Here’s a crate with a little story.
A few years back, I think it was Samco Global, was selling Iranian 8mm Mauser ammo pretty cheap. They had it listed as Persian 8mm.
Everyone that bought it said that it was garbage and that it had an 80% failure and the other 20% were hang fires. The ammo was cheap but not cheap enough for components.
What coughs my interest was the crate that the ammo came in. It had the Persian crest, which I thought was pretty cool, and that a crate would go great with my Persian Mauser.
Here’s a pic of the Persian crest.
So I gave Samco a call and asked about the crate. I was told that the crate was $5 but shipping would be $25. Well like I say”It’s only money “. I told the lady on the phone that I wanted one for my collection and wanted one with a nice crest. She said that she would have one hand picked and shipped.
This is what arrived.
This was not worth the $30 I spent and looked nothing like the crest on the ammo crates they had on their site.
I got on the phone and called Samco. A nice lady answered the phone and I told her that I would like to talk to someone above her pay grade, because she might not like what I might say. I was put on hold for a few minutes then a man picked up the phone. I told him that the crest on the crate looked more like a smashed kitten then a lion and that I was not happy. He started to make up some excuse and I cut him off. I told him about my original conversation when I ordered the crate and what I was changed.
He then told me that he would personally pick out another crate and ship it to me at no charge.
When the box arrived there was another crate and an extra crate top.
