Cancelled backorders for Federal 22LR on MidwayUSA

[Larry from Bend]

I just spoke to a Midway CS person who told me that they are NOT canceling 22 rimfire orders after one year. Period!

 

[perrazi]

they canceled mine but apparently not others.

 

[ScopeEye]

The're in it for the money plain and simple.
If they can cancel all back orders then can charge the higher price on the new orders.

Bad way to do business, but that seems to be the way they do it.

If this is true, Midway has lost me as a costumer forever.

Really
Your 10 months late
Old Thread.......

 

[sundazes]

Midway just shipped a backorder of Mini mags to me that I placed on 11/10/13.

 

[ladyT]

Is almost the same here in Mexico. You cant find AGUILA ammo, but Remington, Federal and Winchester are in stock at the army gunshop were we civilians can buy ammo. Some independent ammo deposits have AGUILA but not in great quantities.

We have Aguila here on the other side of the border.

 

[photoracer]

Midway recently shipped me a back order of 1575 Fiochi 40g HV (they are USA made and look like CCI-MM), 1000 Win M-22, and 500 CCI-MM
, all at the original price I ordered them at (CCI at $6.69/100, M-22 at 500/$25).
Now what was that about canceling orders to make more money? I think if I was Larry P there are plenty of people I would not want as customers after looking at this thread.

 

[68sixspeed]

Midway is top notch with me... they never price gouged through the whole shortage and have been fulfilling old backorders too. The shipping use to be real high but they are a lot better with that now too. In one case I had a backorder for one brick of 22 ship out the same day as a regular order and they even credited the extra freight charges. They continue to receive a lot of my business along with Cabelas for not taking advantage of people through the shortage. Thumbs up for Larry P.

 

[Larry from Bend]

I just spoke to a Midway CS person who told me that they are NOT canceling 22 rimfire orders after one year. Period!

Well, I just got an E Mail from Midway that canceled my .22 WW Power Point back order because of lack of availability.

This back order was ONE YEAR OLD.

I stand corrected!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Grayraven]

I have also just received notification that Midway is canceling my backorder for CCI Mini-Mags that is one year and five days old. I had ordered a case and this is the same ammo that they sold by the brick a few weeks ago. I'm very disappointed in this company.

 

[THEolfart]

Me too, Grayraven, just got my cancellation this morning, the meatheads...one year and 9 days.

 

[Tim Tom]

I am but yet another casualty having cancelled an order for Rem Bucket O' Bullets placed on 11/23/13.

 

[68sixspeed]

I also rec'd my first and only so far cancellation order on m22 winchester, but that makes since because the box size seems to have changed and they are coming in boxes of 400/800 not the 500/1000 I have backordered. Oh well, they've done very good by me, fulfilled a lot of my 22 ammo needs through the shortage including a lot of backorders at pre-crunch prices.

 

[ScrapmasterFlex]

I placed two orders for .22LR from MidwayUSA on the second of Jan this year. 1 case of 5000 Remington Thunderbolts (I HATE That ammo but it was $219.99 and I will use it or sell it /trade it for something more valuable to me,) and 1 case of 5000 Federal Gold Medal Match High Velocity 40gr RN .22LR , $400 ....

So with shipping it will be $650-700 worth of ammo, coming up soon on 1 year old. I have tried to talk to them 3 times about it, 2 times on phone 1 time on the net chat, all times it was "We'll get around to it"...

This really burns me up if they're cancelling these orders.

 

[John R]

You can bet the farm, it's all about money.
I refuse to do business with Mid-Way for their shotty and under handed practices.

As long as people still buy from them, nothing will change.

 

[NJM15]

Just an FYI -

I've had a backorder placed with MidwayUSA for the Federal Champion 22LR ammunition since Dec 2012. I got an email yesterday from Midway indicating they were cancelling my back order.

I followed up with a chat session to find out why it was cancelled and the agent indicated Federal had informed them "they were not going to be able to deliver the ammunition", and so Midway cancelled all their back orders for it.

I know 22LR is still hard to find, but this seems like more bad news if true. It's hard to believe Federal isn't even going to TRY to deliver any of it in the foreseeable future.

I don't understand why some stores have it and some don't
Dicks sporting goods had a T Day sale Federals going for 19.98 a brick of 525 and Thunderbolts for the same price, they even gave you a choice of one or the other. Just one to a customer, so I went to another Dicks and got the second.

 

[NJM15]

The reason .22lr is in short supply is because of your rifle, the 1522, and an endless list of other .22 "black rifles" that simply didn't exist just a few years ago. And now look at the huge number of new .22 centerfire handgun replicas being produced. None of this existed a few years ago. As well, bad economic times drive folks to shooting more rimfire. I shoot more .22 than most folks and I can tell you that cheap bulk ammo was getting more and more difficult to find well before the panic. The panic simply pushed things over the edge or rim as it were.

Along with the explosion in new .22 guns has come an explosion in rimfire suppressor sales. Supressors, which used to be a rare animal, are now quite common to see at the club. Rimfire gun manufactures are putting out all sorts of guns with threaded barrels that they never had done before.

Gentlemen, this ain't your daddy's 10-22 and Marlin 60 rimfire world anymore. Y'all are dangling 25rd mags from your rifles and blowing through bricks of ammo in a shooting session.... and there is a ton more of ya than ever before.

As far as Midway canceling backorders... don't know. But it has been widely publicized on the Net that Midway was taking backorders on .22 ammo. I can only imagine how many tens of thousands of shooters stampeded to get their orders placed before it became clear there was just no way fulfilling.

I believe the .22 is the most popular ammo maybe that is one reason the are hard to get

 

[coleslaw]

13 month old backorder for a case of CCI Mini Mags cancelled this morning. Price was 6.5 cpr. Probably unable or unwilling to honor that price. 10 - 12 cpr is the new normal, even on the crappy stuff.

 

[Shootbrownelk]

Quit buying up every 22 as soon as they hit the shelves and there will be no shortage. My LGS posts 22lr delivery and it's sold out in minutes. They post 9mm and 1 or 2 boxes are sold.

It's a vicious self fulfilling proficy. You guys (everyone into 22lr) crys shortage and when ammo shows up you buy if all instantly, thus creating the shortage over again. If people continued to buy 9 and other calibers like that we would still have a shortage of everything

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The ammo isn't showing up at Wal-Mart and other big box stores. And if wal-mart can't get it...nobody gets it. You can't buy what isn't there. What ammo does show up, has limits on how much one can buy. One Brick..Three 100rd.boxes.
And when .22 ammo does show up, it's just a case or so.
No more pallets, that's for sure. And Mark Keefe of the NRA isn't going to ask a ATK executive any hard questions, they're advertisers....he won't rock the boat. They probably told him what questions to ask....an investigative journalist he ain't!
The distributors is where to look, I think it's a hold out to jack up prices. Just like the oil companies did in the 70's. Pure B.S. to make more money...there was no shortage then. The CEO's wanted a bigger salary. Rant over.

 

[Arik]

The ammo isn't showing up at Wal-Mart and other big box stores. And if wal-mart can't get it...nobody gets it. You can't buy what isn't there. What ammo does show up, has limits on how much one can buy. One Brick..Three 100rd.boxes.
And when .22 ammo does show up, it's just a case or so.
No more pallets, that's for sure. And Mark Keefe of the NRA isn't going to ask a ATK executive any hard questions, they're advertisers....he won't rock the boat. They probably told him what questions to ask....an investigative journalist he ain't!
The distributors is where to look, I think it's a hold out to jack up prices. Just like the oil companies did in the 70's. Pure B.S. to make more money...there was no shortage then. The CEO's wanted a bigger salary. Rant over.

Thanks for quoting my post from almost a year ago. Walmart doesn't mean anything. Where I live Walmart hasn't sold guns or ammo since 2000. None, zero ....so does this mean my area has no ammo? Why would the distributors only hold up 22? Why not all others? Not everyone is into 22lr. I shoot 22lr about as often as I shoot German 88. Not a caliber I consider relevant to me. Distributors were not the problem all those people lined up to buy more and more and more even though they already have 50k stocked up

 

[Krogen]

Until today, I had a case of solid and a case of hollowpoint minimags on backorder with Midway for just over a year. This morning, both were cancelled. I wrote to them in August of 2014 to check on their cancellation policy. See their response below. I have stood by Midway for years. Now, they have shown their word is truly worthless. I would have accepted a price increase if that was the problem. They didn't even give me that opportunity. Unless they correct this, I'm done with them. This is a lousy thing to do to a loyal customer.

Thank you for your recent email in regards to our backorder policy. I apologize the web still states that your backorder will be cancelled after 365 days. We have updated and improved out backorder policy. We no longer cancel the backorders after 365 days. Our policy also states if you have multiple backorder items on one invoice, we will wait 90 days before releasing the first item that comes in stock to save our customers cost on shipping.

If you have any additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-243-3220. Our hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT. You may also email us at [email protected].

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