Ha! Everyone's a comedian. You jokesters will be jealous about the new car, let me tell you... but that is for another thread.
Ok, here is the final update on the suppressor: I talked at length with John and it is all taken care of. I agreed not to be specific about how we settled it, but I will say that they took very good care of me and I feel the matter is completely resolved. It's a shame that this happened to an NFA item, as they are a bitch to get resolved, no matter what happens it seems to take forever to get fixed.
As far as why they haven't posted here, apparently there was some trouble with their shop computer line, as well as that they had a domestic emergency that was far more important than this little online issue. Add the fact that I didn't call them directly to bitch, and we miscommunicated the last time I was there; they thought I was waiting for the manufacturer to replace it, and I was getting pissed because I don't think the manufacturer will ever replace it. All of this would've been simpler if Tactical Innovations was able to support their Tac-67 cans a little better. Lesson learned about that.
I will tell you guys that John was very stand up about it, and wanted to make sure that I was taken care of; he was very concerned about having his integrity questioned, and I don't blame him. Prior to this I've never had anything but good things to say about Citadel, and now even this has been resolved in a very satisfactory way. And on top of that he made sure that I knew that there were no hard feelings on their part, and that I was entirely welcome in their shop. I'm almost more glad about resolving that animosity than anything else, since I really liked going in there. I stand by the statement that John and Amber are good people.
All of you guys who said you wouldn't shop there anymore; I would seriously encourage you to reconsider. Everyone fucks up sometime, but what is telling is how they handle the fuckup. IMHO, Citadel handled this as well as I could have hoped. I was partially to blame for not picking up the phone and calling to bitch about it, and I believe John when he said that if I'd told him directly that I was done waiting we could' come to this solution months ago.