doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com BEWARE of JAMES LEGG .DANGER!

Not a whiner, Joe and maybe it takes me a few days, months, yrs, to find out where the other guy "trimmed". By that time (if it arrives), it's too late for the People's Court and I try to remember that none of us is all-knowing and/or all-disclosing (self-interest being what it is). Course I ain't turned out all my pockets for a Purdy yet either so maybe the ones I ate didn't give me all that much indigestion.

jack

I looked on GB and at the auction - is a 3 day inspection period a mandatory GB policy? I couldn't find it.

Why would that matter?

Rabbit I made money on my Purdey..

I've sent back a few guns. Some because there was just something about them I just didn't like I never had anyone refuse to take one back.

I've had to eat shipping costs before....even when the seller didn't have an accurate description.

With a 3 day inspection does the buyer need to give a reason ?

OK JOe, there's a feller in Vermont wot I would like to wrap a non-prefix Ruger 1 around his scrawny neck. I did return a Ruger Old Army. Seller was a gentleman but the return shipping and the extra FFL fee for the next one hurt. I believe A-Mike is correct that a bit of elaboration on exactly what "right of return" is offered is always in order. I ain't taking back a shotgun because it don't fit or the buyer takes exception to it's "karma".

jack

OK, I didn't have the receiver fee on either of the Old Armies but the aggro and the shipping still hurt.

Every thing I have recived was better than described.If you don't like 26" barrels don't buy a gun with them. quick fix is to have extended choke tubes installed but then again you might want to send the job back cause you don't like 27" barrels.

I believe this is the first time I've ever agreed with joe.
Didn't see any caveat in the three day clause.
I've sent guns back and had them sent back, it's no fun but this is the only way honorable long distance transaction can thrive.
I'd be pissed too.

When I sell a gun, the buyer is always welcome to send them back for any reason. And for more than 3 days too.

Never had one returned either.

Brent

no, a 3 day inspection period is not mandatory. there's a pull-down list ranging from "as is" to i don't even know what. i always set mine at 3 days w/o any caveats and figure anything beyond that prospective buyers can negotiate ahead of time.

inspection periods are a nebulous, dicey thing and need to be clearly understood by both parties up front under what circumstances things can be returned. personally, on a long distance gun buy i want the option of returning something simply because i don't like it and thus consider things i sell the same way. so far i've only had 2 items out of almost 900 returned on ebay and i refunded the shipping on those just because of the slightest possiblity of an error.

i figure if a buyer is willing to take the risk on shipping on a long-distance sight unseen buy (and let's face it, no amount of photo's render this sight unseen) the least i can do is take it back if, once he sees and handles it, he just flat doesn't like it.

but again, this all needs to be very precisely agreed upon ahead of time.

roger

as an aside, i've found gunbroker buyers very disappointing. ebayers, i run about 1 or 2 at the most out of every 100 i wish had never had anything to do with. gunbroker it runs more like one out of 3. slow payment, lousy communication, won't abide by terms of the add, try to dictate their own conditions, no feedback. several times i've had to call the receiving dealer just to see if the buyer ever even picked the gun up.

I like Jim, don't know him personally but he did email something to me once. I don't remember what it was but he took the time to do so. Plus theres always two sides to every story!

I once sold a nice little American classic 20ga. that had a bulge prolly 10" from muzzle. So the guy calls me up and said he would like to return it, and i says ok why? He said it has a bulge, i said you knew that. He said yes but, i didn't think it was that big?!!! The bulge was very small and he agreed with me that it possibly could be improved upon. None the less we compromised on a new price. Go figure!