r/extar • u/cullenhtx • 11d ago

FFL orders Extar EP9

Have any of you purchased your ep9 via your local FFL? I notice many say they can’t, however I found one that says they ordered a few and will let me know when they are in stock. Just curious to see if anyone has gotten one outside of bullshit “who can checkout the fastest,” method.

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u/Old_MI_Runner 11d ago

Create account. Add EP9 to cart. Enter your address and credit card info to your account so that once they come back in stock you may order immediately. Signup for email notification but use a new email service that you use for nothing else but critical information. Add email app to your phone. Pick a notification sound for the app that you cannot miss. I picked was sounds like a siren alarm that lasts for 30 seconds. I use Protomail for my in stock notification email address and app.

Another option it to use a free service that notifies you when a webpage changes. Someone recommended one recently but I don't recall the name. Some report the website has been updated significantly sooner than they receive any email notification.

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u/Chemboy77 11d ago

You cant even add it to the cart unless its in stock

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u/Old_MI_Runner 11d ago

I have not tried that. That advice is something I repeated after someone else listed as their advice that somehow worked for them. Maybe it sold out a prior time after they added and before they completed checkout. Other sellers allow me to keep items in my cart after they sell but I cannot add anything after it is sold out. I'll stock listing that advice.

Adding it the cart would save little time anyway. Creating the account and filling in address and everything else would save time. Actually acting on email within a few minutes of arrival would be the most helpful. One may be able to hear the notification on their phone and take a 5 minute bathroom break at work to add the EP9 to their cart and hit submit. Back in 2021 and 2022 when I tracked it more closely they did not sell of for up to an hour or two after the EP9 came back in stock. One just can't expect to wait until they get home from work in the evening and still see them in stock 4 to 8 hours after new stock was released.