In a post several months ago, I mentioned that a group of people from the Calguns.net forum had placed a group buy order of Dracos from Lancaster Arms. This was back in late August of 2009. True to form, Chet Durda of Lancaster Arms LLC promised these guys the sun and the moon. As is typical of Mr. Durda and his toadie Shane, these guys told the members of this group whatever they thought the group wanted to hear in order to get the sale. And of course, Lancaster required the money up front.
From what I read, this group was initially told they would get their Dracos within a couple weeks. They did get a few of the pistols after a month and a half. I’ll spare you all the details of what happened after that since, if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you can probably guess how this ended. After about two months, people started growing impatient and suspicious. Lancaster missed several delivery deadlines, employed their usual arsenal of stall tactics and excuses as to why they hadn’t delivered, and to this day – over a year later – Lancaster has STILL not delivered all of the Dracos for which members of this group have paid.
If you have an hour to kill, the entire fiasco is laid out in great detail here.
If you’re one of the victims from Calguns.net and you’re reading this right now, understand that if you haven’t received your gun by now, you never will. You have essentially been defrauded by Chet Durda and Shane. Lawyer up or, better yet, just file a theft report with the Goodyear, Arizona Police Department. And if you’re not willing to do this, then just kiss your money good-bye, and understand that your failure to take action will only embolden Durda to do this again to someone else. In other words, if you have not received your gun, you have an obligation to take action so that others are not conned by Chet Durda like you were. If you need help finding a lawyer or dealing with the Goodyear Police, contact me and I’ll be happy to assist.
For everyone else, yes…this is typical of how Lancaster Arms operates. I don’t know of a more shady, dishonest seller of AK rifles out there than Lancaster Arms. Chet Durda’s refusal to run his business in an honest and ethical manner is now common knowledge amongst the firearms community. If you need other reasons to avoid Lancaster, just read the rest of the blog to learn about the dozens and dozens of people Chet Durda has conned and/or ripped-off.
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In October of this year, I saw a Lancaster AK 74 at a local firearms shop. It looked very good. I checked a couple of reviews and both were positive. I did not look far enough. I placed a order for a AK 74 with a synthetic stock. I have not yet received it, and have not received an informed response from Lancaster to explain why it was not provided as promised. I decided I liked the Lancaster I saw at the local gun shop and bought it. I found out that it is on the recall list. Lancaster has not returned my phone call. I am double screwed. I wish I had looked at more reviews. Any suggestions? I have the info for the Arizona General Attorney, the BATF,and the General Business Bureau. I have a feeling that it will take alot of concentrated effort to get this resolved. I will dedicate my time to pursue this.
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I saw an AK-74 at a local gun show that looked great, but a quick google search on my phone turned up this blog, plus page after page of bad press surrounding Lancaster.
ReplyDeleteI honestly felt better going with a cheaper WASR from Century than I did gambling with the Lancaster, thank you for the info you provide
JMB --
ReplyDeletei just went thru the same thing, it took 7 months. Just email them everyday with the subject line saying you are contacting the attorney general, local police and the ATF. that's the only thing that got their attention. It missed THREE shipping dates. they are losers
JMB,
ReplyDeleteJust call the Goodyear Police Dept., and file a theft report. From what I've read, others hve had to do that in order to get their issues resolved. Apparently being a "nice guy" doesn't work with Lancaster. You have to resort to getting law enforcement involved to get a resolution.
If you call the Goodyear Police, they will likely send an officer out to Lancaster to investigate, and will tell Lancaster that they need to send you a rifle or your money immediately.
Yes, it sucks to have to get the police involved, but like I said...being a nice guy doesn't work. If you don't get the police involved, prepare to wait months and months. And even then, you might not get a resolution. When dealing with Lancaster, it is very much a case of "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." Although in this case, that "squeaky wheel" needs to be the police.
Nice blog postt
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