I dont know the circumstances of the situation but Ive always had great experiences shopping at woodbury. I can tell you this, I had my name in their white book for a savage muzzle loader of which is one of the hardest guns to get a hold of at the time. they made it clear to me that it wasnt a special order or any sort of commitment it was just a "headsup" when the gun finally came in. i asked to put money down but they refused cause they didnt have a price for the MLII which at the time wasnt on the market yet. I dont know if this is a similar situation but long story short when they called i showed up only to find out it was sold 5 minutes before i got there to someone else who was also on the list for the same gun. I didnt blame them there wasnt any real commitment i just asked to get a call when it came in. Other than that theyve always taken care of me... just sayin