A Fools Tale (Gun Auction Fraud)

[David Jackson]

I too, as are all the other respondents to this thread, am sorry you had this terrible experience with a thief. Whoever this person is obviously belongs in jail.

However, I have bought and sold lots and lots of stuff via the mail; both in the old "Shotgun News" days and since the internet became so important. I have been "burned" before but mostly by inaccurate descriptions; most recently by an ebay seller of magazines for another brand of gun. I used Pay Pal to purchase these things and they have a complaint department but as one might expect; no good came of it. I got stung for about $50 in the end. This person claimed he put photos up when he did not and there is no way to absolutely prove he did not ... and so it goes ... Bad as he is this person is not a patch on the one you dealt with.

Get photos guys; if it is a big purchase get a telephone number. Check feedback on whichever site it is you are using.

Most people are pretty honest; there are some crooks it is true; but don't get carried away and refuse all business. Be selective, check the people and so on and you should be OK.