Positive vendor report

[Marvin]

As an update to my post, I have had an e-mail from another collector who has had some very experiences with Gil in the past. I was surprised to hear this, but maybe not unexpected. I have had a couple of bad dealings with dealers, but most have been very good about returning the pistol for exchange or a refund. It is very frustrating to wait on a pistol that you want and need, then when it arrives, it is not correct. One time may be OK, but when it happens again, there is a problem with that dealer. I guess I have been lucky and only had a few problems with what I ordered. The dealer was called, explanied the problem, and they said return the pistol. I just hate having to pay the cost of the extra shipping!


A number of years ago, some of the top Luger collectors in Europe ordered pistols and the exporting took close to a year for them to get the pistol. When it arrived, it was NOT as advertised and there was a big "Flap" over this and caused some very hard feelings. This caused many folks in the US to lose some valuable resources on Lugers. I have ordered from a number of dealers and only a few problems; maybe I am a lucky one, but I always figured that they were in busines to sell pistols and sometimes they can make a mistake too.


I feel that we need to report any problems if a situation is not rectified by the dealer, but we must be careful what is posted on the Forums with all the "sue-itess" today. I want to make a suggestion that may help with dealers. Since we have a "Links & Resource" section, and the dealers listed should be honerable. If there is a major problem with one, why not have a contact with one of the Board members by personal e-mail, explain the problem, and a decision from the Board if that dealer is to stay listed on the Forum. This may be more of a problem and very difficult to control. Does anyone else have any ideas so we can only have honest and reputable dealers listed on the Forum?


Marvin