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    Have you contacted ASA with your problem? You gotta give them a chance to make it right before passing out the torches and pitchforks
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    Quote Originally Posted by MistWolf View Post
    Have you contacted ASA with your problem? You gotta give them a chance to make it right before passing out the torches and pitchforks
    Uh ok. I sent an email and called leaving a message already.

    Don't you think it's kind of weird they sent a RRA upper? They have nothing on their site that is RRA

    Also upon further examination the rear sight is marred/damaged.

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    Sorry, I was confused. You are correct it states ASA as the manufacturer. My guess is that they are simply buying stuff from RRA and reselling. When I was at their place a few years back, I do not recall seeing the ability to make lowers and uppers. I may have been wrong. In any case you should call them and get it straight.

    Quote Originally Posted by red_star_republic View Post
    I ordered off their website an American Spirit Arms A2 upper with M4 feed ramps. Instead I got a Rock River Arms A2 upper with no M4 feed ramps



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    In years past, their previous owner (Bob?) had a reputation as a flaming assbag. He's since apparently passed away, but I recall one post on a firearms forum detailing an encounter with him at ASA. Evidently he tried to throw a cash register at a customer.

    I believe his daughter (or maybe niece?) is running things there now.

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    Looks like they sell mostly overpriced parts to me. Much better off buying someone like Sionics or Aero precision for the prices they are charging.

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    Quote Originally Posted by red_star_republic View Post
    Uh ok. I sent an email and called leaving a message already.

    Don't you think it's kind of weird they sent a RRA upper? They have nothing on their site that is RRA

    Also upon further examination the rear sight is marred/damaged.
    The rule is you must contact the vendor/manufacturer and give them a chance to respond before posting your problem on the forum
    INSIDE PLAN OF BOX
    1. ROAD-RUNNER LIFTS GLASS OF WATER- PULLING UP MATCH
    2. MATCH SCRATCHES ON MATCH-BOX
    3. MATCH LIGHTS FUSE TO TNT
    4. BOOM!
    5. HA-HA!!

    -WILE E. COYOTE, AUTHOR OF "EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW IN LIFE, I LEARNED FROM GOLDBERG & MURPHY"

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    Quote Originally Posted by MistWolf View Post
    The rule is you must contact the vendor/manufacturer and give them a chance to respond before posting your problem on the forum
    Sorry I didn't read "the rule"

    BTW they contacted me. They weren't able to explain how I received a RRA upper.

    In the end it's my fault for risking buying from a business I didn't do my research on. Sounds like they still can't get right

    You don't happen to have stock in ASA?

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    Quote Originally Posted by red_star_republic View Post
    You don't happen to have stock in ASA?
    Really?? Even the top end companies make mistakes from time to time, since all of them are run by humans. Better to wait and report how they handled your situation, when it comes to a close. Sounds like it hasn't closed yet.
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    So I received a phone call and was emailed a return shipping label the other day to return my RRA upper for the ASA A2 with M4 feed ramps I had ordered. I was assured over the phone it was a simple mistake and I would get what I had ordered. Threw the label on the box and went down to the Mail Box Store and shipped it back.

    I received an email today from a "worker bee" who informed me they ran out of the upper I wanted weeks ago and in order to get A2 receivers back in stock their purchaser was instructed to order A2 receivers from several sources for evaluation. Rock River Arms was one of those sources and somehow that's what I was shipped?

    I sent an email back asking if the upper I originally ordered was in stock and was told they do not have an ETA on when they'll have the upper I wanted back in stock - even though their website shows them in stock at this time?

    So the product I paid for doesn't exist. Should have gone with my gut and sought out a good used Colt A2
    Last edited by red_star_republic; 12-02-14 at 19:21.

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    The problem is that a Colt A2 upper receiver doesn't have M4 feed ramps. I was specifically looking for an A2 styled upper as well with feed ramps which is why I contacted them.

    Quote Originally Posted by red_star_republic View Post
    So I received a phone call and was emailed a return shipping label the other day to return my RRA upper for the ASA A2 with M4 feed ramps I had ordered. I was assured over the phone it was a simple mistake and I would get what I had ordered. Threw the label on the box and went down to the Mail Box Store and shipped it back.

    I received an email today from a "worker bee" who informed me they ran out of the upper I wanted weeks ago and in order to get A2 receivers back in stock their purchaser was instructed to order A2 receivers from several sources for evaluation. Rock River Arms was one of those sources and somehow that's what I was shipped?

    I sent an email back asking if the upper I originally ordered was in stock and was told they do not have an ETA on when they'll have the upper I wanted back in stock - even though their website shows them in stock at this time?

    So the product I paid for doesn't exist. Should have gone with my gut and sought out a good used Colt A2



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