S&W Pistol Rebates Coming?

[Brasky]

Snagged the Shield 45 from brownells last night with their sale/coupon combo. Will be $236 OTD after transfer fee and rebate.

Didn't need another gun but that's less than half what my friend paid only a year ago at a local shop. If I don't like it I will have no problem making a few bucks on the deal

 

[TTSH]

Snagged the Shield 45 from brownells last night with their sale/coupon combo. Will be $236 OTD after transfer fee and rebate.

Amazing.

Guess I got the "Big Zingaroo" by buying mine just 19 days before the start of this thread.

 

[Dad_Roman]

I was driving home today and actually heard an advertisement over the radio for S&W Shields and the rebate. First time that I ever heard a gun commercial over the regular radio like that... S&W is really trying to push these guns out.

What part of the world?

Im in central/north Texas and there is a LGS here called CrazyGunDealer. He blasts his commercials every weekend with a special gun du'jor. It has been the 399 AR's and the SCCY 9's but he did a Shield commercial this last weekend.

Several of the large indoor gun ranges (DFW) run ads on talk radio all week.

@TTSH....sorry bro! Thought about that as I was considering the purchase, that there were gonna be some hurt feelins over the last 30 days. I sympathize bud!

 

[Brasky]

Amazing.

Guess I got the "Big Zingaroo" by buying mine just 19 days before the start of this thread.

Well right now is not the time to buy the guns/ammo you can't live without at retail price.

Right now is the time to buy the things you somewhat want at amazing deals that won't happen again. The hordes of deals out there is astonishing and should improve over the next couple months. If nothing else you can sell them when the prices stabilize

Those guns you really want will be around at least a few years at that normal retail price and can wait

 

[Dad_Roman]

The hordes of deals out there is astonishing ......

Thats no lie.

I had told myself I would pick up a Shield9 when they hit that 299 pricepoint. I actually missed a deal about 6 months ago. Dollar short/day late

I had no idea I was going to find them on an unreal sale for 225 (post/R) so much so that I emailed Whittakers and the owner emailed me back. Good to go.

I only wanted the 9 but it would have been silly not to pick up his/hers 45's at the same time, right?

Hope these silly prices settle down or my CC is in for a hurtin!

 

[TTSH]

@TTSH....sorry bro! Thought about that as I was considering the purchase, that there were gonna be some hurt feelins over the last 30 days. I sympathize bud!

Thanks. Yeah, I think all of us who bought in March pre-rebate leaks (and probably January & February too) feel we got the Big S&W Zingaroo. Can't blame the dealers. I don't think they knew. Only have myself to blame for buying more gosh-darn plastic, something an "all-metal" kind of guy like me should not be doing... and I knew that. Shame on me. This was an expensive and very embarrassing "lesson learned" that I'll not soon forget.

Well right now is not the time to buy the guns/ammo you can't live without at retail price.

Right now is the time to buy the things you somewhat want at amazing deals that won't happen again. The hordes of deals out there is astonishing and should improve over the next couple months. If nothing else you can sell them when the prices stabilize.

Those guns you really want will be around at least a few years at that normal retail price and can wait.

Well, respectfully, yes and no. I think I get what you're saying and for some it may make sense. The problem is that I am hideously old, retired, dirt poor and only have three "good years" left before all collecting/accumulating must come to an abrupt end. I don't have the time left to focus on cheap plastic bargain guns just because of rebates and crazy low sale prices. I need to focus on my bucket list guns... and not a single one of them has, or will ever have, a rebate on them.

The Shield .45 was a mistake for me (for more reasons than just the rebate) which I will work hard to not repeat. I have already purged any and all remaining plastic guns from my 2017 Possibilities List. The only guns I'm going to buy from now on are all-metal guns. No more getting the Big Zingaroo.

 

[Brasky]

Thanks. Yeah, I think all of us who bought in March pre-rebate leaks (and probably January & February too) feel we got the Big S&W Zingaroo. Can't blame the dealers. I don't think they knew. Only have myself to blame for buying more gosh-darn plastic, something an "all-metal" kind of guy like me should not be doing... and I knew that. Shame on me. This was an expensive and very embarrassing "lesson learned" that I'll not soon forget.


Well, respectfully, yes and no. I think I get what you're saying and for some it may make sense. The problem is that I am hideously old, retired, dirt poor and only have three "good years" left before all collecting/accumulating must come to an abrupt end. I don't have the time left to focus on cheap plastic bargain guns just because of rebates and crazy low sale prices. I need to focus on my bucket list guns... and not a single one of them has, or will ever have, a rebate on them.

The Shield .45 was a mistake for me (for more reasons than just the rebate) which I will work hard to not repeat. I have already purged any and all remaining plastic guns from my 2017 Possibilities List. The only guns I'm going to buy from now on are all-metal guns. No more getting the Big Zingaroo.

If you can pick up a shield 45 for $236 and sell it locally for even $350, that's money you just made to put towards your want list.

I do this all the time. Purchased two 1,260 round spam cans of 7.62x25 for $260 total a couple months ago. Sold one can for $200 cash AND a 440rd can of 7.62x54. I basically got a lot of free ammo.

That's how I accumulate on a limited budget

 

[TTSH]

If you can pick up a shield 45 for $236 and sell it locally for even $350, that's money you just made to put towards your want list.

I do this all the time. Purchased two 1,260 round spam cans of 7.62x25 for $260 total a couple months ago. Sold one can for $200 cash AND a 440rd can of 7.62x54. I basically got a lot of free ammo.

That's how I accumulate on a limited budget

LOL!!!! That's what I call a good investment.

Technically, I did make a little money selling off some .22 LR out of my stash at the height of the .22 LR shortage a while back, but the "profit" barely covered my gasoline cost to deliver it.

With only one possible exception, I have never had a plastic gun I bought appreciate in value. All-metal guns... yes. Plastic guns... mostly just losses. Some little losses, many big losses.

You'd think I would have learned by now, but I saw the Shield .45 and I figured "What the heck"? Now, the good wife won't let me forget what an old fool I was...

 

[Brasky]

LOL!!!! That's what I call a good investment.

Technically, I did make a little money selling off some .22 LR out of my stash at the height of the .22 LR shortage a while back, but the "profit" barely covered my gasoline cost to deliver it.

With only one possible exception, I have never had a plastic gun I bought appreciate in value. All-metal guns... yes. Plastic guns... mostly just losses. Some little losses, many big losses.

You'd think I would have learned by now, but I saw the Shield .45 and I figured "What the heck"? Now, the good wife won't let me forget what an old fool I was...

I own numerous polymer handguns and I would make money on all of them if I sold them today. $290 Glock 17 with four mags, holster, and 100 rounds of 9mm? Yep money could easily be made and that's one example. Buy when the price is low not when you feel the itch to have to have it

 

[TTSH]

I own numerous polymer handguns and I would make money on all of them if I sold them today. $290 Glock 17 with four mags, holster, and 100 rounds of 9mm? Yep money could easily be made and that's one example. Buy when the price is low not when you feel the itch to have to have it

Wow!!! You are a much better investor than I am. My motto is "Buy high, Sell low"... or at least that's how it usually works for me with plastic.

 

[trbomax]

So, I bought my shield9 from palmetto a week ago but there is no information as to how I GET the rebate.How does it work?

 

[Grogan14]

So, I bought my shield9 from palmetto a week ago but there is no information as to how I GET the rebate.How does it work?

Can be done totally online.

Rebates | Smith & Wesson

 

[trbomax]

The only sales reciept I got was a notice that my order was recieved and shipped(bought online from palmetto) and thats been deleted from my e-mail folder.Guess I'm just screwed.

 

[Funflyer]

The only sales reciept I got was a notice that my order was recieved and shipped(bought online from palmetto) and thats been deleted from my e-mail folder.Guess I'm just screwed.

Did you login to your account and see if you can print an invoice? I can't imagine they couldn't get you a copy.

By the way, thanks for mentioning Palmetto, I never heard of them until I read your post and just ordered a Bodyguard from them for $249 so it'll be $199 after rebate.

 

[Lasor1]

Has anyone received there rebate check from s&w yet just curious how long it took to get back. I know when I done rebate online it said 8 to 10 weeks. So looks like it might be a while for me.

 

[Shield9mm]

The only sales reciept I got was a notice that my order was recieved and shipped(bought online from palmetto) and thats been deleted from my e-mail folder.Guess I'm just screwed.

didn't you print a copy after the order was placed? I did, also got a receipt with the gun, but mine wasn't from PSA

 

[mikewd]

I submitted my rebate form online three weeks ago and when I checked the status at Milano website, it told me that there was no record of that claim. Has anyone got confirmation from them yet?

 

[Welshman]

I submitted my rebate form online three weeks ago and when I checked the status at Milano website, it told me that there was no record of that claim. Has anyone got confirmation from them yet?

Interesting. I just tried it also, and got the same message. There is a phone number for additional assistance866) 963-7933.
I'll try it tomorrow.
A guy on another forum says he called them on April 4th, and they told him it would "be several weeks for them to process the rebates".

 

[Jdavis]

I have been on the fence about purchasing a Shield every since the rebates were announced. Today, I decided that now is the time to buy. After a search for the best deal, I came across Smoky Mountain Guns and Ammo in TN. The 9mm Shield is $299 and the .45 was $339 with free shipping. I ordered the .45 and am thinking about getting the 9 also.

 

[Dad_Roman]

You wont regret it