boyds shipping time

I purchased 2 last month, from order to delivery just over the 1 month mark by a day or so.

Shipping cost was just acceptable, but it is worth buying in multiples if you can, makes it slightly more bearable.

Fair value for money overall, only blighted by the CDN peso + shipping cost.

Candocad.
 
thats pretty reasonable IMO the price was a little bit crazy but its our doller......... i ordered 2 stocks one for my savage MK2 .22lr and one for my Savage model 11
 
On common nothing special stocks in the past I had them in a couple weeks, and my last order was a excuse filled every week was shipping next week fest for a total of well over 6 months if memory serves me correct.
 
I just ordered a stock from Macon Gunstocks. It was in stock and shipped the next day. But now has sat at customs for over 2 weeks, to process a piece of wood!!!
 
I ordered a .22 tacticool stock from them, I believe it had to be made and took about three weeks to arrive, I was pleased!! I regularly recommend this company!!
 
Ordered a thumbhole, took 2 weeks to ship, 3 days to the border, 2 weeks in customs, and then 2 days to door. $45 brokerage on top of the $52 USD to deliver. Stock came with scratches, currently talking to boyds about how to rectify. I really don't think I could recommend the service to anyone in Canada. It's a nice stock, but it's likely going to be $600 if I have to ship it back for 'warranty' work.
 
Oh yeah forgot to mention my 6+ month stock came with runs in the top coat, I replaced it with a MDT chassis, way way better option, and a standup company to deal with.
 
MrSharp said:
Oh yeah forgot to mention my 6+ month stock came with runs in the top coat, I replaced it with a MDT chassis, way way better option, and a standup company to deal with.
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Did Boyds every do anything for you for the stock? Seems they have stopped responding to me, I might have to deal with the credit card company on a damage claim.
(I have 2 MDT chassis systems here, and they are both flawless, seems boyds is definitely a craps game as to what you will get for the $$$).
 
Macon makes a fine product. Well worth the wait on some stocks.
Boyd stocks used to be quicker on delivery. Not so great on customer issues. Their m1a rifle stocks are all over the map.
 
Somerset Bar said:
Did Boyds every do anything for you for the stock? Seems they have stopped responding to me, I might have to deal with the credit card company on a damage claim.
(I have 2 MDT chassis systems here, and they are both flawless, seems boyds is definitely a craps game as to what you will get for the $$$).
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I didn’t even bother, when waiting on the stock they only responded to an average of every 3rd email and I was by no means hounding them, I gave them a good week or two to respond each time, it was Absolutly pathetic, I just wrote it off as I’ll never buy from them.

There was more than one thread on forums around that time of others having the same problem of being lied to, no responses to emails, I couldn’t imagine dealing with a return back to back at the time especially cross boarder on top of it all. Cherry on the cake I was putting together a matching set of guns and needed the stock or would have just contacted my CC company and canceled the order.
 
Somerset Bar said:
Ordered a thumbhole, took 2 weeks to ship, 3 days to the border, 2 weeks in customs, and then 2 days to door. $45 brokerage on top of the $52 USD to deliver. Stock came with scratches, currently talking to boyds about how to rectify. I really don't think I could recommend the service to anyone in Canada. It's a nice stock, but it's likely going to be $600 if I have to ship it back for 'warranty' work.
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$97 for the total delivery!!!!!! UPS?
 
Buster95 said:
$97 for the total delivery!!!!!! UPS?
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Yep, and to get the bottom metal piece I wanted was another $80 in shipping/brokerage (they do not discount on shipping to us Canucks, even one screw is $52 USD shipping). I like their stocks, but will never order from again.

UPS LOVES cross border shipping.
 
Boyd's are what they are. A mass produced alternative 'stock' product. Very focused on mass production and selling lots of them.........

Macon is more focused on the product, the quality and attention to detail of their product. They sell 1/100th of what Boyd's do in a year, and it shows in their products. (Which incidentally you cannot get in Canada at this stage, check their website.)

MDT produces a modern metal chassis (of which I am a big fan of, and the company is run by a stand up guy who is sterling all the way.) But there is little comparison in the products MDT manufacturers compared to say, Boyd's, and neither is the price.

One of the sponsor's on CGN use to do a bulk purchase of stocks from Boyd's periodically, but I noted that he has ceased, possibly because of the same same comments noted here on the focus that Boyd's have on their product.

Canada is very protective of cross border sales, particularly with our neighbour to the south. Order a 100 items from the US (USPS, not FedEx / UPS robbers) of a value of $100+ and you will pay duty on at least 60-80% of them. Do the same from China / Australia / EU / UK and its under 20% of them you will pay duty on. (Again, as long as there is no courier 'robber' involved.) These facts are not missed by Boyd's, who simply take the decision that Canada is best served via mail order, they buddy up with a courier robber (who charge them next to nothing) and its they that place the charge at the customers door.

All this means they deliver an average product, after a long wait, for a premium price with a sting in the tail (customs and courier robber fee's). What's there not to like?

Candocad.

PS: Actually their stocks are not bad, just the experience of buying them was less than ideal.
 
How does the end price of ordering directly from Boyds compare to buying one of their stocks from a Canadian retailer?
 
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