45acp Tactical. It makes you wonder when.............

[raynor]

Here's my 2 XD's, Service and Tactical 45 ACP.

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[ajamesp51]

You have to remeber, these are first come first serve. Springfield Armory had a small Batch and these all went to one distributer. If your dealer had placed an order at the "wrong distributer" or buying group well other dealers who ordered from the right distributer actually picked them up first. Instead of yelling at SA have your dealer call all of his distributers and actually find out who really has them in stock vs just an alotment. But even then these are hot and under allocation, so you have to call and be put on the list.

I love this "Premier Dealers" stuff, I beat them all, by doing leg work and building the close ties with distributers.

[rodnocker1]

To ajamesp51,

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that the dealers worked through distributors. I had always presumed that the dealers were tied into the company and got their products straight from them. This is helpful information and your post explains alot. I am in the process of getting my FFL 01 and when approved plan on dealing in firearms and gunsmithing. Presently I have an FFL 03 and knew that that was how C&R firearms were handled (through a distributor or importer) but didn't know that it was the same with the rest. That gives me somewhere to start. Now to find the distributors. Oh BTW, I just received an email and my dealer said she had received the 5" Black XD's this morning and Springfield said the others should be shipping soon. Again, Thanks.

[RDKII]

Unfortunatly this would be what I would call "par" for SA. I stand firm on my many rants that if you call early in the month they will say "End of this month" if you call late they will say early next month no matter what you ask for. I have heard it every time I was waiting on something, and I to have been told that it would be time before shipping and had one show up at my dealer, who IS one of the leg work guys, the day they told me at SA that they HAD NOT shipped, but would in some period of time that they knew.

Sorry, james, I love what you do, you are a credit to all of us who love these guns but customer support and communication is SA's soft spot. It is pathetic. If I did not love their product so much, they fit me so well, I would have been done with them LONG AGO. Shame they don't look much at customer feed back, could make a great product much more popular.

Originally Posted by rodnocker1

Bubba79,
I know just what you mean. I've posted it elsewhere but I purchased (paid in full) for a 5" Bi-tone XD .45 ACP the 1st week of January. My dealer told me they would be in any day. 2 weeks later, I contacted Springfield and John Moe, the Regional Dealer Rep emailed me and said it would be between April and June before the 5" started shipping. About a week later he emailed and said he had heard "through the grapevine" that they were going to ship alot sooner than had been expected. Yesterday he emailed and said the 5" are just starting to ship now. My question is the same as yours- (1st.)-How is it that these dealers have already had them and sold them if they are just starting to ship? My dealer told me when I paid for mine that they were one of Springfield's "Premier Dealers" and that they would be receiving their allotment 1st. She said that she had ordered them around the last of November but I have received no word from them. (2nd)-Why is it that a "Regional Dealer Rep" has to hear about things through the grapevine? I would think that he would be getting his info straight from Springfield. When I mentioned to him that my dealer had said she would be getting them in any day, he said she had probably gotten her (mis?)information from somebody else who had probably gotten their information from somebody else. I would have thought that with my dealer being a "Premier Dealer" they would have gotten their info from somebody like, Oh, I don't know...How about a "Regional Dealer Rep"? Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to get my XD but apparently I have no choice. I told John that, had I known that it would be that long before the guns shipped, I probably have waited to pay for it. He told me "Don't Blame Your Dealer" and I thought "Well who should I blame?". I realized the one to blame was me for buying and paying for something that wasn't there. At least when it does ship, mine is already paid for. I just hope that it doesn't mysteriously disappear before I can get there to pick it up and I'll have to wait some more. My dealer is 60 miles away, so I don't get by there everyday to see if they have arrived. This is not a gripe and I am not badmouthing either Springfield or my dealer, these are just the facts as they happened. By the way, the price I was quoted for the 5" Bi-tone was $530.00 and the Black was somewhere around $500.00. Anyway, I hope you have better success than I have had so far.