Since it is almost the norm these days to expect a product to be junk, impractical, and not work as claimed, or not work at all; could a person actually sue for causing emotional stress if the product is determined to be superior, totally practical, and performs better than the manufacturer claimed it would?

After all, it is an emotional shock when you pull your Golden Key out of the package and first see the quality of material, design, and workmanship. You become worried that GFK inadvertently sent you a special order that was specifically made for someone with big bucks.
You calm down after determining the quality of the rest is standard for everyone. You call work and request an extended vacation, drag out your bag of tools, and make a large platter of sandwiches, in preparation for the long haul of installation and adjustments.

You again experience overwhelming trauma. The installation is so simple and so quick you become concerned that you did not perform all the steps; and correctly. So you read and reread the directions for hours, only to find out that the installation is that simple.

Now comes the "biggy." It is time to adjust the settings. You know from experience with several other brands of rests; you are about to perform a complex and frustrating operation. You pull out your tape measure, your level, your caliper, your special aligner, your spring tension gauge, and a bottle of aspirin. Then you loosen your kisser button and peep-sight that you have concreted in place because you know you are going to have to adjust their heights properly to coincide with the rest's height.

Shock and confusion sets in; not all the complexity well known to you is there. After reading the instructions again you embarrassingly retrieve a small hex wrench and Phillips head screwdriver. You loosen a couple of screws and start dialing in your micro-settings for windage (centering) and elevation. At this time is when you discover you did not have to loosen you kisser and peep-sight settings.

You start shooting and dialing in your settings. The adjusting and correcting actions are so simple and precise, you get caught up in a fervor of getting revenge for past (negative) experiences with other brands of rests. You giggle maniacally as you repeatedly dial in improper settings just so you can simply and precisely dial the proper settings back in. You are spellbound with watching the small setting mark glide back and forth along the horizontal and vertical gauges on the rest.

Then the final straw. After a simple installation and a few simple adjustments, you find that your shafts are flying off the rest quick and clean, are flying straight, and your groups are accurate and tight. It is now too much for you to emotionally endure. As a smile forms on your face, mentally exhausted you collapse to the ground in weakened heap.

There must be a liability for causing all this emotional stress.








Edited by - c903 on 07/20/2002 15:30:57