Hello Steve:

I understand what you are saying but sometimes hindsight is 20-20.  One doesn't realize the character at the other end is a "poseur/pretender" until a last minute giveaway.  O k. I'll admit, I'm a likely victim of that old proverb "you fool me once shame on you, you fool me twice, shame on me."  However, I can forgive myself for such mistakes, especially if the dolt at the other end tries these things between a three month span. With so much tire kicking, one doesn't have time to keep track of the handles of the prospective buyers. 

Speaking of which. Remember that guy whom I tried to sell the 741 to the last time?  I won't be hearing from this dude again.  I thought I'd share what had transpired from our so-called buyer to the you who might have had issues with their own sales.  This might provide some closure as to why we shouldn't deal with these beings in the first place.  The mindset of these "tire kickers" is quite interesting 

After I discovered that I had been "hoodwinked" before by this same being three months before (when he slipped in that unwanted offer of swapping his Forehand and Wadworth pistol), I told him to please do not contact me ever again with his absurd sales questions. He was upset at me, stating that "he was considering one of two 741s" and that to make a sale, one has to "put up with a lot of tire kicking" before a sale is made.  He further stated that "it IS his business to ask questions" since the sale isn't in a gun store and you "will never know who will stop asking questions" to sell the gun (note, this is in response to my email to him stating that my motivation for selling the 741 is none of his business.  If he wants the sale, he can take it as it is.  He even admitted that the additional pictures showed that the 741 that I was selling appeared to be fired very little!).  Normally, a more rational person might have stopped with the questioning and likely would have purchased the pistol in that condition. 

He also went on further to say that his previous questions to me stated that the price that was selling the gun was "too much" and therefore, had to reengage me with more inane (and repeated questions) when I went down in price.  The amazing thing that even at that point, he said he couldn't do a deal because his significant other demanded he give up something in his present collection to make room for the new item.  His other questions were "are you like me, with too many guns and have to sell one?"  I guess in order to sell the 741, I have to show some sort of empathy to his plight by nodding my head "yes." 

He finally stated that I was the problem and that I gave the forum "a bad name" and it going to be a fact that there will be "tire kickers" to deal with and lots and lots and lots of questions to answer before a deal is made.  And that I can bet my bottom dollar that if I had the last glass of water on earth, he wouldn't buy it from me (hallelujiah!)

I'll conclude by saying that this is the type of buyer we have had to deal with. In the last two months,  I had a large ticket item and four guns for sale.  In each case save the last, there was a minor amount of banter and exchange before a deal was reached.  It took no more than a day or so to conclude the deal and that was it.  

 However, there are reality challenged and selfish individuals out there who do not know nor care that the majority of us have jobs and lives outside of our hobbies.  As a matter of good will, we all have to look in the most favorable light to every prospective buyer of our stuff, and sometimes, go out of our way to accommodate their need for information.  But there comes a point when one knows the other is simply not interested in playing by your rules and you have to be firm and cut them off before wasting any more of your precious time.

Thanks for the rant. I feel better now!

DW41F. 

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