Forced matching

alvin · 03-30-2008, 08:03 AM

A friend of mine collects brand-name wristwatches. I visited his home one day, wives had lots of topics and kids played happily. I sat there having nothing to do and read one book on his bookshelf "Rolex Report". The book illustated many ways to identify fakes, a few (among many many more) non-technical but psychological points are interesting -- if you see a seller of complete watch also carries tons of watch parts, should that alarm anything.... or if a seller sells Citizen, Seiko all the time, one day he pumps out a super expansive Swiss one, should that alarm anything (at least the "original" promise deserves more inspection, because an honest seller probably does not know the detail himself)..... or if a seller also buy many watch parts, should that alarm anything.....etc.

Not saying people accumulating gun parts will definitely perform "forced match", honest seller should tell buyer the matching being forced or not. Or, "forced match" could even be accepted as a common practice. Or, rules in other field may not be applicable in gun domain. But, as a buyer, keeping alerted is not unnecessary, if he or she cares this matter.

03-30-2008, 08:03 AM	#3
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	A friend of mine collects brand-name wristwatches. I visited his home one day, wives had lots of topics and kids played happily. I sat there having nothing to do and read one book on his bookshelf "Rolex Report". The book illustated many ways to identify fakes, a few (among many many more) non-technical but psychological points are interesting -- if you see a seller of complete watch also carries tons of watch parts, should that alarm anything.... or if a seller sells Citizen, Seiko all the time, one day he pumps out a super expansive Swiss one, should that alarm anything (at least the "original" promise deserves more inspection, because an honest seller probably does not know the detail himself)..... or if a seller also buy many watch parts, should that alarm anything.....etc. Not saying people accumulating gun parts will definitely perform "forced match", honest seller should tell buyer the matching being forced or not. Or, "forced match" could even be accepted as a common practice. Or, rules in other field may not be applicable in gun domain. But, as a buyer, keeping alerted is not unnecessary, if he or she cares this matter.