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#1779370 - 06/29/21 07:54 PM VDW either misrepresenting junk accidentally, or on purpose, un-interested in making it right
librarian45 Offline
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Registered: 05/06/10
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Loc: NOVA
City or County: NOVA
only the second bad interaction on VAGT in 11 years, but here we go.

I asked twice if an upper was factory.
He confirmed twice


I take it home and notice some marks on the barrel.
I pull the handguard.
Gas block is a little crooked.
Set screws look rough too.
it's not Roscoe marked...


pull the gas block and discover:
-two sloppy "dimples" that are not in line with one another
-4+ attempts at setting the screws
[Imgur](https://imgur.com/EuKvgyI)

So clearly this thing ain't factory.
I message VDW to say as much.


he says it much have come from optics planet that way.
(this gas block has obviously been moved around a bunch of times.)


So I say i want to meet up and get my money back ($300) OR we can split the difference of a new barrel and he can send me $50 (a new rosco 11.5" is $135) and we call it even.

About 12 ours later I ping him to check in .


It's been a few days. He's clearly not going to respond to me.

So I have to tear this whole thing down, can't trust that barrel install was anything close to correct.




Edited by librarian45 (06/29/21 07:55 PM)
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#1779385 - 06/29/21 08:49 PM Re: VDW either misrepresenting junk accidentally, or on purpose, un-interested in making it right [Re: librarian45]
the cwa Offline
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Registered: 02/27/10
Posts: 5661
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Prince George,23842
Originally Posted By: librarian45
only the second bad interaction on VAGT in 11 years, but here we go.

I asked twice if an upper was factory.
He confirmed twice


I take it home and notice some marks on the barrel.
I pull the handguard.
Gas block is a little crooked.
Set screws look rough too.
it's not Roscoe marked...


pull the gas block and discover:
-two sloppy "dimples" that are not in line with one another
-4+ attempts at setting the screws
[Imgur](https://imgur.com/EuKvgyI)

So clearly this thing ain't factory.
I message VDW to say as much.


he says it much have come from optics planet that way.
(this gas block has obviously been moved around a bunch of times.)


So I say i want to meet up and get my money back ($300) OR we can split the difference of a new barrel and he can send me $50 (a new rosco 11.5" is $135) and we call it even.

About 12 ours later I ping him to check in .


It's been a few days. He's clearly not going to respond to me.

So I have to tear this whole thing down, can't trust that barrel install was anything close to correct.




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If you were a hotdog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?

HEY, we all know that the moon is not made of green cheese. but what if it was made of barbecue spare ribs, would you eat it then?

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#1789277 - 07/29/21 02:27 PM Re: VDW either misrepresenting junk accidentally, or on purpose, un-interested in making it right [Re: librarian45]
the cwa Offline
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Registered: 02/27/10
Posts: 5661
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Prince George,23842
VDW has been banned for this and other issues.
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VAGUNTRADER SECRET SERVICE(shhhhhh, don't tell anybody, i'm undercover)

If you were a hotdog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?

HEY, we all know that the moon is not made of green cheese. but what if it was made of barbecue spare ribs, would you eat it then?

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