What do you do if you by a lemon from Gunbroker?

oldguy · 01-01-2004, 01:24 PM

The reality is that the loss usually does not justify the effort required to get your money back. More than a few sellers exploit this fact to increase profit.

Part of doing bussiness over the internet I guess. Sellers believe they are essentially anonymous and are willing to put up with a little whining.

I prefer to purchase from internet sites that have disucussion forums (such as this one). They generally have a forum to 'publicly' discuss a bad transaction. If a seller has too many bad transactions he has a difficult time selling anything else. Generally a persons real name and address are made public.

Auction sites have limited feedback and can not/will not curb unscrupulus behavior. They make their money from the sellers.

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01-01-2004, 01:24 PM	#9
oldguy User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: IL Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The reality is that the loss usually does not justify the effort required to get your money back. More than a few sellers exploit this fact to increase profit. Part of doing bussiness over the internet I guess. Sellers believe they are essentially anonymous and are willing to put up with a little whining. I prefer to purchase from internet sites that have disucussion forums (such as this one). They generally have a forum to 'publicly' discuss a bad transaction. If a seller has too many bad transactions he has a difficult time selling anything else. Generally a persons real name and address are made public. Auction sites have limited feedback and can not/will not curb unscrupulus behavior. They make their money from the sellers.