well, when I sell a gun I give a 3 day insp. That means if the buyer doesn’t like it, doesn’t think its as described etc. he can return. I always just want to know why. I have missed some very minor things that were the reason they wanted to send it back such as " I hear a piece of solder go down between the ribs when I tip[ the barrels down" or It doesn’t have an automatic safety (none described, never asked) . I took them back and of course the one buyer went through his credit card company and got his shipping back even though my auction specified no refund on shipping unless my error. CC company sided with him even though i provided copy of auction that showed terms.
Anyway, I still gave him his money back.
That said, it irks me when a buyer asks questions, gets the answers he wants, buys the gun , gets it and then calls and says something like " you didn’t say it had quarter sawn wood instead of slab sawn wood. or some other inane reason to not want it. Photos of course show these things but ...
Guy buys a Browning BAR . Auction says butt stock replaced with later one IN CAPITAL LETTERS. . photos clearly show contrast. Buyer wins it, gets it and emails back how he ever would have bought a gun with replacement stock and he was sending it back. I call him. he says same again. I politely point out that the auction stated that it was replacement. he says " I don’t read the details. I am a collector. My issue was preserving my rating and I didn’t want this guy to imply, say or anything that I lied about anything.
He then said, oh gee, I didn’t see that. I won’t give you bad feedback. He sent it back and all as good.
It works both ways. There are the sellers form hell and the buyers from hell.
My way is take it back. One guys rant is not worth 30 buck.
But that’s why the buyer needs to clarify.
Of course the ultimate return fiasco were two guns I bought from a "dealer" (guy who dabbles some, Not Jim). First Gun arrives with crack through wrist. I call him. I said I am sending back, don’t want it. I didn’t buy a gun with a cracked stock. He says no. I say yes. He says he will refuse. I say I want money back. He says no, I acted as your agent. He says he saw the gun, called me and only bought it because I wanted it!!! Then says he doesn’t have the money to refund. (I check on Gunbroker and see he has bought three guns worth over 12,000.00 since I first called and told him I wanted refund that he said he didn’t have. Hmmm, no money to refund but can buy 12K of guns???? Then says he will pay for repairs. Then says he won’t. I go through nut roll. I cut my losses. Says no 3 day on this one because it wasn’t his. Never said he was acting as intermediary, he says that was implied. Every other gun I ever bought form him had 3 day. Anyway, I got a % back, that’s all I was going to get. Then on second gun in deal, the barrels looks cut when I opened box. I called that minute I opened it and said it wasn’t original even though when he sold it to me he said it was. He said he had the letter coming and would I keep it if it lettered. I said yes. He said if it was cut he would refund me the money. The letter comes, it’s not original. I tell him I am sending back,. He says no. I have the emails. After 6 months he finally gives me money back. I have all the emails of this.

Last edited by Brian; 08/16/08 12:09 PM.
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