Tyler T Grip company shutdown - shipping again

[Murphy2000]

Fella's,

It's gotten so bad I dang near bought a gun just to get the T Grip, I figured I could sell the T Grip and wind up with a heck of a bargain on a nice old S&W.

Murphy2000

 

[G-Mac]

I went to a well-known local gun shop to see if they had any old T-grips laying around.

A younger salesman told me, "If we don't have it, I'm sure we can order it".

Yeah, right.

I then asked the owner, an older gentleman, a retired police officer, if he had any in the back room gathering dust.

He did not even know what a T-Grip was. This truly surprised me. I can understand the younger guy being oblivious.

Oh well....

 

[Reacher (Said Nothing)]

T-Grip Madness!

Fella's,

It's gotten so bad I dang near bought a gun just to get the T Grip, I figured I could sell the T Grip and wind up with a heck of a bargain on a nice old S&W.

Murphy2000

I know the feeling! I live near Cabelas in Hoffman Estates, IL and I stop by a couple times a week to see what has shown up in the Gun Library. A nice old Smith with a T-Grip, I'll buy it!

 

[lagavulin62]

I went to a well-known local gun shop to see if they had any old T-grips laying around.

A younger salesman told me, "If we don't have it, I'm sure we can order it".

Yeah, right.

I then asked the owner, an older gentleman, a retired police officer, if he had any in the back room gathering dust.

He did not even know what a T-Grip was. This truly surprised me. I can understand the younger guy being oblivious.

Oh well....

several weeks ago I asked the same in a local gun shop. the salesman is about my age, late 40's. he lightens up and says he has a whole box of them in the back. sure enough he returns with a box full of tylers, still in their original boxes. upon close examination however I see that all of them are the trigger shoe inserts. I asked again about the grip adaptors and he looks at me funny and explains how he hasn't seen any of those in years. you know how silly of me to think otherwise.




jnewel,

how about a universe of two? I don't think I would be interested in plastic either. fortunately I have every size made and I can easily switch to the gun I am shooting. ... I do applaud wrangler for his efforts and I hope it works out. i think there will be a demand for this. if you can't replace the tyler with original material I feel like you. the look is a big part of it. in my opinion plastic would only serve a utility purpose and I think you get better utility going with a boot grip with the added appeal of a classic nice wood.

but again, not taking anything away from wrangler or trying to discourage. my hope is that this may lead others to take up the slack and bring these back on the market at a decent price.

I don't share the hopes of others that this company will ever get back on track. the original owner had a fine company and I have one of his originals. his company died long ago. what remains under the direction of these clowns that are feeding off his success is a total fraud and should be shut down asap.

 

[mtngunr]

Well, out of 6000 backorders, he now has it trimmed to 2700, and is shipping more out today and tomorrow, making batches of 200 at a time, mostly #1's in polished and black but has to switch off periodically to make them for K-frames and others as well....those of you seeing the t-grip as an investment had better start selling now if you want a profit....and all of you talking "they" as the business goes, it's one guy trying to keep this afloat since his dad died this past fall....from 6000 to 2700, by himself....

 

[sza]

3,300 orders shipped and nobody here has reported that their T-Grip came in? I'm willing to give them a chance, even now, and yes, I have an order in myself, but that seems extremely unlikely.

 

[mtngunr]

3,300 orders shipped and nobody here has reported that their T-Grip came in? I'm willing to give them a chance, even now, and yes, I have an order in myself, but that seems extremely unlikely.

Naturally, of 50% of orders shipped, many of those will be members of THIS forum?....you have a highly inflated opinion of how many people visit forums....actually, i BECAME a member of this forum mainly to update what showed here on a google search of t-grips, as the misinformation and whining was too much to stand...

 

[Reacher (Said Nothing)]

Naturally, of 50% of orders shipped, many of those will be members of THIS forum?....you have a highly inflated opinion of how many people visit forums....actually, i BECAME a member of this forum mainly to update what showed here on a google search of t-grips, as the misinformation and whining was too much to stand...

Still not going to share that private cell phone number from *the man* so I can reassure myself that my order from December 1st, 2010 is one of the 3,300 being shipped.

Oh yeah, I'm one of the customers that's going to be punished for wanting the product I paid for!
Nice!

 

[jessegpresley]

Naturally, of 50% of orders shipped, many of those will be members of THIS forum?....you have a highly inflated opinion of how many people visit forums...

Well there are 77,000 members of this forum, there are 1,500 people on the forum right now. Someone buying a T-Grip adapter would more likely be considered an enthusiast as opposed to casual S&W owner, which would increase the chance of them being on this website.

But either way, you're frequently a source of sunshine.

 

[Maximumbob54]

It just hit me. 6,000 orders. Even if they were only for one $24 model each, that is still $144,000. Hire some extra bodies and stop making me pay $55 for a scratched up T-Grip. I went from feeling bad about the company, to being curious about how back ordered they would allow and still cash checks, to I'm incredulous they can't keep up. What am I missing here???

 

[A10]

26 pages on T-grips....If I had the cash I'd buy the place and get them cranking out some product! Talk about supply and demand!

 

[DCP]

Just a observation the last 2 positive post were made by people who joined May 2011. That just doesn't give me a warm cozy feeling. I will wait to order mine.

 

[togap]

3300 shipped, 2700 to go, My check cleared October 13, 2010. I was not one of the 3300 shipped. You do the math.

 

[ladder13]

3300 shipped, 2700 to go, My check cleared October 13, 2010. I was not one of the 3300 shipped. You do the math.

They must be shipping from the 2008 orders.

 

[Reacher (Said Nothing)]

Tyler T-Grip Saga Continues!

mtngunr makes me wonder. Why is he the only person to have any contact with Tyler Manufacturing? Could he be Tyler Manufacturing? Have the orders and checks dryed up since pleople have gotten the clue that NOBODY is getting their orders?

 

[ladder13]

mtngunr makes me wonder. Why is he the only person to have any contact with Tyler Manufacturing? Could he be Tyler Manufacturing? Have the orders and checks dryed up since pleople have gotten the clue that NOBODY is getting their orders?

"actually, i BECAME a member of this forum mainly to update what showed here on a google search of t-grips, as the misinformation and whining was too much to stand... "

 

[Kingmedicine]

I just want a dang K frame t grip.

 

[Reacher (Said Nothing)]

It just hit me. 6,000 orders. Even if they were only for one $24 model each, that is still $144,000. Hire some extra bodies and stop making me pay $55 for a scratched up T-Grip. I went from feeling bad about the company, to being curious about how back ordered they would allow and still cash checks, to I'm incredulous they can't keep up. What am I missing here???

You forgot, he doesn't have an MBA! But he does have at least $144,000! You'd think with that kind of money he could hire somebody for $10.00/hour to answer the phone and respond to his mail. Ah, right, he was too busy going to the bank! Thanks mtngunr, now I can file another complaint with the USPS and quote you that the fraud may exceed $144,000, not just my little $68.00 complaint. That may get their attention! Unless, OF COURSE, someone posts that they DID get their order (other than mtngunr) whom at this point seems to me to be a shill for Tyler.

 

[Murphy2000]

mtngunr makes me wonder. Why is he the only person to have any contact with Tyler Manufacturing? Could he be Tyler Manufacturing? Have the orders and checks dryed up since pleople have gotten the clue that NOBODY is getting their orders?

That flag went up in my mind within days of him joining the site. As for anything he has to say in regards to Tyler T Grip? I'm calling BS.

Murphy2000

 

[Reacher (Said Nothing)]

Well, out of 6000 backorders, he now has it trimmed to 2700, ....

Good Lord, it just occured to me! 6000 backorders! Even if they were all just the polished ones at $24.00 each, we're forgetting the $6.95 each for S&H. That means *the man* (with the secret cell phone number) sans an MBA has at least $185,700.00 in hand! This guy is better than Jesse James!