[Edward Tinker]

Well of course that would be a concern Jan, no one should feel they are being ripped off, and it would appear to me that if Half of the guns sold by this collector were boosted or faked, I would imagine that they soon would not have much business. If not, then that is a real shame.

From your previous posting on this same subject, you stated that many of the forum members appear to favor sellers over buyers.
I think this is a wrong impression, but that impression was given by those two people denigrating the seller in their postings and they were told that this was not acceptable and so their flaming was stopped and therefor it appears the seller was being protected.

I am not saying the seller did not deserve it, but simple statements about the seller went into flames and attacks.

If a person starts to name names of certain sellers, and use hearsay, isn't that getting into libel?

If YOU have had a bad experience, and name your problem, then there is not a problem, but when you start to name hearsay or what others have said, then it is a problem. I believe that the moderators and administrators of the forum have tried to keep that kind of thing from happening and this does appear to censor free speech and I am afraid that is true for those kinds of instances.


I don't want any new collectors turned off or burned, as I myself am fairly new at Luger collecting, so any practical advice is welcome.