So I put a gun up for auction several times without getting a sale. Each time I lowered the asking price. It had no reserve and no "buy it now" option. At one point I edited my auction to include several other guns I may take as a trade.
After a few days I noticed a buyer bid on my auction at its starting price. He never contacted me with question, comments, nothing. Today was the end of my auction and I was preparing to send the buyer an email with instructions on how I would accept payment, etc, etc.
Well I get an email from him before I sent mine. It read something like this:
"I will need the address to send my FFL info. You will need you to send your FFL info to ______________ I will send the XX gun you asked for in your ad when I recieve your info."
Am I wrong for feeling a little peeved? He never mentioned or discussed a trade with me. I was never able to ask him questions about the gun he is supposed to send me--- ie:condition of, pics of, history of, etc, etc.
I wrote him back expressing my concern and am waiting for a reply. The gun "may" be perfectly acceptable but the way in which he went about it seems kinda' crappy. As far as I knew he "BID" a "MONEY PRICE" and not trade. If he would have corresponded with me through email and allowed me to discuss his offer then this would be a completely different situation. Had there been prior correcpondence and agreement for a trade then I would have shut my auction down and continued with the transaction.
Whats your opinion and recommendations on this situation?
After a few days I noticed a buyer bid on my auction at its starting price. He never contacted me with question, comments, nothing. Today was the end of my auction and I was preparing to send the buyer an email with instructions on how I would accept payment, etc, etc.
Well I get an email from him before I sent mine. It read something like this:
"I will need the address to send my FFL info. You will need you to send your FFL info to ______________ I will send the XX gun you asked for in your ad when I recieve your info."
Am I wrong for feeling a little peeved? He never mentioned or discussed a trade with me. I was never able to ask him questions about the gun he is supposed to send me--- ie:condition of, pics of, history of, etc, etc.
I wrote him back expressing my concern and am waiting for a reply. The gun "may" be perfectly acceptable but the way in which he went about it seems kinda' crappy. As far as I knew he "BID" a "MONEY PRICE" and not trade. If he would have corresponded with me through email and allowed me to discuss his offer then this would be a completely different situation. Had there been prior correcpondence and agreement for a trade then I would have shut my auction down and continued with the transaction.
Whats your opinion and recommendations on this situation?