THR: Thicker than blood?

Would you try to outbuy/bid a fellow THR member?

  • Heck no! That's low road and I'm not going there.

    Votes: 57 32.8%

  • Depends on if I know the THR member

    Votes: 11 6.3%

  • Maybe, but it's gotta be a smokin' deal or something special.

    Votes: 23 13.2%

  • All's fair and he just saved me the window shopping.

    Votes: 87 50.0%
  • Total voters
    174
  • Poll closed .
Status
Not open for further replies.
bikerdoc said:
Nope, I am not going to going to try and jump his claim, just as I expect others not to jump mine.
I have more than a few friends and aqaintances on THR, all fine men and a couple of women. Their friendship and comraderie enriches my life, no way I would try beat them to a deal.

Just my .02 YMMV
Click to expand...
bikerdoc speaks for me as well.
the OP asking for opinions is expecting his friends to help him decide, not steal his find.
what are we without honesty? This is not a "life or death" transaction. I would be jealous maybe, but keep it to myself and congratulate him for the find
 
I've made offers before that I knew weren't going to be taken serisously... like 75 for a "jam-o-matic" keltec pf9 (here on the board, it wasn't actually up for sale) when someone else offered 50 for it. In no uncertain terms did I ever expect the guy to actually accept either offer.

I have also contacted the seller to add me to the end of the list of people to contact if the sale falls through. Gives the other guy a chance to complete the transaction, and puts me in line if there is one to try my hand at it.
 
First, Mal H, as to why a multiple choice poll, I was thinking at first that the two middle choices could be both/and. I meant to go back and eliminate the multiple vote choice and forgot.

I just thought this was an interesting question. Personally I've never been in a position to worry about jumping another guy's deal. But if I were, I would hope I would honor another fellow's chance first.

Yes - I would think that this scenario applies to BIN/for sale deals. Auctions are high bidder, and just because I don't jump an auction doesn't mean someone else won't. But, even then, I might stay out...

So, thanks everyone for your thoughts!

Q
 
scythefwd said:
I've made offers before that I knew weren't going to be taken serisously... like 75 for a "jam-o-matic" keltec pf9 (here on the board, it wasn't actually up for sale) when someone else offered 50 for it. In no uncertain terms did I ever expect the guy to actually accept either offer.

I have also contacted the seller to add me to the end of the list of people to contact if the sale falls through. Gives the other guy a chance to complete the transaction, and puts me in line if there is one to try my hand at it.
Click to expand...
nothing wrong with that
 
Mike1234567 said:
The responses in which people indicate they'd ham-string the one asking them for help make me sad. Integrity is dying.
Click to expand...

By the looks of this thread Mike, in some cases this is true. But in other cases it's easy to see integrity is alive and well. Unfortunately, integrity, like morals and ethics is learned....from your peers, your friends and your parents. If you grow up with it, everyone around you does it, it becomes acceptable, like domestic abuse...... integrity also can be eroded by greed, even amongst friends. I bet there's not a hunter or a fisherman on this forum, that at one time or the other, has not taken a supposedly "good friend" to a honey hole or a old widow's back 80 after the so called friend promises to keep it a secret, only to find him and someone else there next time you go there yourself. Only way you learn. Like I said before... someone posts a link to a deal of a lifetime on the internet, odds are they'll get the rug pulled out from underneath them...but it won't be by me. My momma taught me better than that.
 
Lyrics from "Tequila Sunrise" by the Eagles:

"Oh, and it's a hollow feelin' when
It comes down to dealin' friends
It never ends..."
 
Personally I would not. I don't completly think you are wrong if you do though. I think it would be a nice and gentlemanly thing not to do it. I firmly believe in Karma and if I do a kind thing I will one day be paid back for it.

Bidding on it is sort of the "normal" thing to do. I do not shoot for the norm though, I try to go a little above.
 
Neither would I post up a link to said bargain if I was the one looking at it.
Click to expand...


If one is foolish enough to give a link or details of the whereabouts of a specific "deal" on a public forum then he had better have a fast car.
 
I think trying to ace somebody who came to the board asking for help is a low down crummy thing to do.

As a general rule, I don't do low down crummy things
Click to expand...
This.

I can think of very few instances in modern civilization where the value of acquiring a durable good is greater than the value of an honest and trustworthy reputation.
 
TS probably also thinks that Facebook "friends" are really friends. They are just narcissists trying to get up their "friend" numbers to feel better about themselves. They will not be there for you when you need them like a real friend would.
 
rbernie said:
This.

I can think of very few instances in modern civilization where the value of acquiring a durable good is greater than the value of an honest and trustworthy reputation.
Click to expand...

The problem I see though is that one might not really be sacrificing an honest reputation. In some online sale the original requester might never be able to connect the lost purchase opportunity to the posted question.

In addition, the post could be seen even by those who aren't members.

Perhaps the poster should be gently reminded that his posting of the actual link is questionable to say the least.
 
Why would anyone post a deal with an actual link to the deal?

You just say "Hey, is $XXX for Y gun a good deal?"
 
OK lets ask it a different way. If you saw a good deal and saw that you were say, bidding or offering BO against a known person from this site would you still do it? The problem with the interweb is that whatever is on it is no longer private in most instances and will possibly be there forever. There are always individuals that will take advantage of a situation but I hope that when it comes to it for me I will prove I am the one with the High Road response.:D
 
I'd bet good money that those who'd take advantage of a situation like this would also pick up a big wad of cash that they saw someone else drop and keep it if they knew with complete certainty no one saw the event.

What's the old adage? A woman is asked if she'd sleep with a man for one thousand dollars and she says, "Of course not!! What do you think I am?!". Asked again if she'd do it for one million dollars and she says, "Yes, that's a lot of money and I can swallow my pride for that". What does that make her?

Integrity has no dollar value. It's either there or it isn't.
 
I'd bet good money that those who'd take advantage of a situation like this would also pick up a big wad of cash that they saw someone else drop and keep it if they knew with complete certainty no one saw the event.

What's the old adage? A woman is asked if she'd sleep with a man for one thousand dollars and she says, "Of course not!! What do you think I am?!". Asked again if she'd do it for one million dollars and she says, "Yes, that's a lot of money and I can swallow my pride for that". What does that make her?

Integrity has no dollar value. It's either there or it isn't.
Click to expand...

so because someone snagged a good deal when they saw it.......they are all of a sudden a soulless thief lacking any integrity at all.....because someone might have wanted to buy it........

...im sorry, that is a load of crap.
 
...
M-Cameron said:
so because someone snagged a good deal when they saw it.......they are all of a sudden a soulless thief lacking any integrity at all.....because someone might have wanted to buy it........

Yes.

...im sorry, that is a load of crap.

Only to those who have no comprehension of trust and honor.
Click to expand...
 
Mike1234567....where did you ever find a stable high enough to keep that horse of yours?......
 
This is just silly. This is like asking if I would out-bid a fellow GUNBROKER member. Items for sale are, well, FOR SALE. If you don't want to be out-bid, DON'T BRING ATTENTION TO THE ITEM by linking to it one of the worlds largest gun forums.

Let's say for a moment that we honorbly submit to your inquiry, and tell you that the item is worth TWICE what the seller is asking. Are you going to step down from your moral high ground long enough to INFORM your apparently UNINFORMED seller of the true value?

I DOUBT IT.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

F
  • Locked
Private Sales accross State lines
Replies
6
Views
399
mljdeckard
mljdeckard
O
  • Locked
Changes at THR
Replies
0
Views
16K
Oleg Volk
O
J
  • Locked
Is it time to stop supporting FFL scammers?
2
Replies
43
Views
2K
Mad Man
M
J
  • Locked
Is it time to boycott FFL scammers?
2 3 4
Replies
93
Views
4K
Zak Smith
Zak Smith
S
  • Locked
Better THR Search (by Google)
Replies
9
Views
821
Curiousity
C
Back
Top