AEA Big 9 help needed

Just received yesterday, was surprised that it didn’t come with instructions, it did come with a nick, or knot hole in the stock. So far “The Pellet Shop” is not responding to my emails about it. Thought at first they had great customer service, but when probs arise, you really find out their worth.

Any how, I was wondering which pellets i should I run, or any other tips etc. I’ve never had a big bore before, so I’m just out of my depth with it. Thanks

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I had a Challenger 357 that I sold recently. It was a great gun just not the most backyard friendly, or best for shooting paper targets casually.

Anyway it really liked these: https://www.luckysevenairammo.com/product-page/357-132gn-flat-nose-slug

Keep in mind your Big 9 has 300+ FPE compared to 200+ FPE (more like 220+ shooting the Michigan Mai Tais)... so there may be a little difference.

But since those were on the heavier side of what I shot with the 24" barrel Challenger, I'd suggest this would be a good accurate hard hitting ammo to start with.

I'm not sure if they'll fit in your magazine. You can always ask Bin from the Massachusetts based aeaairguns.net what slugs he recommends for the Big 9. He won't care that you didn't purchase the gun directly from him, and he'll probably be happy to do service for your gun as well if the other guy goes AWOL.

As for your little ding on the stock there, it's pretty darn small. Just fill it in with some compound if it bothers you. I wouldn't let it bother me -- and I doubt you'll care much either once you start shooting that thing :)
 
Thanks dudes!

I’m still trying to get a hold of “The pellet shop”, I’m not getting any responses from numerous emails. This morning I sent a email thru Paypal. Almost instant response then, Bin replied, “we must of missed your prior emails”. Then he asked for pics, which I sent.


I haven’t done anything with the gun cause then it would be considered used. it’s taking the whole being excited to shoot, and experiment with out of the picture. Crappy customer service just wants me to get a refund. GREAT customer service up until after the sale.
 
I've bought a few guns from Bin at The Pellet Shop over the past year and always found him to be responsive. Maybe not the same day, but he's always gotten back to me.

He's a "one man shop" which is pretty typical of the businesses in our industry. You'll find that to keep themselves sane and married a lot of the people running businesses like this don't answer emails on the weekend, and Monday's inbox can be pretty jammed. 

This is exactly why some of the bigger companies offer "pay for inspection/testing" services. If you don't pay for it the box ships to you from the manufacturer without even being opened. 

If you give him a chance I'm sure he will work with you. 




 
Hi

Sorry for the bad experience you're having. Your email was thrown into spam and when you reached out to our other email it was answered almost immediately. *EDIT* we found your original email and you responded to the automated order confirmation email, those automatically get thrown into spam.* We explained that stock most likely has a small nick in it due to shipping as the screw package most likely shifted during it and got caught under the weight of the gun. This was also over a weekend which we do not typically answer emails since there's only 1 person here. Again, sorry for the inconvenience. 

-We have offered you a replacement stock or a discount on the current one you have. 

-We have a customer service phone number/text number & Live chat function for immediate service, which you did not use. We text every gun order to get the customers shirt size, so we know you have the phone number. 

-We even went ahead and called you AND sent you a text, both you chose to ignore, and leave the text on "read"

-You used reviews on AGN to threaten us saying we have to "admit" that were wrong and give you a full refund, again we have offered to swap the stock or give you a discount on your current order. 

-instead of telling us what you would like to do, every email reply is you upset with the fact that it took us 3 days to reply to you and completely ignore any of the options we gave you. 

Were giving you every option in your favor to make you happy and resolve the situation but instead you choose to still go on AGN and slander us as well as threaten to open a PayPal claim.

Even the biggest companies in the world require sometime to reply to emails and they have hundreds if not thousands of employees. 

If you're going to slander us, then please tell the full story. 
 
bowtieguy66 is what you call a turd.

  • Guy buys his 1st PCP, doesn't like it 
  • Finds a tiny knick to complain about
  • Writes the seller instead of calling or texting for live support
  • Impatiently goes on a public forum to complain after 1 business day
  • Unwilling to let seller resolve the issue

I'd expect this kind of behavior out of the current generation, but not someone who was born in 66.
 
Your not getting the whole story butt wipe, and Bin is not telling the whole truth. He has called? i guess he did, no voicemail. My phone said spam risk.

There were more emails than what he mentioned. And all were separate email addresses, it was only after a email that was sent thru paypal that I got answered.

Bin originally said the emails were missed, but later admitted that he got them, they were in a different folder.

Said that it was damaged in shipping, but they packed it. Offers me $30, are you kidding me? when i said no, then he offered me another stock, when i said no to that, Bin then accused me of picking the hole in the stock.


There wouldn’t of been a problem if he would of insured the package which he admitted that he did not. Thats why the low ball offer of $30, then a stock. I always insure packages for what the items are worth.


These missed emails are on him, the packaging not being up to par and creating the damage are on him, the package not being insured for the amount of the contents are on him.


Wouldn’t be a problem if all of these things were done in the first place.


 
Your not getting the whole story butt wipe, and Bin is not telling the whole truth. He has called? i guess he did, no voicemail. My phone said spam risk.

There were more emails than what he mentioned. And all were separate email addresses, it was only after a email that was sent thru paypal that I got answered.

Bin originally said the emails were missed, but later admitted that he got them, they were in a different folder.

Said that it was damaged in shipping, but they packed it. Offers me $30, are you kidding me? when i said no, then he offered me another stock, when i said no to that, Bin then accused me of picking the hole in the stock.


There wouldn’t of been a problem if he would of insured the package which he admitted that he did not. Thats why the low ball offer of $30, then a stock. I always insure packages for what the items are worth.


These missed emails are on him, the packaging not being up to par and creating the damage are on him, the package not being insured for the amount of the contents are on him.


Wouldn’t be a problem if all of these things were done in the first place.


OP: "Your not getting the whole story butt wipe, and Bin is not telling the whole truth. He has called? i guess he did, no voicemail. My phone said spam risk."

Response: Are you sure? because i have the TEXT messages to prove you left us on "read" - iPhones show that incase you didn't know. Also if some one contacted you before via text AND you REPLIED, its almost impossible for a number to pop up as a "spam risk", also if some one calls and IMMEDIATELY sends you a text seconds after. Why would you not call back specially after you READ the message right after? (Again, remember i phones show when your messages are read with a time stamp)

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OP: "There were more emails than what he mentioned. And all were separate email addresses, it was only after a email that was sent thru paypal that I got answered."

Response: Yep we found your original emails, both went to the same address the order confirmation emails are sent to, and yes those automatically get filtered to spam. Also this was RIGHT BEFORE A WEEKEND. I apologize that we didn't answer over a weekend and took us till Monday morning to respond. 

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OP- "Said that it was damaged in shipping, but they packed it. Offers me $30, are you kidding me? when i said no, then he offered me another stock, when i said no to that, Bin then accused me of picking the hole in the stock."

Response: Again if you're going to lie about the situation make sure the lie isn't easily proven, we have STAMPED time emails. The FIRST email i replied to you right after we received the nicked pictures.

you sent the pictures on May 23, 2022, 11:09 AM

We responded: Mon, May 23, 11:29 AM


"We checked the QC sheet we have sent you and we made sure there are no marks on all wooded stocks prior to sending it out. The hardware must have shifted in shipping and that might be what caused the small nick combined with the weight of the gun since it looks like it was from the bottom portion of the stock. 


With that said if you want we can switch the stock for you or we can offer you a discount of $30 on the one you currently have. Please let us know."

Did you say no? Again remember, we have time stamped emails for everything, if you're going to slander us make sure you're telling the full story because so far everything you mentioned is very twisted and I will gladly post the entire conversation to back up our reputation. I can guarantee if the entire conversation is posted you're going to look terrible. I highly advise against that. 

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OP: "There wouldn’t of been a problem if he would of insured the package which he admitted that he did not. That's why the low ball offer of $30, then a stock. I always insure packages for what the items are worth."

Response: Why would us insuring it or not matter? We offered you the stock replacement OR the $30 discount at the same time, please don't lie about that further. I can guarantee you don't deserve the full cost of the stock refunded back for a small nick that doesn't affect performance of the gun. We offered you the stock replacement instead you're stuck on a full refund, or is this whole thing a attempt just to get a big discount or buyers remorse?

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OP: "These missed emails are on him, the packaging not being up to par and creating the damage are on him, the package not being insured for the amount of the contents are on him."

Response: Correct the missed emails are on us, we have apologized MULTIPLE times about it going into spam. Were not crawling down to our knees for you, im sure after apologizing multiple times in multiple emails that's more then sufficient. No one has to bow down to you, the world doesn't work that way. 

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OP: "Wouldn’t be a problem if all of these things were done in the first place."

Response: Our first message right after seeing the pictures are to replace the stock or offer a discount, I'm not sure how that isn't considered "done in the first place". If you're going to refer once again to the fact that we answered a email on Monday since it was sent right before the weekend and that's what your stuck on then i don't know what to tell you. We have a customer service number/text/and live chat, multiple forms of contact that could of been used for immediate help and you chose to use non of them. You actually chose to IGNORE us when we contacted you back. 

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Further more the OP has mentioned in his emails
"I’ve done these Payoffs with paypal numerous times selling merchandise on ebay, as well as personal. With no problems"

I guess you're very familiar with purchasing items and then using paypals protection program to screw over the buyers/sellers. If you're a business owner yourself then honestly shame on you. 

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We have a business to run and don’t have time to be wasted on social media trying to defend ourselves over something that could’ve been settled a long time ago. It is ignorant when people say things on social media but do not pick up the phone when they are called and leave the messages on “read”. We have offered you many times different options (discount or replacement) but you continue to harass us publicly. We will continue this matter through PayPal as you have started a case against us and you even mentioned “you do this all the time”. It is a shame that us, along with other businesses have had to handle such behavior from you. We can rest peacefully at night knowing that we have enough evidence on you, to prove that we have done everything we can to provide you with good customer service but you in fact have decided to turn this against us and ignore us.

To the rest of the members I apologize for all of this unnecessary drama, We take our business VERY seriously and I will do what ever necessary to keep our reputation from being tainted by false accusations. For the members that have dealt with us, you know if there were ever a warranty issue or replacement parts you need, we are the first ones to quickly send you replacements FREE OF CHARGE even when at times the damages are user error. 
 
We can go back and forth Bin, you’ve been only offering solutions for yourself. $30 or a another stock you have laying around? $30 or a another stock price would more than cover return, uninsured shipping. And we would be done with it.


I would of been all right with all of that before you called me a liar, and falsely accused me of damaging the stock. It was then, that our future relationship was over. If I had a future problem, we would be going thru all this again. And I don’t want that, maybe you do.


I have repeatedly asked, lets just cut ties and be done with it. We can go our separate ways. What would you be out $ wise? If you would of just insured the package, you would of come out with $ ahead and the blemished gun.

instead, you chose to go thru all this, and shift the blame on me, rather than admit to anything that you did, or didn’t do. The moment you were reacting in bad faith, is why i chose not to talk with you on the phone. 







In them I pleaded to you that we didnt need to go down this road, 
 
If there was a gun issue in the future, we take care of it. We offer customer service all the same, if there is a gun issue? we solve it. simple as that. Doesn't matter who you are. We even take in warranty claims by other dealers without an issue. We treat every one fair, You're situation wouldn't be different. 

We don't have to call you a liar, the conversation proof says it all.

You AGAIN completely ignored everything in the post just as you did with every single email and started yet again spewing slander. How were you ok at first when the 1st thing we did after seeing the pictures were offer you a replacement.


If you're going to slander us again, so be it. Here 1 screen shot. Check the time stamp and im sure anyone can agree we answered back in a very timely manner.

Pictures say a thousand words. Ill gladly post the part where you mention how you "do this all the time".



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Again, just cut ties and be done with it. Why are we playing the blame game. The price of that stock your offering would cover shipping costs. DONE & OVER WITH!!

We are both blameless with the damages done with the shipping. It has always been you that are refusing a refund, and to be done with it.

I just dont understand why you refuse to just be done with it all. 


 
Offering a new stock is about what many other places would do, and typically what my personal preference would be. So I'll ask the question... What do you want?

#1return the rifle for full refund?

#2 return the rifle for exchange?

#3 replace the stock with a new stock?

#4 deal with a different dealer?

Assuming this was shipped with the stock off to reduce shipping costs, you would already know how to attach it. If it is a bull pup and fully assembled, then is pulling the stock a problem that you want/need assistance in performing?
 
If there was a gun issue in the future, we take care of it. We offer customer service all the same, if there is a gun issue? we solve it. simple as that. Doesn't matter who you are. We even take in warranty claims by other dealers without an issue. We treat every one fair, You're situation wouldn't be different. 

We don't have to call you a liar, the conversation proof says it all.

You AGAIN completely ignored everything in the post just as you did with every single email and started yet again spewing slander. How were you ok at first when the 1st thing we did after seeing the pictures were offer you a replacement.


If you're going to slander us again, so be it. Here 1 screen shot. Check the time stamp and im sure anyone can agree we answered back in a very timely manner.

Pictures say a thousand words. Ill gladly post the part where you mention how you "do this all the time".



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Boom !!! ...maybe time to retreat ?
 
I admit to you all that I had a part in all this. I was upset that it arrived damaged. Who wouldn’t be? The $30 offer pissed me off too. And I own that I got heated after that. I have trust issues, and over personalize, which I told Bin. 


But Bin as you can see is blaming me to no end. Bin is not taking any responsibility, or remarking about the packaging that may have caused all this, or not insuring the package, or accusing me of picking a hole in the stock.

If PayPal says that I’m required to pay for shipping I’m fine with that. I’ve been ready to move on with a refund that Bin will not accept.

I also appreciate remedies from you Greg, and trying to offer solutions.