I hear you Stan, but a couple things to note. Firstly, I don't think the members of this forum are John's entire customer base. When I purchased a gun from him, I wasn't even a member of this illustrious forum. Secondly, in a deal like this, we will never find that 100% of the pop'l will agree. Many people here likely don't like what John had to say, some of which are tire kickers themselves. Others do agree with John. This forum is diverse and there are members here who like to argue and disagree just for the sake of being argumentative. For example, if I were to say 'Boy, it's a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky and I really like that', others would say, 'yeah, but I wish there were some white puffies, cumulus clouds they are prettier' and another would say, 'you dumbass, it's getting ready to storm, there's a tornado coming and I like shitty weather'. Catch my drift, John was just giving us a taste of what he has to go through with all the bullshit that goes along with any job. I for one will buy from John again, esp if he has a rare gun i can't get elsewhere and so would you. This venting, I dare to say, has hurt John naught.
I respect your opinion, buzz, even tho' we disagree on this. I also respect John, who defended his opinion on this as well as anybody could have.
All my best, SRH
P.S. Please note that I corrected an error in my previous post from earlier this morning. I had inadvertently left out the word "not" in the second sentence, and it totally changed my intended meaning. My apologies to you, John, for my grievous error in grammar. Thanks to Gil for noticing that and bringing it to my attention.