If Kleins themselves differentiated between different Carcano models then they would have used two catalogue numbers but both the 36inch and the 40inch models had the exact same catalogue number.
Department 358 is not a specific department within Kleins but is merely a way of tracking where the ads are coming from, Kleins received Oswald's order and gave him the C20-T550 rifles that they had in stock, it's not rocket science!
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JohnMIf Kleins themselves differentiated between different Carcano models then they would have used two catalogue numbers Pure speculation, you have no clue what Klein's would or would not have done.
We know exactly what they did because they advertised the same catalogue number for two rifles.but both the 36inch and the 40inch models had the exact same catalogue number. That may be the case, but the coupons from the February and April issues of A.R.M. had different department numbers, which is how they differentiated!
Every Kleins ad in every magazine had a different Dept number which would be a logistical nightmare to cross reference every order with every Dept number and then that is multiplied by all the different products and their slight differences in each ad. That makes absolutely no sense, the catalogue number is what they use to find items in the factory, if Kleins gave a stuff about a "5.5 pound" rifle they would have given a different catalogue number for the 36 inch model and the 40 inch model but they just lumped them together in the same group. Department 358 is not a specific department within Kleins but is merely a way of tracking where the ads are coming fromExactly, that's how Waldman knew it came from the February issue of A.R.M.....
Yes.and that's how they knew which rifle they needed to send.
No, adding an unnecessary step in the order process is a waste of time, the catalogue number defines the item. Kleins received Oswald's order and gave him the C20-T550 rifles that they had in stock, it's not rocket science!Indeed... it's not rocket science, it's idiotic. You don't send a 40" rifle, which was not even advertised yet, to a client who ordered a 36".
As I said above if Kleins gave a stuff about a 13 dollar second hand war surplus rifle then they would have given both models different catalogue numbers but they didn't, there is nothing to argue, you can say what you believe that should have done but it was their business and they conducted it their way, sorry but that's business.
And btw why would anybody complain about receiving more rifle for the same price?, only a desperate CT.