Reply With QuoteNot part your fault, all your fault.
How is the seller supposed to advise you if you dont ask or give the correct information?
i wont buy private of the net again bought one scope of net in early dec ok it was cheap but should still be up to job prob part my fault for not stating i had spring gun but end up is knakerd scope and me out of pocket you live and learn well i have any way bought from shop and got full warrenty more outlay more security know how i will play is from now on
Not part your fault, all your fault.
How is the seller supposed to advise you if you dont ask or give the correct information?
Seeing this post, and having finally managed to decypher it seconds before I lost the will to live..
If you are too dumb to find out whether a scope is springer rated before buying it you are hardly in a position to berate a seller for his lack of psychic powers
lee my point is if it was shop would have been able to return it ok
You may have a feint chance of a refund or replacement, but only if you had stated at the time what rifle it was for.
I can understand your frustration but its a tad unfair to tar everyone with the same brush (well thats how it read to me)
I have had a few mishaps bying second hand on the net.
Just recently I bought a caravan off that was badly described. However it didnt stop me buying a digital camera 2 weeks later. Only difference it made was to make me do my research before I parted with my hard earned credit card details.
Live and learn mate, would be a shame to miss out on some of the real bargains out there.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by S.Normanton:
lee my point is if it was shop would have been able to return it ok[/quote]
You buy a cheap, non-springer rated scope, fit it to a spring rifle, and use it for a month for a purpose for which it was not designed or built before it breaks.....well my friend, the consumer protection laws won't give you an ounce of comfort - and nor should they.
ATB
Adrian
said scope was not stated as non springer
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by S.Normanton:
said scope was not stated as non springer[/quote]
The thing with cheap riflescopes is that they are mostly made for the vast US market, where they will be put on smallbore cartridge rifles that are infinitely kinder to the scope than a full power recoiling air rifle. For your purpose you need a scope that has been rated as suitable for a spring air rifle. If you buy a springer rated scope and it dies after a few weeks, you MIGHT have some comeback; otherwise if the shop does replace the item it will be doing so out of goodwill and not because it is obliged to.
Look at it this way - if you want to save money - and most of us do - then buy secondhand but buy the best kit you can find for your money. Plenty of advice to be had on here too!
Adrian
Basically what Adrian meant was the the scope wasn't springer-rated. If that makes sence<img src="http://jsramsbottom.co.uk/bbs/e/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Big Grin" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin:-->
Scopes are mainley designed for full bore rifles. There have however been a few made that have been classed as Springer-rated, simmons pro-air being one of them.
put this post up so folks are more causious when buying of net not to stop them i have only been shooting a matter of weeks so caught out for want of better word arnt aiming to offend but if peps a offended that is not my aim my aim is to make them more awere if that upsets some folkes so be it
If you haven't been shooting for long then you're in the right place - this BBS is a great, helpful friendly online community.
It seems to me that buying online is not the issue with the problem you have had. You would have had the same problem had you bought the same scope privately from a boot sale, small ad in a shop window, or classified paper.
Why not ask for advice here before your next shooting purchase?
Good luck
Adrian
Personally, I'd have spent the money on a dictionary and an after hours course in the correct use of the English language. <img src="http://jsramsbottom.co.uk/bbs/e/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt="Roll Eyes" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin:-->
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by draftsmann:
....this BBS is a great, helpful friendly online community.[/quote]
....with one or two exceptions; viz-
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Chrys:
Personally, I'd have spent the money on a dictionary and an after hours course in the correct use of the English language. <img src="http://jsramsbottom.co.uk/bbs/e/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt="Roll Eyes" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin:
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