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Phoenix
03-04-2013, 11:04 PM
Got this email today from midway.


Dear Valued Customer,
One million is an attention-getting number, no matter what the circumstances. At MidwayUSA, Brenda and I - along with the MidwayUSA Employees - have celebrated a good many 'one million' milestones during the last 35+ years.

In 1983, our seventh year in business, we reached the milestone of one million dollars in business during a single calendar year. 2008 was the first year we filled one million orders for our Customers. In 2012 your NRA "Round-Up" contributions, through MidwayUSA, exceeded one million dollars during that single year. Please note that NRA "Round-Up" contributions come from you, our Customers, and each week since 1992 we have sent your contributions directly to the NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the 2nd Amendment. Our Customers should get all the credit for that, we just collect and remit your money. Now, in March of 2013 came another milestone to celebrate - one million active Customers - Customers who have ordered from MidwayUSA during the last twelve months. For a country kid from Missouri, that's an amazing milestone.

I believe our vision to be the best-run, most-respected business in America, for the benefit of our Customers, our family values and our relentless pursuit of Customer Satisfaction are what brought us to this milestone of one million active Customers. Brenda and I, along with all the Employees at MidwayUSA, thank you very much for your support.

As you might imagine, we gave quite a bit of thought as to how we could celebrate. Should we choose our one millionth active Customer and give he or she a special gift? Well, we could have done that, but all of our Customers are equally important, not just the one who put us over the top. Then someone came up with the idea that we should donate $1 to the NRA for each of our active Customers. Well, let's see, what is $1 times one million?

And so it was! On Monday morning about 10am, when we went over one million active Customers, MidwayUSA authorized our bank to send a wire transfer of one million dollars to the NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the 2nd Amendment; because we can and because we should.

Thanks a Million!

Case Stuffer
03-04-2013, 11:09 PM
Received same email earlier and makes me proud to be one of the one million plus active customers. Feels good to support a company that does their share and more to help protect our rights.

TreeKiller
03-05-2013, 01:02 AM
Got mine today also.

Kull
03-05-2013, 01:14 AM
......and that's the way it is.

mwk1975
03-05-2013, 01:46 AM
I got the email also, It's really good of Midway to do that. Kinda make my .63 round up last order pale by comparison....

possom813
03-05-2013, 03:25 AM
Well heck, there's a decent chance I was the millionth :mrgreen:



Invoice Date: Mar 4 2013 10:19AM



Glad to do my part :drinks:

2thepoint
03-05-2013, 05:29 AM
a fine gesture by a fine company....

captaint
03-05-2013, 08:44 AM
I'm glad to see Larry putting his money - and this was HIS money - in a great place. !! Mike

snuffy
03-05-2013, 10:57 AM
Where's mine? Email I mean. I've ONLY spent 15 large there in the past 15 years! Probably more than that. I didn't get the last one either, about back-orders and shortages. I guess you have to order something every week to be included.

Yeah, I know, oh BOO-HOO! Whatever, I'll still look there first for what I want.

Good on ya Larry, the NRA certainly needs it.

Jim Flinchbaugh
03-05-2013, 11:27 AM
I could have been the millionth customer, if only they had anything in stock I was looking for.

429421Cowboy
03-05-2013, 11:39 AM
I will have to start doing more business with them, i have always admired the way they run it as a family business and treat the customer right. And thats the way it is!

Springfield
03-05-2013, 11:39 AM
I just received my powder order from them, my round-up only came to .74, but it all helps.

geargnasher
03-05-2013, 03:13 PM
All-around smart business move. Send powerful financial support the lobby that will keep your market open, and earn the appreciation and loyalty of your customers while doing it. Some might think of it as "cheap insurance". Anyway, I think it was a really good thing for Larry and friends to do for all of us.

I can't resist a jab, though, since going back to being a regular and frequent Midway customer (ever since I discovered the TRUTH about the .50 Beowulf AR barrels and Alexander Arms): I wonder how much the shipping rates are going to go up now to cover this donation? :neutral:

Gear

FredBuddy
03-05-2013, 04:08 PM
I'm in that number, too.