That's completely unacceptable. There's no way someone paying that much money for a premium product should get treated that way.
And to be fair, I had to call back a few times until I got in touch with a real human. When I did however, they were really good. I definitely give them a bit more slack being a smaller company than the colt arms or Winchester sized companies. I'm not sure even the big boys would have honoured a second hand gun that was well past warranty the way RA did. Hopefully yours was a one off or at the very least they have improved their customer service.