Learning How To Wait In Line...where's my battle mistress

[Meynard]

Forum members,

I apologize for my last post. As I stated in the response, Mr. Prisco is helping resolve this dilema and has been extremely generous in helping me find a solution. I guess I just have to really learn how to wait in line. I'm sorry I didn't know how Mr. Busse ran his business. I should've had more faith in the man.

 

[Bronco]

Welcome to the forum Meynard. It's a well known fact around here that the only thing approaching the quality of Busse knives is the dedication to customer service displayed by Andy.

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Semper Fi

-Bill

 

[Hoodoo]

Live and learn Meynard. The whole Busse crew are good people. When you build a better mousetrap, people will beat a path to your door and this is what has happened to Busse Combat. If you want handmade and high tech quality then expect to wait. And Busse knives are worth waiting for. Unique, innovative, tough. Need I say more?

I agree that your card shouldn't be charged until the knife is shipped but errors such as this are a long way from fraud. I am sure that Jerry and the rest of the crew are working as hard as they can to supply the demand. Hang around the forums for awhile and you will see just how hard Jerry, Andy, and Busse Combat work to keep us happy. For instance, you ever see anyone give out loaner knives until your knife is ready?

Hope you get your BM soon. I know you will enjoy it. Considering the knife will last you a lifetime, whatever time you have to wait is miniscule in comparison.

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Hoodoo

Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?

The Merchant of Venice, Act IV. Scene I.

 

[UffDa]

It's easy to understand your frustration. The problem as I see it is that you were quoted a delivery date that wasn't made.

It seems that late delivery is one of the major gripes in the knife industry.I don't presume to tell Jerry how to run his business, we always quote a delivery date on our shotguns 60 days longer then we think it will take. If we deliver early, we are heros. If we are late, we are Adam Henrys.

 

[Dan Tamashiro]

Out of curiosity has Jerry ever delivered anything on time ? It appears to be standard practice that his products, although great, are always delivered late. It also appears that on charge card orders the purchase price is usually fully charged at the time of order. This despite a waiting time of one year or more.

DT

 

[HJK]

I wasn't charged the balance at the time of my order: just close to the shipping date. I think the priority is for large/ military or LEO orders. I don't agree with the policy, but that's the deal if you want to buy direct. Others on the forum are sure to have better info than I, but I'm sure you don't get charged the whole whack up front.

 

[X-Head]

I agree that it's hard to wait for such a long period of time, especially when in anticipation of such an awesome blade as a Busse, but I can assure you it is worth the wait.

FWIW, I paid a $100 deposit up front, and the balance near shipping time, as one of the forumites stated above.

Most of the time, if you want the best, you have to get in line and expect to wait. It's frustrating to get "bumped" in line by military & LE people who order way after you--especially when a large number of them do not occupy positions which see any sort of combat or survival situations (let alone need a Busse right away), but for that SMALL handful of men out there who ARE risking their lives for my freedom, that handful deserves this and more, IMO, and God bless them. The only problem is, many others in military/LE (desk jockeys, admin personnel, etc.) take advantage of this policy when their situation does not require it. Oh well. It's not a perfect system, but I respect Jerry and his decisions, and he has a right to run his business however he sees fit, regardless of my opinions. Besides, once you finally have that Busse in your paws, all that's irrelevent anyway.

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