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Eric,
I was hoping for the same kind of results you received from Waters Rifleman. First of all, it was the first time I dealt with David Waters and I'm sure he is a nice guy, I personally don't know that. In the beginning, I couldn't find a phone number to call him so I l emailed him asking for information on his 10 round mags. Long story short, I ordered two mags and a single shot block and I wrote a $293.00 check to Bob Laird who cashed the check here in the United States. Yes, I should have taken the Pay-Pal option and the insurance coverage but at this point, I trusted David and I thought shipping would be no problem because I have never lost a package, my mistake! I don't blame David Waters for my mistake, what I do blame him for is not being up front with me from the very begging. After I placed my order, I was notified by David that my order would be received in two different shipments, why not one shipment? First order was received without David's return address listed on the package, that looked a little fishy. This package had two of the same half mag sides. I waited another two weeks and then notified David by email that I hadn't received my other package. I received no reply from David Waters. Three days later I wrote him another email and asked him if I'd been scammed. David came unglued from that comment and said he did nothing wrong and it was my fault that I didn't select the right shipping options from the very beginning. I know that when I ship something by mail, I get a tracking number so I can track my package. David should have the tracking number but he made no effort to track my package, I am on my own for tracking this package. I went through my local police department contact and they have contacted Customs to see if they have my package and who knows, maybe the package isn't stuck at Customs. So far, I have received no answer from the PD. David Waters claims he has shipped hundreds of orders to the United States. I would have considered his opinion on which shipping option to select was the best and If he had past problems getting this mags through Customs, I should have been told. Now believe me, I blame myself for this fiasco and I'm just trying to help the Tikka owners out there not to make the same mistake I made. David Waters could offer better service to his customers instead of claiming he did nothing wrong. Doing something is better than nothing and I do wish David Waters success in his business. Me personally, I have some questions on how David conducts business? At this point, I will not be doing any future business with Waters Rifleman and I'll be buying my plastic mags from Beretta. I was really looking forward to using those ten round metal mags. I'm sorry it came to this and there certainly could have been a different outcome.
Here's a What If; If David would have stayed with me and built a relationship with me, his mag orders could have been unlimited. My contact with the Police Department has contact with every officer on the force. One of the mags was going to my contact. Do you know how many 223 and 308's are in that department, and that's not counting the rifles outside the department in the officers homes. That's business overlooked. Just saying!
