2 threads have been deleted so far, so I figured it would be best to post this here outside of their control in their forum.
Last week Rangeview Sports posted they had UNISSUED/UNFIRED/NEVER ISSUED Mosin Nagants for sale. Some with standard stocks, some with Laminate. They were sold for $459.99 and $559.99 respectively. As you can imagine, that's quite the claim and you would expect that this has been examined and verified by the retailer. I picked mine up in person and got it cleaned up on sunday. It was coated in what seemed like new cosmoline, not thick and gunky, came off pretty easily with a good wipe with a rag and what looked like green bearing grease in the barrel. As I examined it a little further and looked up some markings online, sure enough, it was a refurbished mosin. Not only that, a proof mark seems to have been grinded off on the receiver.
Others sounded their concerns in the thread initially posted by rangeview and they also had refurb markings and others that had seen them in person mentioned they were refurbed. I, along with a few others paid a good chunk more than the going rate for it. It's the whole reason I bought it, was it was supposed to be unmolested by an arsenal refurbishing plant. I emailed them monday afternoon asking what was up with the rifles and what can be done as I purchased a BRAND NEW, NEVER ISSUED MOSIN. Not a refurb. No response by the next day, so I decided to give them a call. I spoke with the manager, Paul. I explained that my rifle was refurbished, not-unissued and not new as advertised. His response? All firearm sales are final. My supplier told me they were brand new, I will contact them. But thats like buying a new truck and going to pick it up and it has 20,000 KM on the odometer, that's not a new truck, apparently not in their eyes. I was told they won't return the gun and won't be doing anything about the situation and it's not his fault.
I've worked my fair share of customer service, and done some time in a business management role and never in a million years would I have expected a response like that. Between the dismissive tone and the lack of ownership, the whole thing has been a mess and now many others are finding out their rifles are too refurbished. They have backpedaled online and changed their listings on their store to remove the unissued part. They deleted the initial thread and the follow up posted by another member stuck with a gun that was not as advertised. They are still advertising them as of now as NEVER FIRED UNISSUED MOSINS on their facebook, which I was able to get a screen shot of in case they try to delete that too.
I will link the current thread HERE but don't expect it to work come business hours tomorrow. The CGN admins have been messaged and credit card companies called. I invite everyone who has been left out to dry to PM me and please post all your pictures of any signs of tampering, refurbishment, etc.
Be wary of who you purchase from, and if it sounds too good to be true, probably is.
Last week Rangeview Sports posted they had UNISSUED/UNFIRED/NEVER ISSUED Mosin Nagants for sale. Some with standard stocks, some with Laminate. They were sold for $459.99 and $559.99 respectively. As you can imagine, that's quite the claim and you would expect that this has been examined and verified by the retailer. I picked mine up in person and got it cleaned up on sunday. It was coated in what seemed like new cosmoline, not thick and gunky, came off pretty easily with a good wipe with a rag and what looked like green bearing grease in the barrel. As I examined it a little further and looked up some markings online, sure enough, it was a refurbished mosin. Not only that, a proof mark seems to have been grinded off on the receiver.
Others sounded their concerns in the thread initially posted by rangeview and they also had refurb markings and others that had seen them in person mentioned they were refurbed. I, along with a few others paid a good chunk more than the going rate for it. It's the whole reason I bought it, was it was supposed to be unmolested by an arsenal refurbishing plant. I emailed them monday afternoon asking what was up with the rifles and what can be done as I purchased a BRAND NEW, NEVER ISSUED MOSIN. Not a refurb. No response by the next day, so I decided to give them a call. I spoke with the manager, Paul. I explained that my rifle was refurbished, not-unissued and not new as advertised. His response? All firearm sales are final. My supplier told me they were brand new, I will contact them. But thats like buying a new truck and going to pick it up and it has 20,000 KM on the odometer, that's not a new truck, apparently not in their eyes. I was told they won't return the gun and won't be doing anything about the situation and it's not his fault.
I've worked my fair share of customer service, and done some time in a business management role and never in a million years would I have expected a response like that. Between the dismissive tone and the lack of ownership, the whole thing has been a mess and now many others are finding out their rifles are too refurbished. They have backpedaled online and changed their listings on their store to remove the unissued part. They deleted the initial thread and the follow up posted by another member stuck with a gun that was not as advertised. They are still advertising them as of now as NEVER FIRED UNISSUED MOSINS on their facebook, which I was able to get a screen shot of in case they try to delete that too.
I will link the current thread HERE but don't expect it to work come business hours tomorrow. The CGN admins have been messaged and credit card companies called. I invite everyone who has been left out to dry to PM me and please post all your pictures of any signs of tampering, refurbishment, etc.
Be wary of who you purchase from, and if it sounds too good to be true, probably is.
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