AKElroy
Member
I have posted a few threads about a hog/deer rig I am buying. .308 Savage Weather Warrior, Accustock/Accutrigger, left hand. I found it on Gunbroker, and snapped it up on 1/16.
I called to confirm it was in stock, and then proceeded to buy it. I called & provided my credit card, and sent an email with my FFL's info all within 10 minutes of placing the bid. He promptly posts an "A+" buyer rating for me.
The seller attended SHOT, so I was told to expect a delay. He is in OK, so they were iced in when SHOT was over. More delays, but I am fine with it.
On 1/27, my FFL calls, he has the rifle. A Remmy 700 in .22-250. Not what I ordered. I sent an email to the seller, and they responded that they would send a "call tag" to my FFL. No apology, no ETA for the new rifle, no offer of a break in shipping for the fast approaching 3 week delay. I'm still OK, though. Deer season is a ways off, no biggie. This is a hard rifle to find, so I am sticking with it.
3 days go by, so I send another email asking ONLY for an ETA. Nothing. 2 days later, I followup with another email asking again only for an ETA. Nothing. Then an email from the seller that I would need to buy somewhere else, that I obviously could not wait, and that a refund had already been sent.
I never asked for a refund. I never even expressed impatience. I sent two emails, three days apart, asking ONLY for an eta, and this guy wigs out. This is a high volume seller, with a 99% rating on GB. After several now thoroughly heated emails, I tell him I still just want the rifle, and am willing to pay the original price. He refuses, and asks that I find another seller. No other explanation.
Now for the best part. After hitting the brick wall with him, I post the only GB feedback that fits, an "F" with the above explanation. He responds by changing my initial "A+" to an "F", sends an email that I should enjoy my new rating, and in a beautiful act of extortion, tells me that he will reverse his if I reverse mine. NO FREAKING WAY.
What should I do? This jerk may hurt my ability to order from GB.
I called to confirm it was in stock, and then proceeded to buy it. I called & provided my credit card, and sent an email with my FFL's info all within 10 minutes of placing the bid. He promptly posts an "A+" buyer rating for me.
The seller attended SHOT, so I was told to expect a delay. He is in OK, so they were iced in when SHOT was over. More delays, but I am fine with it.
On 1/27, my FFL calls, he has the rifle. A Remmy 700 in .22-250. Not what I ordered. I sent an email to the seller, and they responded that they would send a "call tag" to my FFL. No apology, no ETA for the new rifle, no offer of a break in shipping for the fast approaching 3 week delay. I'm still OK, though. Deer season is a ways off, no biggie. This is a hard rifle to find, so I am sticking with it.
3 days go by, so I send another email asking ONLY for an ETA. Nothing. 2 days later, I followup with another email asking again only for an ETA. Nothing. Then an email from the seller that I would need to buy somewhere else, that I obviously could not wait, and that a refund had already been sent.
I never asked for a refund. I never even expressed impatience. I sent two emails, three days apart, asking ONLY for an eta, and this guy wigs out. This is a high volume seller, with a 99% rating on GB. After several now thoroughly heated emails, I tell him I still just want the rifle, and am willing to pay the original price. He refuses, and asks that I find another seller. No other explanation.
Now for the best part. After hitting the brick wall with him, I post the only GB feedback that fits, an "F" with the above explanation. He responds by changing my initial "A+" to an "F", sends an email that I should enjoy my new rating, and in a beautiful act of extortion, tells me that he will reverse his if I reverse mine. NO FREAKING WAY.
What should I do? This jerk may hurt my ability to order from GB.
