Chet15,
I know that you deeply care about the RCA and its members, and we appreciate that. Have no fear, everyone that will be receiving a gun will be notified and everyone that won't be will also be notified. Nobody is going to be kept in the dark.
While I realize that in today's times, people want instant answers, and that other collectors organizations are able to get their members their purchased items much more quickly than 6 days after the date payment is due, the "new" RCA and its leadership team are still learning. This is the first time in many years that such an endeavor has taken place with the RCA, so we're learning a lot from it.
We certainly appreciate everyone's patience and support in making this such a tremendously successful offering. To be honest, it was much more successful than we thought and we are a bit overwhelmed with the response from our members so it's taking us a bit longer to respond than we expected, or than we would like.
However, have no fear for the RCA and its members, I assure you that we are handling things and everyone will be getting information regarding the status of their order.
If anyone further contacts you, may I suggest that you refer them to the RCA? While it is true that we don't have someone manning the phones 24/7 like other collector organizations, we do have email and a web forum so that any concerned member can reach us directly. Both are accessible from our website,
www.rugercollectorsassociation.com. Note that any questions regarding these 10" guns posted on our forums have been answered, with the last topic on this issue dating from the 17th.
If you continue to receive calls, could you do me a favor and please just simply refer them to the RCA? I wouldn't call Sears to find out if the lawn mower I ordered from Home Depot was delivered. If I was Sears receiving the call, I'd tell them to call Home Depot. Wouldn't you?
Thanks for all your continued support in continuing to make Ruger collecting a great, and growing, hobby where collectors continue to mutually support each other and help improve the viability of our various Ruger collecting passions.
If you would like to further discuss, please email or call me and I would be more than happy to discuss off-line.
Thanks!
BB45C