Others We The Plinkers Atomic & HAM points

[FL22]

I’ve been wanting a more compact and lower powered Airgun for a while. So I decided to cash in some HAM points and picked up the Atomic in .25 We The Plinkers package from AOA.

I plan on using the Atomic for closer range pesting in areas that I normally avoid if possible. Also planning on some night work with it and the Zulus.

Cashing in my HAM points was easy as always and dealing with AOA was great. The sales team received the email this morning and like I prefer they waited for me to give them a call .

One thing I was not expecting was the shipping cost, it was only $20 .

 

[hameditor]

I’ve been wanting a more compact and lower powered Airgun for a while. So I decided to cash in some HAM points and picked up the Atomic in .25 We The Plinkers package from AOA.

I plan on using the Atomic for closer range pesting in areas that I normally avoid if possible. Also planning on some night work with it and the Zulus.

Cashing in my HAM points was easy as always and dealing with AOA was great. The sales team received the email this morning and like I prefer they waited for me to give them a call .

One thing I was not expecting was the shipping cost, it was only $20 .


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@FL22 Thanks for using your HAM Points! Please let us know how you get on with the Atomic

 

[pan60]

nice gun!

 

[Chief55]

One thing I was not expecting was the shipping cost, it was only $20 .

That is awesome. Should be lots of fun.

I was amazed a couple of days ago because I was buying a hammer weight, some O-rings and a tin of pellets from TalonTunes and he charged me $18.35 for shipping with UPS, no choices, to travel 45 minutes from him to me and it is taking 4 days to get to me. I almost did not buy it because of the shipping but I wanted the hammer weight so I would not have to scavenge parts and the O-ring set and was still going to be charged $18.35 just for the hammer weight and O-rings, like it is a set price so I just through in the tin of pellets. This must be another time when UPS will pass it off to USPS. I get mad every time I pay Pyramid air an extra dollar to have UPS deliver something and UPS passes it on to the postal service and I have to ask myself which part of UPS don't they understand. I think it is a size/weight thing.

 

[FL22]

That is awesome. Should be lots of fun.

I was amazed a couple of days ago because I was buying a hammer weight, some O-rings and a tin of pellets from TalonTunes and he charged me $18.35 for shipping with UPS, no choices, to travel 45 minutes from him to me and it is taking 4 days to get to me. I almost did not buy it because of the shipping but I wanted the hammer weight so I would not have to scavenge parts and the O-ring set and was still going to be charged $18.35 just for the hammer weight and O-rings, like it is a set price so I just through in the tin of pellets. This must be another time when UPS will pass it off to USPS. I get mad every time I pay Pyramid air an extra dollar to have UPS deliver something and UPS passes it on to the postal service and I have to ask myself which part of UPS don't they understand. I think it is a size/weight thing.

I had to deal with the same thing for years where I live, but it seems like now the population is increasing here, I don’t see a lot of the UPS to USPS transfers anymore. My wife flipped and not in a good way when we started seeing Amazon trucks daily. Honestly I think dealing with shipping will always be a nightmare one way or another.

Well, sometimes you have to look on the bright side Chief, at least Tony responds to you. When I paid for my Taipan it went on two weeks, but no response. I texted him (I wanted to cancel it) and he promised to get it out the same day which he did but every subsequent email or call I get an instant response but nothing further. I’m sure it’s nothing personal and plenty of people have had great service from him. It’s just an instance where the same customer keeps falling through the cracks, but that in itself is a serious problem.

A competent and customer focused dealer makes all the difference even if that difference means
paying more at times.