ORIGINAL: cayugad
Roundball, I know from past forum conversations that you of all people know Flintlocks and traditional style rifles. I therefore have no doubt that you asked the right questions reference the condition of the rifle. If you claim the rifle was misrepresented, your word is good enough for me.
I appreciate the heads up on BUFFALO BILL'S SHOOTING STORE, ORLANDO FLORIDA especially since I purchase numerous rifles and accessories for rifles off the internet. I can assure you, there will be no transactions done with that business. The best way to hurt an unethical business is to make all aware of their business practice, and then refuse to promote their business or purchase from them.
Thanks for the heads up....
It's just mind boggling to me that you can Email clearlywritten criteria for a purchase, then get the item andimmediately seethat it was misrepresented...and I'm not talking about nit-picking here, I mean there were 4-5 patches of red rust scattered about on the barrel, the size of a person's fingernail...they jumped up and caught my eye even as I was lifting the rifle out of the box they were that obvious...unbelieveable the stuff that people try to pull...and then not to have the moral fiber to 100% stand behind a sale.
And the funny thing about it is, it's not the money (only about $18)...it's the principle...there is no way a buyer should incur ANY expense with such a mishandled transaction.
So, after weeks of attempting to reason with him, even getting GunBroker involved, the only recourse I have left isto advertise...and note I said nothing slanderous, I just posted the facts and have the Emails to back it up...and ironically, if he misses even one sale as a result of what he's forced me to do by announcing this,it'll be a greater profit loss than the petty$18 he "saved" by not refusing to make the transaction right.
We humans are a strange lot, eh?
PS: Had a great range session this morning between turkey hunts...ran 50Hornady .530's downrange...and it was one of those days I know you've had where it seems you just can't do anything wrong...I mean they were going into center bull like heat seeking missles...beautiful spring weather, etc...going to have a repeat tomorrow morning...life is good!