MidWay USA

[Ben]

Anyone tried using MidWay's " New Web-Site ".......Slow as molasses on a cold winter day.

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[x101airborne]

Actually, I have been thinking about suing Midway USA for FRAUD. They sold me an aftermarket barrel labeled "50 Beowulf" that was not made by Alexander Arms. When I questioned "Bob", apparently the second under the CEO, he said that they will do anything they can to make money. Absolutely no remorse for cutting the throat of a "niche" market provider. Even when I said that I was disappointed in them for doing it, Bob said "I am sorry you feel that way, but we will do what we will to make money". I will not do business with Midway USA ever again. To me, it is the same as coming in my house and taking my wallet. They are a multi-million dollar a year business that feels the need to cut the throat of a small "botique" firearms provider. I am ashamed and feel embarrased that that is their view. All hail Alexander Arms!!

[10x]

Midway will not ship to Canada - so , nope, doesn't bother me at all...

[mold maker]

I've never had an unresolved problem with Midway. Sorry you haven't enjoyed the same.

[472x1B/A]

I've been getting a little peevvvved at them hear lately too. Their E-Mail adds are for items for million-aiers, the paper fliers stink/boring, they WILL NOT ship loaded ammo to Ill., and over the last 3-5 years their shipping and handling charges are unbearable. Think I might start going to Mid-South.

[Ben]

If I can't get any better results out of their Web site in the future than I'm getting tonight, I'm going somewhere ? ?

My original question however was " Have you experienced problems with their SLOW web site ?

Can anyone offer feedback on this question ?

[x101airborne]

I used to live next to Midsouth Shooters Supply. Had an issue with bulk brass for the 338 win mag. being 2 cases short in the count. Called at 5:30 and the OWNER answered. Said to come by and HE will hand me the brass to make the count right. Cant get that from Midway.

After today, I will pay several dollars over midway's prices to NOT do business with midway.

[Dennis Eugene]

Seems way slow to me but then it has always seemed way slow to me. Altho I don't go there often and don't spend much there. Dennis

[mustanggt]

Yes I've had alot of experience with their slow website. Both the new and old were slow. My old laptop may have had something to do with it in part. My new laptop is pretty zippy. I've never had a problem with them. Happy with their service and products.

[Ben]

I visited MidSouth's site tonight....no problem....very zippy !

Went to MidWay's , two or three times tonight , it is SUPER SLOW, tried 3 different browsers, I'm running Windows 7 and DSL ? ?

[williamwaco]

Anyone tried using MidWay's " New Web-Site ".......Slow as molasses on a cold winter day.

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Slow??? I would call it DOA. Not one single link on the home page would respond.

[mpmarty]

I find Grafs to be far superior to Midway and am happy to use their website.

[bumpo628]

Yeah, that is outrageously slow. I liked the old layout better, too.
I like the company a lot and I've never had a bad experience.

[Dframe]

Haven't looked at a midway site in a while. Not since I got charged $10 to ship a $12 product. When I called to inquire why, I was told THAT was standard shipping.

[old turtle]

+1 marty. I have had excellent service from Grafs. They have a supplier of all kinds of brass including old items such as 303 Savage and at a good price. Good specials no items such as primers. Midway is not that cheap and their shipping charges seem high.

[geargnasher]

Ben, you'll more than make up the (generally, not always) higher cost of items at Midsouth in the shipping part. Midway makes you take it in the shorts when it comes to shipping, Midsouth usually only charges what actual shipping costs are.

As for the website, Midway's site has always been overloaded and undergunned. It would be a fine site, but when it gets busy (most of the time nowdays) it really bogs. New or old, it's balky and slow, sometimes timing out my browser on page loads and searches even with 12.0 DSL. Keep in mind the other end of the same "we will make money any way we can" philosophy, which is "we will cut corners and delay incurring expenses any way we can", which includes giving website upgrades to the lowest bidder, and buying the smallest amount of bandwidth they think they can get by with. I seriously doubt it's your computer or internet connection.

Gear

[405]

Yep, about 2-3 years ago MW re-did their website and maybe even again more recently. Ya know when you hit the big time and feel compelled to out-do Cabela's you hire a web design company that is run by so-called "marketing geniuses" and loaded with 22 year old puter geeks who have ZERO experience with the customer base, the product and no common sense and really couldn't care less about it. The product is the "latest and greatest". It was loaded up with hard to navigate non-logical pathways, but Lary P. sure felt proud of it because he had spent a ton O $ for all the moving graphics, glitz and bling. I had an issue with it in the automated billing-shipping area. I called 3 times and explained the problem. No help and no effort to help. Emailed Larry P. twice about it. Got the canned message response and no correction. I finally gave up and figured a work around from my end.

So yes, it is slow and full of BS marketing bling. That has caused me to use Midsouth more and more. Even Grafs re-did their site more recently- again slowing down the whole process of shopping with them but it doesn't seem as bad as MW's.

[cbrick]

Ya scared me with the OP. The only thing I much use Midway for any more is the web site to look stuff up and compare prices. Their shipping rates turned me off them a couple years back. I bought two of an item that was packaged in a flat formed plastic package, could have stacked 8-10 of them in flat rate medium box and they put one into two medium flat rate boxes and charged (or tried to) me double shipping, full shipping charges for each box. That incident has cost them a lot, I had spent thousands at Midway up until then, couple of bucks since. I'm sure it's not only me, I would bet there are a lot of people that now shop elsewhere. I also bet that Midway is wondering why.

Had to log on and see, site is working fine for me, not slow and all the links I clicked worked.

Rick

[redriverhunter]

i have been using gafs alot as of late thier prices are competive and the shipping is very cost is good as well

[Bloodman14]

Fast as a thief for me, too. Haven't ordered in a while.