Definitely silly. I am a silly person.
A quick search online prior to me buying my shield would've shown who would be in charge of processing everything.
Just got mine yesterday. Had a shipped date of 6/29 on the website and on the check. Completely obscene waiting time. I think I'll avoid all promotions handled by Milano in the future...
I have a strikefire 2. Love the thing to death. The vortex warranty is what keeps me buying their products. Picked up a diamondback hp 3-12 recently for stupidly cheap and I'm not worried about replacing anything from Vortex that breaks :)