Need advice

[BRDN]

Back in January I called tornado technologies about having the barrel on my sr9 threaded. They told me there was a 4 week wait. So I sent them the barrel. It’s been 14 weeks. No returned phone calls, emails, text, or anything. No one will answer the phones either. I’ve been trying for weeks now and nothing. The company is in Oregon I’m in Florida. Who would I contact? I’m thinking something has happened to the owner. Any suggestions?

 

[Jhunter]

Are they active on social media? How did you find them to begin with?

 

[BRDN]

Never mind. The guy just answered the phone after 6 weeks of calling. Said it was almost finished. They used to have very high ratings. I found them on various gun sites advertising. We’ll see.

 

[Raven]

Hope you learned your lesson. For the cost of a barrel, it was a relatively cheap lesson. I don't do anything mail order. Period. If I absolutely have to do something mail order, then I get somebody else to do it for me and then I pay the buddy when it comes in. I have been burned too many times. Many thanks to a few forum buddies here who have done this for me lately

 

[Raven]

Never mind. The guy just answered the phone after 6 weeks of calling. Said it was almost finished. They used to have very high ratings. I found them on various gun sites advertising. We’ll see.

It's not over yet. Go ask the three or four dozen people that Don's in Pensacola screwed over. He led some of them guys on for years

 

[Zeroed in]

Hindsight is 20/20, but if you ever need another barrel threaded, contact jj (oneshot, here on the forum), he's the resident armorer and can thread a barrel lickety split for you.
Hope all goes well for you

 

[Little Jack]

I've been dealing (on a small scale) with lots of different gun companies for the past 10 years. Most of them are well behind schedule. The few exceptions have been ADCO around 2010 for a barrel fluting and Ecco machine for a supressor modification. After my work was done, both of those ended up with significant wait times. Not defending the lack of communication but it's something I've seen across the board for awhile.

 

[stage20]

It's not over yet. Go ask the three or four dozen people that Don's in Pensacola screwed over. He led some of them guys on for years

It's over 160 last I read

 

[BRDN]

Thanks folks. A hard lesson learned. One I won’t repeat.

 

[Snake-Eyes]

Thanks folks. A hard lesson learned. One I won’t repeat.

So, did your barrel/slide show up? Was the work at least done well?

 

[BRDN]

No. They did not. I’m afraid I’m in the same boat as everybody else. I’ve been lied to twice now. No need for a 3rd.

 

[Snake-Eyes]

That sucks. For what it’s worth, my past experiences with them were all good. Back and forth comms. Not super quick, but as expected timeline. They would even coordinate with some other local FFLs for projects.

Without other info, my top guess is something medical happened to a key employee or boss.

Maybe if you approach it from that angle, you’d get closer to a resolution? Refund and items returned, or realistic estimate of timeline.

 

[BRDN]

Just wanted everyone to know I received my barrel and slide back today. The guy did great work. I was shocked! I never thought I’d see it again.

 

[rossi]

Hope you learned your lesson. For the cost of a barrel, it was a relatively cheap lesson. I don't do anything mail order. Period. If I absolutely have to do something mail order, then I get somebody else to do it for me and then I pay the buddy when it comes in. I have been burned too many times. Many thanks to a few forum buddies here who have done this for me lately

Just out of curiosity, why do you use others to do your online transactions?

 

[Raven]

Just out of curiosity, why do you use others to do your online transactions?

'Back in January I called tornado technologies about having the barrel on my sr9 threaded. They told me there was a 4 week wait. So I sent them the barrel. It’s been 14 weeks. No returned phone calls, emails, text, or anything. No one will answer the phones either. I’ve been trying for weeks now and nothing. The company is in Oregon I’m in Florida. Who would I contact? I’m thinking something has happened to the owner. Any suggestions?"

Rossi... did you actually read this thread?

 

[BRDN]

It wasn’t Rossi. It was a custom built barrel. No one around here will do it. By the way, I shot it yesterday with the suppressor and It works flawless my brother!! Oh and thanks for the red dot. I haven’t shot it yet. The summer was too hot on this old dude!!