I have had nearly all good experiences, both buying and selling, on the Internet.(Thank you, AlGore, for inventing it) I've had worse disappointments buying at gun shows. You have to know what you're doing, either place. After you know what you're doing, pick up the pnone, talk to the seller, ask the important questions, spend a dime. Don't reply on a couple of quicky e-mails and assume that everything is the way you want it to be. Look at the seller's feedback. If he has 457 feedbacks, all positive, you're likely in good hands. If he has 10 positive and 3 negative, run, don't walk, away. The wonderful thing about Internet shopping is that you can find specific guns by proper searching, that you wouldn't run across in a lifetime of going to local, or even major gunshows. My experience suggests to me that there are more sharks and misrepresenters(liars) at gunshows than on the Internet. The only two guns that I remember sending back came from "reputable", well-known dealers.
Last edited by Jim Legg; 04/17/08 11:12 PM.