I ordered a pair of gloves from there. Backordered for 8 months before they cancelled my order. To make up for it they gave me a 5% off coupon. So I ordered a range bag and a training barrel and today they send me an email that it's backordered. So what other sitqes have a good selection and ok prices

Brownells and Midway

Optics planet has good prices on some items if you can navigate your way around their website, but I rarely shop there except for cleaning supplies.

 

I think that most of us look for deals from reputable sites. Some of the sites I frequent are:

sportsmansguide

Natchezss

Cabelas

Midway USA

 

The amount of money we spend on ammo and other supplies warrants us taking the time to look for sales.

 

Oh yeah, not to forget ebay.

Don't forget Amazon. You'd be surprised how much gun related stuff they carry.

I tried ordering twice from optics planet and both times backordered..

 

ended up ordering elsewhere so i will no longer order from them..

I ordered something from Optics planet on Monday...it shipped on Monday, UPS held it for a day due to storm and it's arriving today. I'm one for one with them.

I have ordered several times from them with one item being back-ordered for 2 days. Everything else shipped same or next day. No complaints about Optics Planet.

The lack of realtime backorder status is what irritates me the most about OpticsPlanet.com. I guess that if you don't actually warehouse 90% of the stuff on your site, its probably not wise to show the in-stock status since all you'd see is a sea of red "backorder" tags everywhere you look on thier site.

I can't actually get an answer as to what has been backordered or not

Seems my $80 bag was being held waiting for an $11 part. Cancelled the backordered parts. Now I'll see when this comes. Probably my last time using optics planet though

I've ordered three times from OpticsPlanet. All 3 shipped within the next business day. The prices were cheaper than any place I could find on the internet, and shipping was free. I have never had a better online experience than with OpticsPlanet.

Don't forget Amazon. You'd be surprised how much gun related stuff they carry.

+1 and if you know anyone in school snag there .edu address(free upgrade to premier member= free 2day shipping)

I just bought a SOG knife off amazon for 50% off. A lot of the stores you order from are on amazon and you dont even know it, with better prices. Not much of an ammo selection but they have almost everything else.

I use www.cheaperthandirt.com quite a bit. I got a good deal on some Hornaday match .308 ammo. And I just placed an order for a Harris bipod.

 

I find their prices either match or are better than the cheapest you can find on the inet. Their shipping tends to be fairly reasonable.

 

I have noticed a trend in S&H charges across the board, they are going up and up. In this day and age of squeezing blood from rocks, my personal feeling is they want people to place large orders with a bunch of stuff at a time. Instead of one item here, waiting a week, then getting another.

 

Amazon free saver shipping is great; however, I have had instances of it taking 2 weeks to arrive. Its really a chance you take. If you don't need it anytime soon, its a well worthwhile gamble. Need it for shooting this weekend? pass.

CTD is another one that pisses me off. No indication of in-stock status and they list nearly everything under the sun as products they carry making you think you've hit a gold mine. That and the ridiculous gouging they were doing during the big '08 rush, it was sickening.

I use www.cheaperthandirt.com quite a bit. I got a good deal on some Hornaday match .308 ammo. And I just placed an order for a Harris bipod.

 

I find their prices either match or are better than the cheapest you can find on the inet. Their shipping tends to be fairly reasonable.

 

 

I have found their prices to be comparable or better than almost any place also, but their shipping is NOT reasonable. With only few exceptions, I found buying for slightly more at other sites I was saving more overall with the shipping. Buying just one thing or a bunch of things didn't matter as the more you buy, the higher the shipping is. And usually the shipping prices aren't even close.

I have found their prices to be comparable or better than almost any place also, but their shipping is NOT reasonable. With only few exceptions, I found buying for slightly more at other sites I was saving more overall with the shipping. Buying just one thing or a bunch of things didn't matter as the more you buy, the higher the shipping is. And usually the shipping prices aren't even close.

 

I'll make sure I pay special attention to the shipping next time I look to make a purchase. The past two orders from them, they came out cheaper with shipping overall then I could find other places. Most of the time it is a wash, and I purchase from the place that sells everything I need and has it in stock.

CTD is another one that pisses me off. No indication of in-stock status and they list nearly everything under the sun as products they carry making you think you've hit a gold mine. That and the ridiculous gouging they were doing during the big '08 rush, it was sickening.

 

I'm not a CTD fanboi or anything like that, I order from where the price is right, and I've had god cust serv. I've passed up CTD many times in favor of other places.

 

In my experience, items that are out of stock have a "out of stock" button in place of the "add to cart" button.

 

Here is a good example with the Eotech magnifier being out of stock My link

I'll make sure I pay special attention to the shipping next time I look to make a purchase. The past two orders from them, they came out cheaper with shipping overall then I could find other places. Most of the time it is a wash, and I purchase from the place that sells everything I need and has it in stock.

 

I have ordered from CTD for the very reason you stated. I was ordering a bunch of different types of ammo, and CTD was the only place that had a most of what I was looking for, so it worked out to be about a wash as opposed to ordering from 3 different sites or so. But if you are just getting say, a bunch of 5.56, or something, you might think saving a dollar a box on 50 boxes seems good, but the shipping ends up more than covering that, in the end your lucky if you save anything. If you keep your eye out (gun-deals.com) you can almost always find better deals.

 

I have not seen an issue with stuff showing in stock that is actually back ordered on either CTD or Optics Planet. In fact, I have seen something in stock one day, thought about getting it, and it was then showing back ordered days later. Seems like things are kept up to date.

 

For gun related stuff, Optics Planet has been the place online I have ordered from more than any place besides maybe, Midway USA. (not counting ammo) For ammo, I browse gun-deals.com/ammo and look for the best prices, add them to cart, calculate shipping, then compare overall cost.