For those new to this blog (there are many of you), please read this ENTIRE blog before attempting to buy anything from Lancaster Arms. They have a terrible habit of taking your money, and then not delivering product as agreed-upon. This blog contains complaints from dozens and dozens of people who, over the last 18 months, have been burned by Lancaster Arms and its owner, Chet "The Pathological Liar" Durda.
Lancaster is still apparently refusing to provide refunds on orders that are months overdue, as evidenced both by an email I received this week (where the victim literally had to call the police to get his refund), and recent posts like this, where a guy had to do a chargeback because he still hadn't received his refund more than a month after Chet Durda promised it.
Even worse, Chet Durda knows this blog exists, and he knows that when he lies to people it is going to be broadcast to the entire Internet...and yet he still does it! Folks, that's the sign of a person who is recklessly brazen, and who just doesn't give a damn about what he's doing.
So, if you ignore the warnings on this blog, and decide to order from Lancaster Arms anyway, understand that you do so at your own very significant risk! I can't tell you how many emails I've received from people who state, "I wish I had found this blog before I ordered from Lancaster! They've had my money for months now, and all I can get are empty promises, excuses, and the constant run-around."
Caveat Emptor.
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I came here looking for info on what AKs to avoid, but found any relevant info lacking. I couldnt care less about the owner. Please put some real world reviews on the actual hardware, thanks!
ReplyDeleteFrank, this blog does not exist to serve as a general AK review forum. It exist for the sole purpose of warning people that Lancaster Arms has a very significant, documented history of screwing many, many people over. That's why this blog is called the "Lancaster Arms Sucks" blog, and not the "Lancaster AK Review" blog.
ReplyDeleteAnd I very much bet that you would start caring about the owner of Lancaster Arms if you had sent him a check for hundreds of dollars, and six months later still didn't have a rifle that was promised to arrive more than five months prior. Because that is exactly what has happened to dozens and dozens of people who have made the bad decision to do business with Lancaster Arms.
Chet Durda, the owner of Lancaster Arms, is known in this industry as a liar and a cheat. If you honestly don't think that is "relevant" info to a potential buyer of his products, I can only suggest that most people would very much disagree with you. Most of the people I know appreciate a "heads-up" when they stand a very good chance of being ripped off. If a businessman proves on multiple occasions that he cannot be trusted, and if his company has a history of putting defective products on the market (as Lancaster Arms does), most people would consider that to be very "relevant" info. And that is exactly the type of stuff that is documented on this forum in great detail.
So Frank, I have to respectfully disagree with your contention that there is no "relevant" info here. On the contrary, the info on this blog is "must know" info for anyone considering doing business with Lancaster. And to be sure, I've received countless emails from people, thanking me for giving them a "heads-up" about Lancaster before they sent money to them.
I'm honestly curious why you don't think it is "relevant" that the owner of this company has a significant history of ripping people off. In fact, the more I think about it, the more your contention strikes me as being a little bizarre. Are you really saying that you honestly wouldn't care if a person you're about to do business with, had a significant history of ripping people off??? You honestly wouldn't find that information to be "relevant"?
Weird.
Thank goodness most peoples' standards are a bit higher.
Can you email me at henrikthecat@yahoo.com? I'd love to have your advice on how to deal with these people... I ordered and paid for a gun that, of course, hasn't, and probably will never, arrive.
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