release them as soon they're in. If we don't hear from you, we'll wait for all the products on the invoice to arrive and ship them out together.
Attention If the card on file is declined when your products are ready to ship from MidwayUSA, your backorder will be automatically cancelled. I ordered on 12/20/12 I received the same email. Was this just to inform us or is this Midway speak for your order is nearing shipment? |
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Well..... everything just changed from4/13 to unknown edited since my statement is being followed up on elsewhere |
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Wasn't holding my breath I figured it would be longer. I ordered thru Del-ton a couple of years ago, 3 months .
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