If any of you are that hard up for $895 or the interest on it maybe you should review your financial priorities. Any reputable credit card company will refund your money with minimal hassle. CanAm didn't plan this. Relax, this business is not the same as anything else.
The amount of money has nothing to do with it. it is principle. My money should be in my pocket; up until goods are about to exchange hands.
I think Can-am has an opportunity here to build some good customer relations.
Hows this!!
Refund everyone their money, except their deposit. When the guns come in, charge us then and ship the rifles within two-weeks.
You will have customers for life.
Original idea!! Not! every other company doesn't bill until rifles are in their shop!!
If you do this, I will sing you praises and buy from you going forward.
We have received zero comms from CBSA or the RCMP. There is nothing to report. Sorry if you don't like it. Imagine how I feel.
That is all it takes Thank you.
have bought before will again just want to hear that someone is there.Even the calmest minds get out of whack when there is silence from one end
The two thread under Can-ams forum got deleted last night after I complained about their poor service and the fact they billed my credit card for a rifle they didn't even have in their store.
I also pointed out that why we wait and some of us pay 21% on our credit cards for a rifle we don't even have. They are making interest on our money somewhere in the 4% range. Or as I estimate it $3000 month (based on a 1000 gun order)
Bottom line is they should never of charged us for a item we don't have. I can only assume what will happen if this type-97 order doesn't get released.
My fast math for everyone concerned about the CC interest on their purchase... rounding things off at $1000 / rifle, at 21% interest annual charge on your credit card = $210 in interest over the period of a year, if you don't pay anything but the interest charges. $210 over the period of a year equals 57cents /day.
Now again based on $1000 per charge, most CC companies charge the Vendor 3.5% service fees. That said, Canada Ammo lose $35 of the retail price per T97 transaction. Without getting into way too many detailed calculations of the ups and downs, it'd take 61 days of credit card interest on the unpaid balance to equal the CC service fees to Canada Ammo. Bottom line, they ain't making thousands in interest fees on your money.
I can't comment on everyone's financial situation, but if you pay your credit card balance off each statement period, there's no outstanding balance interest charges...
Just my 2 cents anyways...or 0.00002% interest over the period of one year on a $1000 purchase amount...
So what? This is a moot point given that this cost ($35) would have been factored into the cost of the rifle. We are paying $849. From that CanAm would have factored the actual cost of the rifle, their taxes, shipping, other costs and profit. The point is, it doesn't matter than CanAm pays 3.5% - it is already part of the equation.
But thanks for pointing out that we are now paying $17.50 per month waiting for the rifles to be released.
Truth be told, it is not about the money (it never should have been - if you couldn't afford the rifle, you shouldn't have bought it). It's about the frustration.
That seems very unfair and unreasonable for CanAm since customs charges a holding fee don't they?