Tom,
I apologize if I made an erroneous conclusion and hope it doesn't stop you from posting here. I agree that it was very gentlemanly of the two of them to let you have it. I haven't accused you of fraud, I'm sure you had no such intentions. I just stated the facts and innocuous as your conversion may have seemed to you at the time it did violate auction rules as soon as you discussed price and bid limits. Probably better not to post it on a public board. I'm not implying you broke any laws. I am telling you that in some instances (probably not GB) it is against the law.
I think sometimes we forget that for every gun that is bought buy one of our fraternity, it must also be sold by someone else. I'm just tryng to present both sides of the coin. I know I wouldn't be happy if I received less than fair market value because bidders had an agreement.
This is from GB's Terms of Service...
10. Bid Manipulation. Bid manipulation of any kind is expressly forbidden. A seller is prohibited from placing bids or arranging to have bids placed on behalf of seller, seller's agent or assigns. No shill bidding is allowed. Buyers are prohibited from communicating with each other with the purpose of manipulating the final purchase price of an item.
Anyway, at the least it was a civil disagreement.
Rob
