Why do people come round twos up to buy?

[Inspector 71]

Was a little perturbed today to see two chaps turning up to buy from me and i felt a tad awkaward.

Crikey - it was an honest deal.

Anyway - the mrs was ready for them

[chrisisthe1@lycos.co.uk]

a lot of the time 2 people turn up to buy from me, get people of allsorts turning up but all seem ok, but i know what you mean.

[Murphy]

I have never gone 2's up to buy stuff.

Or to sell for that matter.

[Korium]

When I went to purchase a PCP from a chap at a large services, he got it out to show me and dry-fired it a few times (it was charged). It was on CCTV, and watched by a horrified family of European tourists in a camper-van.

There were a few other unfortunate ones I remember, but that will do for tonight!

[Matt C.]

In fairness, I often take a mate that knows more about what I am buying than me. If he/she as an owner and user of the same brand, reckons it's a good deal, I pay cash there and then. Nothing sinister, just bringing a (good) advisor. At the end of the day my decision to buy or not, but having a bit of good advice may swing it either way. It is far better than buying blind and then cursing .....

Just my take on this, no diifferent to taking a mechanic when you buy a second hand car.

Take care, Matt

[jagxkrs]

Never felt the need to take a mate to a buy/sell to be honest.

[goulss]

Probably something to do with the fact that they are rolling up to a perfect stranger with a (sometimes) large amount of cash in their pocket!

[Baxterbasics]

Never felt the need to take a mate to a buy/sell to be honest.

Be fair Chris-your probably as big as two average shooters, combined

[bunnybagger]

my mate once had someone turn up with his husky dog to buy an air rifle from him,the dog just licked his kids to death

[cr*pshot]

my mate once had someone turn up with his husky dog to buy an air rifle from him,the dog just licked his kids to death

Why don't I have that sort of luck?

[webley sniper]

me and my shooting buddy go together on deals and what not, nothing out of the ordinary there we both enjoy meeting other airgunners (theres always someone knows more than you), and putting faces to peoples name, every one who have brought ftf off me has come in two's aswell which doesn't bother me at all,

[kevmar]

Two edged sword !
you could turn up and walk into a crowd,
I remember going to view a car with my brother
in Bradford I think,
we were completely surrounded by ethnic blokes with mobiles,most were talking in toungues another was explaining on his mobile that 'they ain't handed the money over yet'
we made an excuse to go to our car ,and did one.

[squirrel18]

my mate once had someone turn up with his husky dog to buy an air rifle from him,the dog just licked his kids to death

what would a husky dog want with an air rifle???

[mikeyblue]

Hi,

Ive had a truly horrible experience when I sold an air rifle (another forum). We arranged to meet halfway In a pub car park late afternoon last winter. He arrives twos up in a car with a mate. We exchange pleasantrys , I show him the rifle, he shoulders it left handed, it was a right handed stock! He says to his mate what you think and passes it accross to him. His mate then pulls back the bolt opens the tin of pellets and loads it up!!

Whoah I shout! To which he says it will be ok and starts taking a shot at a pigeon on a nearby bridge. I took the cash and got out of there sharpish. All this was happening at the 5.30pm rush our with people stuck in the traffic watching on!!

It pained me to be selling my pride and joy to two such muppets!

Mikeyblue.

[bertbod]

have always traveled alone most of time and arranged to meet in public place on the occasion were i go to a house i always give the wife the details of were am going ie, address phone number name of person am going to meet what time am getting there and call when arrived just incase i wake up in a ditch with no money no gun and me under crackers on back to front