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That Sux, But the first guy to the door with the money wins. So many times I've had people tel me onthe phone to hold it and I'll be over to pick it up in an hour and they never show. I guess the way to handle it would be for the seller to seta time and if the buyer doesn't show upby that time the next guy through the door with the money gets it. There are a lot of honest people out there and there are a few Jack?>@@ that just have to ruin it for everyone. That all being said I am not the guy that did this to you!! I don't want ot be known as the Jack@55!

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Ron Id probably be pissed as well.

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Yeah, it was a kinda crappy thing to do to you. Morals, ethics and just plain common courtesy are becoming rare commodities these days, sadly enough. I've made deals where I was selling something with a similar situation, but I ALWAYS extend the first person who voices serious interest the courtesy of telling him that I had a higher offer. I think that it's just the decent thing to do. If the first serious buyer doesn't want to match the higher offer, then I sell to the second guy, but at least I wouldn't have had him drive out to meet me only to tell him it's not available. That's just plain wrong.

The truth is that you might have a legal claim, given that you seem to have had a verbal contract. The problem is it's probably not worth fighting. Given this guys character, or apparent lack thereof, you might consider yourself lucky that you didn't complete the deal and then had a problem later.

Mike

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If it happend like you say I would have keyed his car on the way out.

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That would be wrong. It also gives sportsmen and hunters a bag image. Why would you want to do that?

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You'd want to do it but you wouldn't. I'd be thinking more along the lines of setting the house on fire but of course would not.

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...........Probably voted for Osama Obama too.........that's the kind....

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IF you were there at the appointed time, and he did not hold it for your arrival, he is not an honorable person. Be glad. There was probably something else bad about this deal as well!

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You have EVERY right to be pissed! That happened to me 1 time on an car deal.

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A man is only as good as his word and obviously his sucked..it might just be a blessing in disguise ..if his word was no good maybe the gun wasent either ...

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X2 If a guy can't keep his word, he's not woth much. I wouldn't want to do business with someone like that. If he is dishonest in his sales, he's probably dishonest in his aquisition's. I would have been very pissed. Your probably a good dude to be able to bite yourtoungeand just leave. What comes around goes around and he will get his.

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X3

You probably got lucky that you DIDN'T buy the gun if that's the type of person you were to deal with. I know it still sucks to drive all that way but it was probably for the best the deal went south....take some solace in that.

If you buy and sell as many guns as I have over the years, you are BOUND to run into folks like this either on the buying or selling end. I just keep to my word and move on if the deal goes south, there's not much more you can do.

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I had a different experience with an aluminum canoe. The ad said $200 but when I called I was told that it had been sold. The guy said that his brother-in-law had called him and had the same canoe and wanted to sell his too. They had gotten the canoes at the same time when the kids were in scouts.

I called the B.I.L. and was told that he wanted $220 (still a good deal), I agreed, got his address, got cash,and showed up when I said I would. He sold me the canoe as promised but told me this- "I've got to call a couple of guys back to tell them that you showed up. If you had not........both of them offered $100 more, but a deal is a deal."

Some people do have honor. BTW- I had an hour's drive too.

Bob

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I've got a story that might make you feel better. A few years ago, I was picking up some groceries at the local Wal-Mart at around 11 or so. I noticed they had a syn stocked Weatherby Vanguard in .270 marked down to $150. Yeah, $150. I found an associate, and asked to buy it. She said come back at 5:00 am because they weren't allowed to sell firearms until then. I showed up at 4:45 only to have someone else already filling out the paperwork. I still get mad when I think about that one...

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if you're not gonna wait and hold something, you should say hey, if someone comes ahead of you with the money it's gone. I've bought and sold many items, and have been totally blown off, people say oh ya I'll be there 6pm tomorrow, and never show, never call, etc... so after a few of those you learn hey first person with the cash, but at the sametime, if someone says they'll be waiting for ya...

I once drove 2hrs to go look at an atv I was pretty certain I wanted to buy, I show up, the guys son who's like 20yrs old answers the door, says "my dad just left for work" I was also baffled. The guy told me sure come anytime is good. I missed him by a few minutes supposedly. Then I was like ok, well can you show me the atv at least? he says his dad locked it in the garage and is the only one with the keys, ie didn't trust his son in his garage? was able to peek through the windows at it, which turned out to be a POS....not what the guy really said it was.

Some people are just jerks with no class, he did offer to drive it down the next day, but I was still fuming told him don't bother, should've told him sure....meet me at the home depot....then not even have showed up...

live n learn I guess. but I think in the future I'd let the guy have a piece of my mind.