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Well we're back from the Shot Show. We can say that it is pretty much what we expected given the recent occurrences in the US. We can some it up with; NO product in stock, NO deliveries, NO deals and little in the way of new product.

So manufacturers have stopped taking orders for the 2013 year while others are quoting 2016 as delivery dates on new orders. Thankfully we have orders in place with our current list of suppliers and will have product coming in throughout the year.

Some items are harder to find than others such as AR magazines and AR lowers. As mentioned we have orders in and will be getting product throughout the year. However we will not be taking advanced orders on these items as we are not sure what pricing will be when they arrive. Just keep checking the website for updates. As soon as product arrives it will be on the site to order.

It was not all doom and gloom however. We were successful in picking up some new lines, being able to go direct with some manufacturers and have some new products to offer. Keep an eye on the site for updates as we dig out from the Show.

As mentioned we are back and are inundated with hundreds of orders and thousands of emails. We will be processing the orders as they where placed and responding to emails throughout the week.
In an effort to expedite order processing and responding to customer emails we will not be answering the phones. Thank you for your patience

Stay tuned!
Tom

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Hey Tom and/or fellow Questar employees, what can you tell us of the situation with Noveske firearms? Their fearless leader has passed away and am I safe to assume their operations are still green lights?
 
Wow...2016!
What's going on with Sigs? Are they one of those companies who is woefully behind in supply right now?
 
Are you saying NO "special advance orders" for the time being, just "In Stock" items can be purchased? Is this just on the AR stuff or is Sig Sauer effected?
 
THAT BITES! But on the bright side, i`m glad i ordered a Colt LE6920 from you January . Thanks for the great service!!!. i think this might be the last US rifle i buy for a while. Talk about scarce.
 
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A clarification on no longer accepting 'Advanced Orders'.

No longer after Jan. 20th? Or will you cancel orders you have in your system and/or not processed yet?

Thanks?
 
If I may make a suggestion ,
Maybe a page on your website could be deicated to a list of recently added and instock items.
Im a geek, I admit it , checking dealers webpages for whats new takes alot of time .
I bet it would also fast track sales too.
Your site is cool per say but it takes alot of time to search each section looking for recent arrivals .
All the best
 
patjohnw said:
If I may make a suggestion ,
Maybe a page on your website could be deicated to a list of recently added and instock items.
Im a geek, I admit it , checking dealers webpages for whats new takes alot of time .
I bet it would also fast track sales too.
Your site is cool per say but it takes alot of time to search each section looking for recent arrivals .
All the best
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Click onto Questar's home page. Click the red "what's new" button on the top right. Voila!
 
8 ball said:
Click onto Questar's home page. Click the red "what's new" button on the top right. Voila!
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It does not happen that way

Every day you click on 'what's new' you get something different. Try it.

You click on it now, and it shows alot of Aimpoints...??? really? Thats "new stuff"? Those have been in stock for months.

Seems more like a 'Bring to your attention' button. :)
 
rivetc78 said:
It does not happen that way

Every day you click on 'what's new' you get something different. Try it.

You click on it now, and it shows alot of Aimpoints...??? really? Thats "new stuff"? Those have been in stock for months.

Seems more like a 'Bring to your attention' button. :)
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Not exactly correct... the red coloured "NEW STUFF" button on the top right uses an algorithim to search the entire inventory and list only those items which have been either created or modified in the previous 14 days (I believe that was the setting, it was quite some time ago that we created this so I could be mistaken, it might have been 10 days)... the algorithim then checks to insure that quantity in-stock is greater than zero (so it doesn't include non-stock items).

The result is a list of only in-stock items that have either been added to the inventory or had their price or description changed in the previous 14 day period. In the event that an item simply had an increase of in-stock quantity, the item would also be listed (this would happen if a shipment arrived and so we added these new units to our existing inventory quantity).

Right now a "NEW STUFF" list shows a bunch of Aimpoint items because those items were changed in some way during the past 14 days. The list is a computer generated creation... if a price goes up or down, if the product description changes or if more arrive in our inventory, the item gets displayed on the red "NEW STUFF" button listings.

"New Stuff" doesn't just refer to things we've never had before... it also refers to what's changed. If a price changes, description changes or in-stock quantity increases then we consider that to be "new"... just like when we get quantity of an previously sold out item. The button is designed to let people know what's come in and what's changed in the previous week or two.
 
Questar said:
"New Stuff" doesn't just refer to things we've never had before... it also refers to what's changed. If a price changes, description changes or in-stock quantity increases then we consider that to be "new"... just like when we get quantity of an previously sold out item. The button is designed to let people know what's come in and what's changed in the previous week or two.
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I see. It's the 'Quantity' changes that most likely effect it the most. An couple items could have been in stock for 6 months, you sell one, then the other one would show up under the 'New Stuff' button.

Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.
 
rivetc78 said:
I see. It's the 'Quantity' changes that most likely effect it the most. An couple items could have been in stock for 6 months, you sell one, then the other one would show up under the 'New Stuff' button.

Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.
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No, selling 1 unit won't cause an item to be listed... the "change" has to be made at the administration level, not simply an on-line sale that reduces in-stock quantity by 1. We would have to go into the system at the adminstration level and change the item's description, or add to the inventory stock quantity (like when a shipment comes in), or change the price (like when an item goes on sale or a price increases).

Anytime we make any change to an item in our system the system records the date of that update/change and it is that "last update" field that the system uses to generate the "NEW STUFF" listing from.
 
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