Gun Broker MORONS!

[Mike D.]

GB in particular is full of idiots trying to pass off junk Winchesters as "original and untouched". If I see another BS ad with "ultra rare .25-35" or "seldom seen .30 WCF" I'm gonna go bonkers. Well, I already am but that's another story. Most have the message to seller blocked so you can't clue the south bound end of northbound mules in. They are too darned stupid to list a gun as it REALLY is. They relist the stuff over and over and over...Blue book of gun values? That's another selling tool they count on. Not worth the use in an outhouse.

[.45colt]

Easy now Mike, these Guys don't have much to do.just watch these "rare" pieces of History go round and round every week. after all they are all self-appointed Experts. . .

[pwl44m]

Calm down Mike, Ur gonna blow a gasket. Had a problem with some stuff I bought. At the time the seller had 100% rating. I sent it all back and gave negative feedback, the rating dropped to less than 99%. Now I see it is back up to 99. Any questions asked should automatically be posted so the unsuspecting buyer knows what they r dealing with. AARGH
Perry

[Old Ironsights]

Here's a money making idea... post a listing as a Pre Bid Reviewer.

Charge a moderate fee ($10 or something) to give a potential buyer a knowledgeable review of the add as listed.

Make sure you disclaim everything well, but it might be a viable business model...

[Sixgun]

I'm with 'ya Mike, but.............you and I both know thats just the way it is here in the U.S.---the land of great capitalism---there's a seat for every a$s----caveat emptor. --------Sixgun

[Griff]

I do believe they simply feel that, sooner or later, there'll be a fool along that doesn't mind parting with his money. P.T. Barnum was right. And these "clowns" rely on it.

If GB made them pay for their ads, they'd certainly tone it back to ensure a sale.

[Mescalero]

I looked at a Noble double barrel .410. he had it priced like a Winchester.
So I wrote to him and got a scathing reply, VERY rude.
Watched it for three weeks, never did move; I lost interest.

[AJMD429]

Here's a money making idea... post a listing as a Pre Bid Reviewer.

Charge a moderate fee ($10 or something) to give a potential buyer a knowledgeable review of the add as listed.

Make sure you disclaim everything well, but it might be a viable business model...

I was going to comment that "If I ever were going to try to buy a genuine collector piece, I'd want to run it by you and see what you thought about it - I'm sure I'd be easily fooled by a wheeler-dealer, or even just an 'overly-optimistic' seller..."

But now. . . thanks to Old Ironsights . . . if I do, I'll have to fork over a "moderate fee". . .

It would be money well-earned, though; sounds like you've spent years studying the subject, got good grades, and know your stuff.

[pwl44m]

Not GB but E-bay, I noticed last night that a hammer for a 73 that I sent back because it had the wrong stirrup is listed again. Lister says "I'm not sure if the stirrup is original but the hammer is". Of course it is not original, I told Him it wasn't.
Perry

[1badf350]

Theres one on there now being passed off as factory engraved and its not. Seller wants $8000. The kicker is that the exact rifle just sold at RIA for $2500ish and was clearly not represented as being factory engraved.
http://www.winchestercollector.org/foru ... php?t=5061

[jnyork]

I bought only two guns off GB, got stung badly both times by inaccurate and exaggerated statement of condition. Never again.

[Don McDowell]

I've bought a few things off of gunbroker, but it's like a gunshow or anything else , you have to know what you're looking for and what it's worth.
There are morons on both ends of many of the sales that happen there, the morons that put the prices to high and the morons that pay those prices.

[Streetstar]

I bought only two guns off GB, got stung badly both times by inaccurate and exaggerated statement of condition. Never again.

That sort of happened to me once, but quite a few times i have been pleasantly surprised ---- possibly the difference for me is i never really bought anything from GB i would consider as truly collectible (a pretty loose collection of Model 94 Winchesters in varying calibers, along with black rifle stuff) , and i also rationalize that, even if i pay 50-75 bucks more than i should have, eventually the gun will be worth more anyway and the purchase price will be a dim memory

sometimes its easier and cheaper to buy new guns from dealers on GB than going through a local --- i saved a ton on a garden variety Glock purchase over the cheapest retail store in town, plus , if its new, you can oftentimes find it somewhere on GB long before your local emporium gets it

[Ysabel Kid]

I've been pretty lucky with Gun Broker. So far, everything I've purchased was as advertised, the transactions went fairly smoothly to excellent. Knock on wood!

[FWiedner]

I've been pretty lucky with Gun Broker. So far, everything I've purchased was as advertised, the transactions went fairly smoothly to excellent. Knock on wood!

Same here.

I've been happy with every deal I've made so far, and the people I've dealt with have been top-drawer, to a man.

I guess it's just been luck.

[Pete44ru]

I've found that a moron can be anywhere, not just on GunBroker, that's only one of the many places they can be found.

(They're everywhere, they're everywhere ! )

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[smokenrust]

"I've found that a moron can be anywhere, not just on GunBroker, that's only one of the many places they can be found.

(They're everywhere, they're everywhere ! )"
Even at home... and I won't name names, specially the one typing this.
But I can say is, each aquistion has been a learning experiance.. and most of them been great in the fact you 'meet' the other fellow via net or phone. I usually call the seller somewhere either during or after the auction and get to know what he knows about the gun... like one seller, "it was my grandfathers but it doesn't function..." etc.

[Booger Bill]

I have only bought one gun on the net in my life. While it was advertised as just simply being in good condition, it turned out to be unfired, NIB with all tools, papers etc. It was a 3" model 36 s&w about 35 years old! I have many fine guns I have been thinking of selling at this stage of life but hesitate to list them on line. I would rather sell them face to face at a gun show or whatever so their can be no argument about claimed condition. On line, I probley would get considerably higher prices due to larger exposure, but I hate argueing with a horse`s butt trying to get something for nothing extra after he buys it.