... He told me to ship it back; he would refund my monies. I never even did the paperwork, having the FFL ship it back as it arrived.
From there is was dozens of phone calls to him, dozens and dozens of put offs & excuses why he didn't refund my funds. Most reasons surrounded hard times. We agreed on partial payments over time. That didn't work so well.
A BATF agent, say his name is John, contacted him; had a good talk with him. The guy told the agent he would take the gun to Cabela's, sell it to them and refund my money. Two weeks later, no money.
Daryl, I found out by calling Cabela's myself. Explained the situation the the GR manager; he told me he recently purchased a model 21 from this individual. I described the gun in detail; he agreed I was describing the one he had purchased from this fella.
It's been a couple of years. No, I have not gotten my money back.
There have not been many model 21's listed here if you want to know his name.
First, #6a I suggested above - have the FFL hold the gun until the funds arrived in his shop, then return the gun, would have been a very appropriate path. Instead, you shipped the gun without getting money in hand.
Second if, as you say, it's been "a couple years" and you've done nothing about it, there's a good chance (depending on the law of the states involved) that you have already blown the statute of limitations and can do nothing at all about it. You also could be what lawyers call "guilty of laches", i.e., you slept on your rights so long that even if the statute of limitations hasn't run out, a court will show you the door anyway. If either of these is the case, you were scammed and then screwed yourself by doing not very much about it. Coming here and complaining isn't very helpful to anyone when things have come to such a point, and you should probably get on with other things.
