That's quite a rounding error...£7,000 = $9,473 and change right now...~5.6%
Ed did in fact say "almost 10 grand".
If I paid $9,473 for a gun, it wouldn't be at all dishonest to say I paid almost 10 grand. He did not say he was rounding to the nearest thousand to satisfy some anal internet nitpicker who felt the need to do a calculation down to tenths of a percent... in order to pile on Ed.
Ed also said that past transaction was "12 years ago", so it's safe to say the value of the Pound in Dollars was not exactly what it is today.
Too bad TransGomer Geoff didn't apply the same standards of accuracy to Argo's totally unproven assertion that E.M. Reilly employed over 300 gun makers. And he won't, because Argo44 is on TransGomer Geoff's "good" side.
It is also quite revealing to see certain people hypocritically choosing who they decide is guilty of personally attacking others... while ignoring other equally personal attacks, and while they engage in their own personal attacks. But it happens here all the time, so I'm not just singling out TransGomer Geoff. There is no shortage of guys like Gladys Kravitz who would like to dictate how this forum runs, and who should be banned or censored. However, so far, none of them just leaves and starts their own forum in their own twisted image.
When I joined this forum some years ago, I myself joined in the chorus of folks who attacked Ed, and it seemed to be a popular position. But over time, I came to realize that several of Ed's detractors are far worse human beings, and much more worthy of derision and criticism. Ed has pretty much settled into being a consignment FFL holding gun dealer who at least has the integrity to pay Dave the $12.00 fee when he sells something here. It appears he merely takes in guns on consignment, and resells them for whatever profit he might make. I don't agree with everything he says, and I'm sure he doesn't always agree with me. I don't feel I need to judge him on a long past return policy that he apparently changed to Dave's satisfaction as a condition for advertising here. He posts some links to grouse hunting videos or such, and he isn't actively supporting anti-gun Democrats on a firearms forum... which is beyond stupid for any gun owner.
Ed even reminds folks who buy his guns off of GunBroker or G.I. to say if they saw it advertised here," So Dave gits paid". Contrast that with those who have long used this forum to promote their own businesses, and to engage in Free Tagline Advertising, and won't even say whether they pay Dave the $12.00 fee for each and every sale resulting from decades of Free Advertising.
