Mike T.

Today I feel like a long term friend has died. For years I have recommended the Sig Sauer brand to my students and friends. I know many of you have purchased these firearms for yourself. My family owns numerous different models and we even had a couple on order. As an instructor, I feel I need to apologize for the students I encouraged to purchase this brand. I had a problem with one of my guns, a P238, that many of my students have shot. I was informed by a Sig customer rep that these guns have a very short life span. It was suggested that since I purchased mine in 2009 that I replace it. At minimum I needed to pay $55.00 for shipping to return it to them and then pay to have the gun refurbished. I was pretty certain it just needed the recoil spring replaced. I was also informed, by the Sig customer service rep, that if these recoil springs are not replaced annually your warranty is voided. This was news to me. Luckily since I am a Sig Dealer I was able to purchase another spring, even though they were out of stock to the general public on thier website. Im so sorry to all of you that I recommended this brand to. I had no idea that their life span, according to sig, was so short. I have many guns that are 50 years old or more. I guess Kimber micro or Colt mustang would be a good option to the P238, they stand behind their products for years, as do companies such as Ruger and Smith and Wesson and Kahr Firearms Group. I will not be recommending SIG SAUER to any more students and if you need to replace yours or sell it we would be more than happy to help without a big expense.

For Christmas this year my wife wanted to try an uncooked ham. We have had Smithfield hams that are spiral cut and cooked and have always been really pleased with them. When our local Harmons Grocery store had their Country uncooked ham she was really excited to try one.
We followed the directions on the ham and on Smithfields website. Soaked it in water 36 hours changing it every 4 hours. Smithfield said this would reduce the salty taste of the ham. We cooled it like they recommended on their site. When it was finished we may as well have poured salt into a bowl and eaten it. I emailed Smithfield asking if I did anything wrong but they wont answer my email. When I talked to the store I purchased it from the butcher told me he had had numerous complaints just like mine. Based on the ham and lack of customer follow up Ill be buying another brand in the future. Beware of Smithfields Country Hams if you dont love salt.

Its been three weeks now since I ordered from Costco 2-day delivery service. I received half my order but not the rest. Costco blames UPS, UPS blames Costco. Well I didnt order from UPS. Have been a Costco member for 20 years they can stick my membership.