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conehammer · 09-25-2020, 08:04 PM

I often do the same for several classes of items I'm interested in, military models in scale and Mauser C96 pistols. Some sellers truly don't know and their listings and responses show it; others exhibit all the traits of a shyster who was caught prevaricating on the attributes of their item: they usually lash out as yours did, with epithets, insults and umbrage. It's actually fun to watch. Whenever the words 'Museum' 'Unique' 'Collector's' are used in an item's description I hear a little klaaxon alarm go off in the back of my pea brain like a call to battle stations...

Good job, well done!

Jerry

gunbugs · 09-25-2020, 10:10 PM

All my auctions are "as is, no returns", as it keeps the tire kickers away. I'm not interested in, "my wife changed my mind, I want to send it back". Or, "what? I thought 7mm rem mag could fire 7mm Mauser!" Or "I thought when you pictured "bullets", that it was loaded ammo." Or other such BS. I always respond promptly to valid questions, or requests for more detailed photos, etc. If I have actually made a serious mistake on my part, which I have done once, I'm happy to pay the refund and postage both ways. But, I always look at a sellers feedback, and if it is mostly, 99%+ good, then I don't worry much.

Zorba · 10-06-2020, 09:55 PM

Most of the pix are OK, although many of them would have benefited if they had been stopped down to increase the DOF. I don't know if that's possible with a cell phone or not. OTOH, they're in landscape mode, most cell phone owners don't know better and shoot everything in portrait mode whether it should be or not - usually not!

09-25-2020, 08:04 PM	#1
conehammer User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 116 Thanks: 1 Thanked 55 Times in 21 Posts	I often do the same for several classes of items I'm interested in, military models in scale and Mauser C96 pistols. Some sellers truly don't know and their listings and responses show it; others exhibit all the traits of a shyster who was caught prevaricating on the attributes of their item: they usually lash out as yours did, with epithets, insults and umbrage. It's actually fun to watch. Whenever the words 'Museum' 'Unique' 'Collector's' are used in an item's description I hear a little klaaxon alarm go off in the back of my pea brain like a call to battle stations... Good job, well done! Jerry

09-25-2020, 10:10 PM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 681 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,227 Times in 414 Posts	All my auctions are "as is, no returns", as it keeps the tire kickers away. I'm not interested in, "my wife changed my mind, I want to send it back". Or, "what? I thought 7mm rem mag could fire 7mm Mauser!" Or "I thought when you pictured "bullets", that it was loaded ammo." Or other such BS. I always respond promptly to valid questions, or requests for more detailed photos, etc. If I have actually made a serious mistake on my part, which I have done once, I'm happy to pay the refund and postage both ways. But, I always look at a sellers feedback, and if it is mostly, 99%+ good, then I don't worry much.

10-06-2020, 09:55 PM	#3
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	Most of the pix are OK, although many of them would have benefited if they had been stopped down to increase the DOF. I don't know if that's possible with a cell phone or not. OTOH, they're in landscape mode, most cell phone owners don't know better and shoot everything in portrait mode whether it should be or not - usually not!