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
