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03-09-2012, 02:37 PM | #21 |
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Unfortunately, it's a mismatched gun and I had to return it. Also got a wood stock for it from another seller, and found it's a parts stock as well.... also returned.
Acquiring C&R remotely definitely has some remote-business-specific risk. When holding in hands, those problems were so easy to identify. But when viewing from pictures, not easy. Fortunately, I always ask 3-day inspection upon delivery. |
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03-09-2012, 02:40 PM | #22 |
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fully agree with you on that, pictures are good but nothing like hands on inspection.
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Gun dealing often tries you faith in humanity......
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Over past 4-5 years, I returned two Cone Hammers, two Small Rings, two Red 9s, two Bolos, and two 1930s. Some were totally unacceptable, some were marginally OK, but considering the cost, no. |
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Most sellers are decent. Some ask reasons, I gave them reason, so they could enhance on their side in future. Some don't even ask. Some items only stayed in my hands for a few minutes, I called the seller and returned in the same shipping box in the same day. On extreme case, one ebay seller even felt happy that I could return a $400-500 stock back to him. He immediately sold it to another guy for $800. Auction house could be hard to handle though. They have enough resource to move domain experts to argue. ==== When something looks wrong, usually appear on two or more places, combined together, I am sure it's wrong. Sometimes, it's single suspicious area, I would agree it's arguable.... Very rare situation though. |
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