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I spotted a kimber stock on bouds rapidfire that i wanted to grab but was unable to purchase for $59us
I hit up the customer service and got this email
Hello,
I do apologize for this but it does look like the Prairie Hunter stock is now restricted in New Zealand.
Thanks
Boyds Hardwood Gunstocks
Anyone know more about this?
Also any ideas on how I can still buy the stock?
Try the Gun rack
He imported a stock for a Mate of mine - pretty sure several others here too
Boyds Gunstocks – The Gun Rack
Thanks. That might be an option. Don’t know if it will be quick enough fot the rapid fire sale.
Works out to 225 nzd vs 125 if they’d sell direct. Not too bad.
Just can’t believe they’ve decided another stock shape is restricted.
Maybe the larger importers are trying to shut down direct sales. Try with another stock shape and see if thats importable?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigreddog
Looks like all of their rapid fire stocks are restricted. Might pay to Email their customer service. I just checked and they would let me buy a stock for my mossberg shotty.
Yeah, tried some of the other rapid fire sales and they all showed as restricted to NZ.
I've follow up on the customer service email and see what happens.
Good luck with that. From my experience, their service is rubbish. Thye only cam round after I pointed out they had INTENTIONALLY lied to me for two months about an order and when I caught them out they still tried to get out of it. I got them in the end, but I will never deal with them again. For what its worth, thye make a decent product that was reasonably good value, but the US policy makers coupled with sh_t service has done a lot of damage.
This, they are absolute shit to deal with.Quote:
Originally Posted by timattalon
+1 They sent me the wrong stock, took about 2 months to resolve, after my initial order took like 4.
In that case they might of been covering their arse regarding ITAR, but in the former I suspect one of the Boyds importers has approached them and asked them to shit can private sales to NZ.
It could be, I done some experimenting last night. They will still ship items that normally retail for under a hundy, but not any of the rapid fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
Last stock I got from them was wrong sized action. Happy with the end result (shipping refunded) but the barreled action , rail and scope kind of left the finances a tad short.
will they just not ship to NZ. would they ship to a youshop address within the US?
Billing and shipping address must match. Some other US websites won't even let you in if your IP is on there " look after our distributers" list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Projects
Even Opticsplanet is heavily restricting what they'll ship here.
Brought a few stocks from them, service matchs those above but I did get the right stock in the end. For the price point it was worth putting up with it.
That's interesting, like what? They used to be pretty good with only the odd ITAR item not ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
In the case of the Tacticool stock (now called pro varmint) Customs NZ stopped one as it was a "tactical" stock and asked for police import paperwork even though it is A cat. Boyds then assumed ALL stocks required import paperwork and were restricted and for abut 6 months refused to ship ANYTHING to NZ because a stock got sent back / refused. In part this would have not been an issue if Customs had someone who actually understood NZ firearms law with a bit more detail. (NB the stock that caused it all was for a BOLT action so that simple piece of information would have meant it was not E cat...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
It looks like they have actually restricted the Rapid Fire sales.
So a stock has to be under $100 but not on sale.
They are not replying to my questions on this. :ORLY:
They like a lot of American companies probably aren't to interested in dealing with the ambiguity of the exportation of firearm components with the US government.
Not worth the risk of legal battles for something so cheap.
It was only a cheap bushnell for the 22 but still would have been $150 landed less than H&FQuote:
Originally Posted by 300CALMAN
Greetings from OpticsPlanet.com!
Thank you for ordering:
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Bushnell Banner Rimfire Riflescope 3.5-10x36mm DropZone 22 Reticle Matte Black Finish $106.49
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Unfortunately, at this time we cannot ship any products of this brand(s) to your country due to restrictions imposed by our manufacturer. The manufacturer has specified that United States dealers should not sell internationally to protect business rights of international dealers.
Although we cannot fulfill your order for this item(s) at this time, we do recommend that you search for the home page of the manufacturer you need. Please contact them directly for a list of international dealers that you can purchase from.
Then this later
RE: Your OpticsPlanet.com Order 9951212 Reference 6449692 Cancelled (OP:9615555)
OS
OpticsPlanet Technical Sales <techsales@opticsplanet.com>
Reply|
Fri 9/8/2017, 1:24 AM
You
Steve,
New Zealand! Home of one of my childhood heroes – Bruce McLaren!
Bruce McLaren
It’s not an uncommon practice for manufacturers to protect their dealers in other countries - Aimpoint, Burris, EOTech, Kahles, Leupold, Nightforce, Redfield, Schmidt & Bender, Sightron, Steiner, Swarovski, Trijicon, Vortex and Zeiss all prohibit export of their products.
Please consider this Nikon product as an alternative:
NI-RS-16330
http://www.opticsplanet.com/nikon-pr...iflescope.html
I have this on a Ruger 10/22 and a Ruger Charger.
Buy a Nikon and hope some useless ripoff agent doesn't take them on.
Protectionism BS again.
Yeah, problem is I all ready have one of those Nikons, it's ok but all the little circles make the reticle a bit too busy. Ended up with an ok price for a Bushnell Trophy mildot from Reloaders.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300CALMAN
That's a good outcome. Reloaders have some good scope prices.
Yeah. It seems weird with what Boyd's are doing though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300CALMAN
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Not really. It looks like they have decided to deal with one or two companies to import them rather than one stock at a time. And they dont have to piss around with customer service cos they cant do that anyway...Because the importer deals with larger volumes, there will be less hassle for them and less work. Essentially they have become a manufacturer / wholesaler and let others do the legwork.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
Only because of the small volume of sales I still think it because Outdoor Outfitters had a cry. They have boyds for @$500.Quote:
Originally Posted by timattalon
The site would still let me purchase other items below US$100 just not the rapid fire.
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Chill there brothers! we can take our tinfoil hats off, just got this from Boyd's
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 3:41 AM
To: Customer Service
Subject: Rapid fire sales to New Zealand
Hi, I tried buy a classic stock on rapid fire sale but couldn't proceed as your site said that shape was restricted in NZ.
I have bought 3 other stocks from you in the past no problems. What has changed to bring this about?
Rapid fire sales are the only way we can get your stocks without needing a US export permit.
Can you please explain why everything has changed as a classic shaped stock is not restricted in any way in New Zealand.
Hello,
I do apologize for in the inconvenience we are working on getting this fixed please try again in 24 to 48 hours.
Thanks
Boyds Hardwood Gunstocks
25376 403rd Ave
Mitchell SD, 57301
(605)996-5011
Ok, well that's ok. I'll throw another jibe then - their website is fuckin terrible.
All the kool kids are getting magpuls now anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
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The only problem I have with this coment is that I can only like it once.......I absolutely agree it is one of the flashiest useless sites I have tried to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
I agree on that: crap Boyd website, what a trudge through the mud.
You want crap? Try a search on the Mitre 10 website. It is faster to put my shoes on, walk the 1.5km there, stroll the isles, find the details and walk home than try to find it on their website.Quote:
Originally Posted by timattalon
Its even worse on the cell phone. Their pop up menu covers the noraml menu ad you need the normal menu to make it go away. I solved the problem b going elsewhere....Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
They have upated their website several times and gotten progressively worse. There was nothing wrong with the original.
I hate that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
Company decides their website looks dated, so make a flash new one which looks nice but you can't find anything!
The Leupold website did exactly that, can't find half the information that used to be available!