Online auction help!! Help!! Help!!

silverknife · 05-13-2011, 08:51 PM

Mike,
Whether a a reproduction or an original, it should still function. A "Luger Snail Drum Magazine" should fit into a luger, and deliver ammuntition to the pistol otherwise it should have been offered as a "Looks Like a Luger Snail Drum. but really Isn't." Moreover, trumpeting the "fact" that it has a "Nazi Eagle" furthers the representation that it is a genuine, functional, Luger Snail Drum Magazine.

If it is a movie prop or a non functional reproduction I think that you have been defrauded, but what to do?

If it was me, I would tell the auction house that if you are not given a full refund you will file a complaint with the Nebraska State Atorney General's Consumer Fraud's Bureau. I would also research whether an agency of the State registers or regulates the business and tell the representative that you will follow up with a complaint to that agency as well. I would expect law enforcement agencies to view this as a "business dispute" but there is no reason not to tell the auction house that you will make a fraud complaint with the appropriate law enforcement agency as well.

All of this is premised on the assumption that the magazine is a non functional model or prop rather than a reproduction of a genuine magazine which is intended to funtion in a luger.

Good Luck.

Regards,
Doug

05-13-2011, 08:51 PM	#9
silverknife User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Western New York Posts: 78 Thanks: 11 Thanked 19 Times in 13 Posts	Mike, Whether a a reproduction or an original, it should still function. A "Luger Snail Drum Magazine" should fit into a luger, and deliver ammuntition to the pistol otherwise it should have been offered as a "Looks Like a Luger Snail Drum. but really Isn't." Moreover, trumpeting the "fact" that it has a "Nazi Eagle" furthers the representation that it is a genuine, functional, Luger Snail Drum Magazine. If it is a movie prop or a non functional reproduction I think that you have been defrauded, but what to do? If it was me, I would tell the auction house that if you are not given a full refund you will file a complaint with the Nebraska State Atorney General's Consumer Fraud's Bureau. I would also research whether an agency of the State registers or regulates the business and tell the representative that you will follow up with a complaint to that agency as well. I would expect law enforcement agencies to view this as a "business dispute" but there is no reason not to tell the auction house that you will make a fraud complaint with the appropriate law enforcement agency as well. All of this is premised on the assumption that the magazine is a non functional model or prop rather than a reproduction of a genuine magazine which is intended to funtion in a luger. Good Luck. Regards, Doug __________________ Need #23 side plate & toggle axle pin and #01 hold open.