Wow the haters be hatin' as my son would say. Talk about an internet lynch mob.
Common guys and girls we would all be pissed if we bought something new and it came rusted. Doesn't matter if it is a Norc or a Kimber. You would be ticked plain and simple, Right? This Gent sends a email in to Marstar, a business that does it thing on the internet. So it is resonable to believe that Marstar checks their emails on a regular basis. I am not slamming anyone or taking sides here just putting a few things in perspective. I have sent email to Marstar and not received a reply to said email, I have also send PM's on this forum directly to JohnOne and not recieved a reply either. As JohnOne has stated in the past on here he travels a lot so he is not always in a position to answer PM's (Not everyone may be as aware of this as the regulars). In the mean time here the OP is just Steaming Mad by this point (understandably one could say). Of course the forum Nazi's jump on the guy, Harshly IMHO, saying well he should know to phone (and maybe he should). However OP goes on to explain that he has damaged vocal cords from an accident making phone conversation problematic, then again understandable. This is why he was doing online business. Personally I like dealing with Marstar, love the guarentee. However Living outside Ontario (I know) sometimes phoning is a pain in the Ass, most of us have Job's and sometimes writing an email is by far easier then picking up the phone, not everyone has a boss that would be OKay with you making a personal call to your (gun) dealer, LOL. So I can understand where this guy is coming from to this point. JohnOne you are not the easiest guy to get ahold of you have admitted in the past many times. One assumes not knowing how big your business is that you have an office staff for emails. This may not be so, but like I said before one assumes an internet business does. As for those Dicks that slamed this guy for going to the forum so soon and not calling first, from what I saw, he went to the next form of communication available to him. Everyone has their situations. However to his credit JohnOne did offer a replacement gun or barrel. To me this is very reasonable. Where the whole thing falls apart to what I don't understand is, Why did the OP complain if you didn't want anything done about it? Most of your post I can understand having been there but when John offers to fix it you don't allow him any recourse. Nothing can be done if you don't want the help offered to you. I never got a discount for my revolver that the nickel was coming off. Never expected on either, I just wanted it replaced and John made that happen. Email communication could have been better but this is not a perfect world and s**t happens