STICKMAN, At my age and experience, life is too short to get upset over the firearm purchase. I traded for the other two lowers after seeing them and making sure they were in spec. The only reason I ended up with them was that I got a hell of a deal as I did with the 9 mm upper! As I stated earlier these lowers were much better than the ones I purchased in 89. Maybe you need to read my post again, I never said there new products were crap, they would have been out of business by now if they had not changed there quality control and customer service. You may not remember, but Oly use to have a forum over in the Industry section until everybody bitched about the rifles they had bought from Oly and there "great" customer service. At that time, I believe Oly had to take a step back and looked at how they were doing business. Now they give a lifetime warranty on all new rifles they sell as an effort to regain some sells which were being lost to new companies just starting to sell ARs. I really did not tell the whole story about the two rifle kits I purchased, the fire control parts received with the two 88-89 models were used, out of spec and reject parts. After several attempts to trying to get this resolved, I just moved on, never to forget this treatment or attitude I received. I read later here on this board from a post from an ex-employee of oly who said that you should never buy a rifle kit from them. And when people ask me about Oly rifles, I tell them the truth about my experience AND show them my nugget of a CAR 15. Seeing this rifle in person is better than a thousand words or two thousand pictures. I have changed a lot of peoples mind on buying an Oly. You may suck it up and still do business with a company after they sell you a piece of crap and refuse to stand behind it. I on the other hand refuse to do business with them just like others here on this board. Maybe you are the one misinformed about there earlier customer service practices and products. BTW you never mentioned how many Oly rifles you own, nor any experiences you have had with there customer service. Thanks for letting me voice my opinion and my experience however out dated it maybe. I sent there moderator an email about my 88-89 rifle kit purchase-his reply was that they would replace the crappie out of spec lower for 150 bucks and they would sell me another upper and make me like it. I don't reward companies for crappie products and poor customer service. Stickman, my opinion will not change until they replace the piece of crap they sold me 15 years ago, you may turn the other cheek when someone slips you a "Mickey". There are too many other companies selling better products than them-they are by NO means the only game in town. I can buy a RRA lower for 90 bucks delivered or purchase a Oly one to replace mine for 150 bucks-they are really doing me a favor?
Stickman, things have changed in the last in the last 15 years! I have lost a lot of hair, a lot more companies are manufacturing quality AR clones-competion is fierce, anything you need to know about AR-15s can be found on AR15.COM and yes Oly has changed the way they do business with there new customers. None of this means I will forgive them nor do business them until they replace the defective piece of crap they sold me.