Holster Test...

[davidkachel]

Jerry,
I've been buying a lot of stuff on ebay lately, some holsters (hand-carved stuff mostly) and some fancy grips.
There is a trend which I am certain carries over to luger holsters and the like...
The dishonest seller labels the object as genuine knowing full well that it is not, then says he thinks it might be legitimate but doesn't know for sure because he doesn't know anything about it. If you question him, there is lots of wriggling. He won't remove the claim of originality, but he'll add aditional hedges. I'm going through this with a guy now who says he is selling "real" ivory 1911 grips. But he hedges and wriggles and qualifies, so you know that he knows damn well they aren't the real deal.
I'm completely dumbfounded by people who believe there are degrees of honesty! Give me a straight out lying, cheating, stealing, murdering sonofabitch any day. At least with him you know where you stand.