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I was just involved in a mail order purchase with a dealer that is supposed to be reputable. Before I had him send me the gun I said get it in your hand and I proceeded to ask him numerous questions of which all the answers he gave were good....I then told him..."I don't want to send the gun back...if there is anything wrong with it you better disclose it..because I and others are going over it with a fine tooth comb.

The minute I opened the package there was a very serious defect that stood out like a knot on a log....I called him up within 10 minutes of the UPS delivery.
First he tried to blame UPS...I said no then he claimed "he didn't see it"...then he tried to "accuse someone he had sent it to previously for inspection of doing it" I told him this damage was not caused by your averagejOe it was caused by a gunsmith...

That day I showed it to a gunsmith friend who explained how the damage to the gun had occurred...during the previous restoration. I told him at his price I couldn't live with the defect...he was willing to negotiate but I wasn't. I told him I was returning it for a full refund and that I expected him to cover all shipping costs as he didn't disclose the obvious defect.
He then proceeded to try and accuse me of doing the damage...which I very quickly stopped and he then apologized.

I got my refund check for the gun but he kept shipping charges...

If he had've told me about the defect and I had said "ship it and let me decide"....the shipping should be on me.....but I feel he wasn't honest with me to start with....with very little coaching my wife spotted the defect and I'm sure a young child could have also.
I took pictures of the problem in case he gave me a problem.

I'm sure he will read this and figure out that if I don't receive the money for shipping I'm going to post pictures of the damage along with the link to his website.
L.F.Cox

Same type thing happened to me with SLY on auction arms. Hope it wasnt him again.Most of us are honest, but same ain't.

If he knowly DIDN'T disclose the defect they he should pay for shipping. May we ask the damage and the gun?

Who was it?

He saw the problem before he sent it. He was hoping you would overlook it once you got it. Or if you squawked, he would cut the price.

Gun dealers do that kind of stuff all the time. Why? Because a lot of times it works.

OWD

I hope this isn't the hammer Purdy? Lot of one-eyed dealers about. On the other hand, my fine-toothed comb has come up short on eye teeth a few times when it was in my interest to see it in three. But sears can be rehardened, cracks fixed, pin rust lived with.

jack

No it wasn't the PurdEy cartidge gun.
This problem would be very costly to repair...if it could even be repaired.

HoJO,

Please start throwing in an E in Purdey.

PurdEy....is that better.

It's a start.

Here's picture of the damage...my picture sucks. The rib is mashed on the right side it's over an inch long...said he didn't see it.
This was not caused by a blow.