Custom grip maker

[Alexgall91]

I was wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with a grip maker out of Kentucky called Hillbilly grips? I know custom work always takes time but I placed an order with him almost a year ago and haven't heard from him since paying the invoice except when I messaged him in October asking for an update. He said they were "coming along nicely" and that he'd send pics soon and here I am 3 months later with not one pic, I follow the guy on social media so I know he's actively working, just wondering if any one on here's ever ordered from him so I know I got nothing to worry about and I'm just being impatient lol

 

[John Patrick]

Uh oh.

I placed an order for stag grips from him for a Colt Diamondback about five weeks ago. He told me February or March, iirc.

You have me concerned.

 

[Alexgall91]

Hopefully he comes through on you,I'm thinking maybe because I ordered a pair or of Turkish walnut stocks maybe he has a harder time getting that material?? Idk but I'm not too happy about the wait. Maybe I should reach out again

 

[John Patrick]

I don't think Turkish walnut is that hard to get based on past searches for rifle stock blanks.

Maybe he botched a set and needed to start over, who knows.

At some point the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I'd reach out if I were you.

I will reach out about February 15 if I haven't heard from him.

 

[minconrevo]

A few years back I placed an order with a small holster maker. They had just had a nice write up in a national magazine. Other feedback was good. The time for delivery came and passed a couple times. I tried the Better Business Bureau route; speaking of a toothless tiger! Next I posted on a few national and state firearms boards. That did the trick. First the offer was for another holster he supposedly had ready to ship. Okay, I can use it says I. When that didn't arrive promptly I went back with a "my goods or my money NOW." I received a postal money order promptly.

 

[Beemerguy53]

If you order something, and it hasn't arrived, you can invoke the Federal Trade Commission's 30-Day Rule...

From the link below:

"The Rule requires that when you advertise merchandise, you must have a reasonable basis for stating or implying that you can ship within a certain time. If you make no shipment statement, you must have a reasonable basis for believing that you can ship within 30 days. That is why direct marketers sometimes call this the "30-day Rule."

If, after taking the customer's order, you learn that you cannot ship within the time you stated or within 30 days, you must seek the customer's consent to the delayed shipment. If you cannot obtain the customer's consent to the delay -- either because it is not a situation in which you are permitted to treat the customer's silence as consent and the customer has not expressly consented to the delay, or because the customer has expressly refused to consent -- you must, without being asked, promptly refund all the money the customer paid you for the unshipped merchandise."

Business Guide to the FTC's Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule | Federal Trade Commission

 

[Mark8]

I was wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with a grip maker out of Kentucky called Hillbilly grips? I know custom work always takes time but I placed an order with him almost a year ago and haven't heard from him since paying the invoice except when I messaged him in October asking for an update. He said they were "coming along nicely" and that he'd send pics soon and here I am 3 months later with not one pic, I follow the guy on social media so I know he's actively working, just wondering if any one on here's ever ordered from him so I know I got nothing to worry about and I'm just being impatient lol

He shouldn't take orders and money for goods he cannot deliver within a reasonable amount of time considering the type of product. When producing something complex like a car, more things can go wrong or be missing than when producing a wooden grip. This guy is not necessarily a bad person, but I think he could have gotten himself in a position where work is piling up for money he spent a year ago.

 

[Pine_Worker]

I would contact the Kentucky Attorney General office and see if there is any recourse for you. Also, Beemerguy53's response seems like a good route also.

 

[batman4706]

Did you notice he's selling on Ebay?

 

[Alexgall91]

I did, that's the part that got me the most heated, he's got time to make 1911 grips to sell in general but not to finish up paying customers orders smh that's wild

 

[Teep]

Check out his address on google earth!