So the order I made at the beginning of Dec with a 6-8 weeks estimate turned into 16 weeks. Really looking forward to the scope but that still confused how this kind of confusion happened.
@Don Lepard agreed! had time to update the website though. i know the glass probably come from China or Japan. so probably waiting on that. Not sure. even with the delays these scope look awesome and most every review is good. if they have that many orders that says a lot about the product in my eyes. probably awesome..
@Don Lepard agreed! had time to update the website though. i know the glass probably come from China or Japan. so probably waiting on that. Not sure. even with the delays these scope look awesome and most every review is good. if they have that many orders that says a lot about the product in my eyes. probably awesome..
The free scope caps and gift card are nice to compensate. Sure wish I could get that precision pack now for that Holiday price of $35 to sweeten the deal for going beyond 16 weeks though. -hint wink- maybe a code to enter for it - hint- hint- wink
Hey Jeremy! Are you thanking Arken for all the "unforseen" delays in delivery dates which keep getting extended further and further away from 2020 and into 3067???...or are you thanking all the commenters on their hilarious reply posts???
Its already frustrating to wait 2 months for an item you spend hundreds of dollars on. Then you Open an email saying its going to be later than that. In the email update they said it was a few weeks behind. And that few weeks turns into two months. I’m sorry, I don’t care how good the product is...it has ruined It for me. All u want as a consumer is honesty When there is much smoke being blown up your ass always. I guess you can call me Karen but it isn’t ok!!!!
Nope, not going to call you "Karen". I feel the same way. I ordered on Nov. 27, 2020 with an estimated ship time of 9-11 weeks. Today is week 18!!! And according to this schedule, I have 3 more weeks to go. The guy(s)/gal(s) who designed the scopes are mechanical geniuses. Everyone else associated with this company have their heads so far up each other's butts they can't find the bathroom. I'll tell you what, I'm not buying another Arken nor recommend them to anyone unless and until they get their crap together. This is pathetic.
C'mon "ds"...just smile about all that smoke that's already filled up your ass way beyond the critical limit...all that "smoke" was "FREE" from Arken!!!...and they didn't even charge you extra shipping and handling!!!
But I'm very angry about how you guys have been handling the rest of this.
When I ordered my scope it said ships in 6-8 weeks I wanted till week 10 to reach out to you guys to see what was going on and at that point I was told sorry it's going to be 16 weeks now.
@christopherelmer30 I just hope this is legit.
It seems if you have X amount of scopes coming off the line and X amount of orders - plus a decent understanding of your business’ logistics- these wide swinging variances in estimated shipping backlogs/push backs shouldn’t happen.
There should have been more transparency with the customer base regarding things like production ceasing. Had to find that out from their Marketing guy Mike on Cyclops you tube channel long after the fact. Looks like that transparency was sacrificed for the overall sales.
@eddsparksjr If this is legit, I'll be looking at 21 weeks from date of purchase. I watched that same Cyclops video and it's sad that Joe is trying to cover for Arken Management's incompetence. Better the ugly truth than the pretty lie??? All we've been getting is pretty lies from them, let's hope this chart is finally the truth.
You'd think they'd hire someone with some production experience to help them expand their production capacity to meet the demand. But I guess 2 years in business and nobody's thought about that. I guess shutting down production on everything but one SKU at a time is their answer...
@eddsparksjr I wonder how many orders Arken took after they knew they weren't producing any more product...and spent all the money already on beer and salsa whilst in their "business meeting" trying to figure out the best way to extend the "arrival dates" one more time without tipping off the paying public and having everyone cancel their orders pretty much tanking the business, declaring bankruptcy and then "reorganizing" the business under a "new and improved" name and starting all over again. I've already heard of buyers receiving their optics in less than desirable condition and way less than what was promised by all those questionable alleged satisfied customers and reviewer "experts" who posted all the reports of glass from heaven and product construction equivalent to the second coming of Jesus Christ! I'm wondering how all this shit will impact all those "experts" credibility for future "unbiased reviews"???...hmmmm...but, you have to admit that an offer of a set of flip-up lens caps as compensation for all the fuck-up's concerning Arken not telling everyone the truth about what caused all these repeated "delays" and the caps wouldn't cost us anything! They would be "FREE"!!!...well, ALMOST FREE... and it would only cost us $50.00 in additional shipping and handling per set of lens caps!!! WOW!!! That is a pretty good offer on Arken's part...right?
YUP! The bummer is the "fools" (as in "April Fools"...) are everyone who stayed on board with Arken after each and every bullshit extension of delivery dates...WE BE THE FOOLS!!!!...HA!
Nearly 4 times the estimated delivery time promised when I ordered is EXTREMELY frustrating. I'm not to the point I am going to cancel, but it's close. I can only hope this pushes a lot of people over the edge, and they cancel, causing delivery times for everyone else to be shortened. It's gonna be a very long time before I consider placing another order with this company.
Ahh, c'mon Chris cut them some slack!!! Arken did offer you a "free" set of flip-up lens caps that will only cost you an additional $50.00 for shipping and handling!!! You've already waited four months for your optics, can't you wait another four months to finally receive a less than quality piece of merchandise due to Arken having to have the commie chinks do all the manufacturing so they can make the next "arrival date" on time with a "quality" piece of commie chink merchandise made of the cheapest quality components available at the time (mostly imported from the commie North Koreans!!!) and then having to pay off all the Taiwanese officials so Arken could have "made in Taiwan" proudly stamped on every optic to remind each and every customer how hard they worked to meet each and every miscalculated delivery date promised to date...it's sad that this had to happen because of some fucking "bug" shutting down the world economy and that idiot in the White House promising prison time to anyone owning any kind of firearm or ammunition (word is that if you have any more than one box of ammo per household you will be immediately placed on the terrorist watch list and no-fly list for good measure..., but Arken should have at least told everybody the truth about the delays and maybe they would have kept some future customers...now, I'm not so sure???
Might be nice to add in another perk based on the extreme delivery delay. Maybe include a rebate debit card in the $10 -$25 range when the scope finally ships.
@eddsparksjr then you have to order something else to get that discount. I will have waited 5 months for a scope. No way I would give more money for another long wait.
@eddsparksjr I guess Arken is good buddies with YouTube...that video has already been "removed and shit canned"...would you mind re-posting that video under a different title?
Well, at least this is something after publishing that the orders were backlogged 9 weeks when I ordered. If your shipping chart is accurate (highly doubtful since you have a track record of poor guessing) I might get mine shipped 20 weeks after order.
You live in Montana because you can't afford to live in Southern California enjoying that nice sun tan instead of freezing your nuts off (unless your a female and then you'd be freezing your tits off...) living in the "meat locker" state...I'll bet it's snowing there as I write this, right?...ha!
Nice to see that ESD schedule! I should be behind a 6-24 MIL before the end of this April!
How long should shipping take?
@michael.gerow79 USPS Priority from Sugarland, TX
As slow as USPS is, another 2 weeks 🤣
6-8 weeks
April Fool
Thx for the estimates Arken! Much appreciated.
Thanks for the update, very professional.
Another month. Fuck yes
So the order I made at the beginning of Dec with a 6-8 weeks estimate turned into 16 weeks. Really looking forward to the scope but that still confused how this kind of confusion happened.
@Don Lepard agreed! had time to update the website though. i know the glass probably come from China or Japan. so probably waiting on that. Not sure. even with the delays these scope look awesome and most every review is good. if they have that many orders that says a lot about the product in my eyes. probably awesome..
@Don Lepard agreed! had time to update the website though. i know the glass probably come from China or Japan. so probably waiting on that. Not sure. even with the delays these scope look awesome and most every review is good. if they have that many orders that says a lot about the product in my eyes. probably awesome..
@Don Lepard I just wrote the same thing very very upsetting..😤😤
Thanks for the updates!
Which ones?...the first, second, third or fourth and maybe the fifth, sixth and seventh???
Right on! Can't wait to put it to the test...
My 7-9 week order went to 16 weeks and now 21.
The free scope caps and gift card are nice to compensate. Sure wish I could get that precision pack now for that Holiday price of $35 to sweeten the deal for going beyond 16 weeks though. -hint wink- maybe a code to enter for it - hint- hint- wink
Still can’t beat it though-
@eddsparksjr
Same thing very upsetting.
@eddsparksjr how do you get free scope caps and a gift card?
@Jacobi Orr Scope caps should come with your order. Gift card will come from info@arkenopticsusa.com
Email if you have any issues.
Thanks Arken and commenters. You made my day.
Y'all actually think they are going to meet this schedule?! Hilarious. 🤣
@J.M. Cook Of note:
This posted on April fools day.
@eddsparksjr 😆
@eddsparksjr &%^$!!! I knew there must be a catch!!!
Thank you guy's!
Hey Jeremy! Are you thanking Arken for all the "unforseen" delays in delivery dates which keep getting extended further and further away from 2020 and into 3067???...or are you thanking all the commenters on their hilarious reply posts???
Its already frustrating to wait 2 months for an item you spend hundreds of dollars on. Then you Open an email saying its going to be later than that. In the email update they said it was a few weeks behind. And that few weeks turns into two months. I’m sorry, I don’t care how good the product is...it has ruined It for me. All u want as a consumer is honesty When there is much smoke being blown up your ass always. I guess you can call me Karen but it isn’t ok!!!!
Nope, not going to call you "Karen". I feel the same way. I ordered on Nov. 27, 2020 with an estimated ship time of 9-11 weeks. Today is week 18!!! And according to this schedule, I have 3 more weeks to go. The guy(s)/gal(s) who designed the scopes are mechanical geniuses. Everyone else associated with this company have their heads so far up each other's butts they can't find the bathroom. I'll tell you what, I'm not buying another Arken nor recommend them to anyone unless and until they get their crap together. This is pathetic.
@dschaller The optic is well worth the wait. Allot is going on in the world. I’m sure things will smooth out and delivery times will shorten.
C'mon "ds"...just smile about all that smoke that's already filled up your ass way beyond the critical limit...all that "smoke" was "FREE" from Arken!!!...and they didn't even charge you extra shipping and handling!!!
I'm glad you guys updated the shipping.
But I'm very angry about how you guys have been handling the rest of this.
When I ordered my scope it said ships in 6-8 weeks I wanted till week 10 to reach out to you guys to see what was going on and at that point I was told sorry it's going to be 16 weeks now.
Now we are being told 18-20 weeks..
This is no way to run a business....😤
@christopherelmer30 I just hope this is legit. It seems if you have X amount of scopes coming off the line and X amount of orders - plus a decent understanding of your business’ logistics- these wide swinging variances in estimated shipping backlogs/push backs shouldn’t happen.
There should have been more transparency with the customer base regarding things like production ceasing. Had to find that out from their Marketing guy Mike on Cyclops you tube channel long after the fact. Looks like that transparency was sacrificed for the overall sales.
@eddsparksjr If this is legit, I'll be looking at 21 weeks from date of purchase. I watched that same Cyclops video and it's sad that Joe is trying to cover for Arken Management's incompetence. Better the ugly truth than the pretty lie??? All we've been getting is pretty lies from them, let's hope this chart is finally the truth.
You'd think they'd hire someone with some production experience to help them expand their production capacity to meet the demand. But I guess 2 years in business and nobody's thought about that. I guess shutting down production on everything but one SKU at a time is their answer...
@eddsparksjr I wonder how many orders Arken took after they knew they weren't producing any more product...and spent all the money already on beer and salsa whilst in their "business meeting" trying to figure out the best way to extend the "arrival dates" one more time without tipping off the paying public and having everyone cancel their orders pretty much tanking the business, declaring bankruptcy and then "reorganizing" the business under a "new and improved" name and starting all over again. I've already heard of buyers receiving their optics in less than desirable condition and way less than what was promised by all those questionable alleged satisfied customers and reviewer "experts" who posted all the reports of glass from heaven and product construction equivalent to the second coming of Jesus Christ! I'm wondering how all this shit will impact all those "experts" credibility for future "unbiased reviews"???...hmmmm...but, you have to admit that an offer of a set of flip-up lens caps as compensation for all the fuck-up's concerning Arken not telling everyone the truth about what caused all these repeated "delays" and the caps wouldn't cost us anything! They would be "FREE"!!!...well, ALMOST FREE... and it would only cost us $50.00 in additional shipping and handling per set of lens caps!!! WOW!!! That is a pretty good offer on Arken's part...right?
So much for 1-2 weeks from 3/10
very disappointed ! 4/12? Will see!
got an email from Ventura to purchase 6 x 24 mil last week! They got two, gone in less than an hour
Yep what day is it ???
YUP! The bummer is the "fools" (as in "April Fools"...) are everyone who stayed on board with Arken after each and every bullshit extension of delivery dates...WE BE THE FOOLS!!!!...HA!
Nearly 4 times the estimated delivery time promised when I ordered is EXTREMELY frustrating. I'm not to the point I am going to cancel, but it's close. I can only hope this pushes a lot of people over the edge, and they cancel, causing delivery times for everyone else to be shortened. It's gonna be a very long time before I consider placing another order with this company.
Ahh, c'mon Chris cut them some slack!!! Arken did offer you a "free" set of flip-up lens caps that will only cost you an additional $50.00 for shipping and handling!!! You've already waited four months for your optics, can't you wait another four months to finally receive a less than quality piece of merchandise due to Arken having to have the commie chinks do all the manufacturing so they can make the next "arrival date" on time with a "quality" piece of commie chink merchandise made of the cheapest quality components available at the time (mostly imported from the commie North Koreans!!!) and then having to pay off all the Taiwanese officials so Arken could have "made in Taiwan" proudly stamped on every optic to remind each and every customer how hard they worked to meet each and every miscalculated delivery date promised to date...it's sad that this had to happen because of some fucking "bug" shutting down the world economy and that idiot in the White House promising prison time to anyone owning any kind of firearm or ammunition (word is that if you have any more than one box of ammo per household you will be immediately placed on the terrorist watch list and no-fly list for good measure..., but Arken should have at least told everybody the truth about the delays and maybe they would have kept some future customers...now, I'm not so sure???
Might be nice to add in another perk based on the extreme delivery delay. Maybe include a rebate debit card in the $10 -$25 range when the scope finally ships.
@wkenn They’re including free scope caps and $25 gift cards for pushed back orders.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3AuvE31W8t0
@eddsparksjr then you have to order something else to get that discount. I will have waited 5 months for a scope. No way I would give more money for another long wait.
@eddsparksjr I guess Arken is good buddies with YouTube...that video has already been "removed and shit canned"...would you mind re-posting that video under a different title?
Well, at least this is something after publishing that the orders were backlogged 9 weeks when I ordered. If your shipping chart is accurate (highly doubtful since you have a track record of poor guessing) I might get mine shipped 20 weeks after order.
It's all good. If I was in a hurry I wouldn't live in Montana😄
You live in Montana because you can't afford to live in Southern California enjoying that nice sun tan instead of freezing your nuts off (unless your a female and then you'd be freezing your tits off...) living in the "meat locker" state...I'll bet it's snowing there as I write this, right?...ha!
wooohooo awesome! thank you for the update!!!
Control your emotions Russ!!!! Too much adrenaline is bad for your heart...and might cause another delay in delivery dates!!!