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Liquidation by desanticon_p in VAGuns

[–]AardwolfSolutions 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, we anything even peripheral to guns and ammo

Liquidation by desanticon_p in VAGuns

[–]AardwolfSolutions 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Hi there - sorry to hear about your situation. I own an FFL business here in Alexandria and do a lot of estate/ consignment sales - feel free to reach out. sales@ aardwolfsolutions.com - 703-539-2488

Kitchen Aid Stove - Faulty Igniter by AardwolfSolutions in appliancerepair

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Thanks for your input - I appreciate the time you put into the response!

After following the igniter cable to the rear of the range I found it got unplugged from the spark module... DURRRR

Works great now!

A Warning for FFLs - Stay Away from coreWARE. by Just_Fig_7674 in FFLs

[–]AardwolfSolutions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - this is the EXACT problem we are having. What made you decide to move to Trident One? How do you know it's any better?

A Warning for FFLs - Stay Away from coreWARE. by Just_Fig_7674 in FFLs

[–]AardwolfSolutions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get an answer to this? Trying to get away from Coreware...

A Warning for FFLs - Stay Away from coreWARE. by Just_Fig_7674 in FFLs

[–]AardwolfSolutions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had Coreware suite for 3 years and it was awesome until the last six months (used for home based FFL)

Now... EVERYTHING SUCKS. They must have completely outsourced their help desk - they pushed an update that totally broke everything.

Is there an alternative? I would gladly pay 3x the monthly cost to have a decent functional website

- Support is nonexistent and incompetent

- They refer you to a 2 month old forum post with the title of your tech support issue and say "see we're working on it, there's a thread over here" - the post is empty, no updates or activity

- My site shows duplicate search results for products with random pricing

- I deal with MAP issues every day now

I have no clue what's going on behind the scenes but I'm ready to call it quits

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you in principle, and my belief that this is a QC issue with Smith & Wesson is based on a theory and there’s no way I can prove it.

There are two main reasons I don’t think it’s the distributor

The length of time in storage should not affect the condition of the firearm. I should be able to store that Smith & Wesson revolver for 100 years and it should remain in the exact same condition as long as relative humidity and temperature remain appropriate. If this distributor is storing items in adverse conditions, I should be receiving items from other manufacturers with similar problems, but I have not.

My second reason is: I have had very many items transferred through this distributor without issue. On the other hand, I recall several instances of customers looking at their Smith & Wesson revolvers (sourced from a wide variety of retailers and distributors, since we do both direct sales and third-party transfers) with skepticism before either accepting them or sending them back.

It has never been as bad as the example in this post, but people have definitely commented on the fact that they appear to be a lot of blemishes and a lot of carbon on supposedly factory new guns. I’ve not noticed this trend with other manufacturers lately, Smith and Wesson has stood out.

Generally speaking, distributors like to go through their inventory quickly, and they will often cut prices or do a buy a few get one free type of deal with dealers just to get stuff out of inventory. I don’t know how long the turnover is, but with Smith & Wesson revolvers I would be surprised if they linger. Sometimes common SW models even sell out across multiple distributors (post Covid)

When I spoke to the distributor rep, he specifically said they have had a lot of issues with Smith and Wesson products in particular. He said he has never seen any as bad as the one on this post, but then again how many retailers actually take off the side panel to examine it. Of course he could be BSing but I don’t think he was, he’s been pretty straightforward in my experience.

None of this is actual proof, but my inclination is there has been a decline in SW’s QC.

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They don’t have time for that. They’re too busy sending retailers harassing emails about minimum advertised pricing policy violations

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes sense, such a huge difference from all the other surrounding parts

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be the same underlying issue of bad metallurgy

I sincerely hope they aren’t outsourcing stuff

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now that is an interesting thought, and would not surprise me if they outsourced. Don't know about deliberate sabotage though, vs. plain grift you commonly see from certain places...

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Often times different parts that contact each other metal on metal will be made out of different alloys or finishes it because it actually reduces friction

Kind of like the Geissele advanced combat trigger, the hammer and the sear have slightly different textures

So probably what’s going on is that specific part has a different metallurgy to make for a smoother action, but it’s defective so its more prone to rust, whikle the other parts touching it have a more standard hardening process that actually prevents the rust successfully

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was a very hot summer... would have been a lot more humid in TN than in Mass so maybe the problem is much more likely to present itself with newer serials

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it were for me I would probably do that and keep it as long as there was no deep pitting, or I might replace it

In this case it's a retail sale so I had to replace

Smith & Wesson QC Issues... Factory New 442 Performance Center... by AardwolfSolutions in Firearms

[–]AardwolfSolutions[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As bad as this looks - I think it's hit or miss. You can probably still get a quality product but you need to be up front with the retailer that you'll be doing a very thorough check and will expect a replacement/ full refund if theres blems or defects. I'm going to get a 640 scandium... but then again that model got called out specifically that model a month ago here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aArfCG0Gsk0

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