As I just explained in an email to "underworld".... these forum assassinations really suck. I hate to have to defend against them, and nothing really good comes from them on either side.
Here are the facts:
He did order early.
I tried to get the swag to him early, but it did not work out. The key word here is "early". Sometimes things just don't get out the door and other things will take precedent.
His "Drop Dead Date" for receiving the order is May 17th so he can make his trip with the gear. Key words here are "May 17th". That is in 7 days.
His gear is on the way and will probably be there tomorrow, May 11th. I'm not the postman, so I can't be sure of this.
So if you boil it all down, he has the stuff about 5 or 6 days BEFORE his trip. I hardly think that makes us "STINK", and this particular instance is hardly a case for landing thousands of pairs of eyes onto an internet forum post that proclaims we "STINK". In fact, it is posts like this that flat out piss me off. No real name, missing some real facts, and just tossed out there to float around on the web forever. Have more respect for the permanence of the medium before spraying or as you put in your email that I received earlier this evening, "hey man...sorry to dis... just itchin to have my gear and leaving soon (SOON) for yosemite. i'll rave about the gear when i get it - just went on a quick rant. I don't/didn't have the intention to tarnish the name."
Great first post for us here on your forum.
yours,
Russ Walling