Gunbroker question

[dogtown tom]

larryh1108 .....If a regular customer of yours asked you to mail an old guy a signed copy of your FFL, even with all the other options available, and you said no, you'd deserve to lose his business.

If the "old guy" didn't have a computer or fax.....I would and have.
You are COMPLETELY missing the point of this thread. The OP was only told of this requirement AFTER the auction......and that's out of line.

Some old timers don't have faxes, don't use email and have no use for computers. Their grand kid may have listed an ad for them and they "always" asked for and got a signed FFL before they shipped.

Then their grandkid can open the email, print the FFL and hand it to grandpa.

Some old timers are just that and don't care about the new way of doing things.

My grandfather was 98 when he began using email. If someone is astute enough to use GunBroker to list their gun for sale they darn well better know how to use email.

It is not a big deal to print the FFL, sign it and drop it in the mail. The fact that you won't do it because you don't have to led to the doing the minimum required for your customers comment. That's how it came across. It does not make sense to me. Sorry.

Again, this wasn't a customer request.........it's the SELLER. :banghead:

 

[larryh1108]

You are COMPLETELY missing the point of this thread. The OP was only told of this requirement AFTER the auction

I completely understand this and this is what I am trying to understand. Such a dire "requirement"? Mail a signed copy of an FFL? THAT is such a travesty that it makes the seller seem like he's trying to rip off the buyer? That changes the seller from seller to rip-off artist as many suggested? I can't believe that such a simple request is made out to be perceived as a huge rip-off.

Again, this wasn't a customer request.........it's the SELLER.

I see. The seller came to you, stated he bought a gun and the guy wants a signed, mailed copy of your FFL. And here I thought the buyer (your customer who pays you for your service) walked in and asked you to mail a signed copy. My bad.

 

[Field Tester]

I completely understand this and this is what I am trying to understand. Such a dire "requirement"? Mail a signed copy of an FFL? THAT is such a travesty that it makes the seller seem like he's trying to rip off the buyer? That changes the seller from seller to rip-off artist as many suggested? I can't believe that such a simple request is made out to be perceived as a huge rip-off.



I see. The seller came to you, stated he bought a gun and the guy wants a signed, mailed copy of your FFL. And here I thought the buyer (your customer who pays you for your service) walked in and asked you to mail a signed copy. My bad.

I haven't seen anyone say that the Seller is trying to rip off the customer, you and the OP are the only ones who have brought anything up remotely pertaining to that.

I don't think anyone would disagree to the extra $25 or ink signature if it was spelled out originally. It's the fact that it was added after the deal was already agreed upon. If it's such an issue then the burden is on the Seller to shell out the extra $25 or contact the purchaser's FFL to request a ink signature. Why must the purchaser do the extra leg work?

Also I do know a few FFL's that refuse to do any extra work beyond receiving the rifle and become upset when being asked. Don't ask me why, I have no clue.

So what if my only FFL in the area refuses the ink signature? The extra $25 is on me? Maybe I knew my FFL wouldn't provide it and I don't want to shell out the addition $25 because it's no longer a good deal. Now my money is tied up and I can't bid on something else.


To clear and sum up, the request isn't out of line. The request after the fact is.


Let the Seller contact the FFL to see if he can persuade the Purchaser's FFL to do the extra leg work. That or he should fork out the extra $25 for another FFL.

 

[NavyLCDR]

The moderators must all be taking today off.....

 

[larryh1108]

The moderators must all be taking today off.....

I'm sorry you are so annoyed.
Perhaps you can unsubscribe from the thread and not come back?
Nothing here for you, you already stated the law.
Nothing else for you to discuss.
When you're right, you're right.

 

[NavyLCDR]

No, larryh1108, it is just that the moderators typically close a thread when there is no more useful information to be gotten from it, and this one is completely dry of anything useful. All we can hope for is more of your petty rants.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Enough.