Regulars on here won't have failed to note the threads about bad deals recently; I'd like to offer an opposite scenario.

I put a post on the Wanted/Swaps threads for an original accessory that was missing from an air rifle I recently acquired. I was initially offered an alternative item for a reasonable sum, but declined it as it wasn't an original type. A few weeks later, I was contacted by another member to say he had one spare, and would look it out and put it in the post to me free of charge. In the past, this member had it fitted to a similar air rifle to mine, that had been sold on since. After contact between us, it transpired that the item he had, was the same as the one I declined, as far as I knew not an original type. Now it so happens that the air rifle that was sold on, later returned to the previous owner after some refurbishment. The member told me he would look at the item that was now fitted to his gun. Not only was it the exact item that I was looking for, but he then proceeded to remove it from his gun, and popped it in the post to me free of charge. He wouldn't even let me pay the postage. I am overwhelmed by the continuing help and efforts that a lot of members give to each other on this forum.
I just felt that in the light of 'bad deals' that have made the news lately, my experience may serve as an anathema to them. I won't embarrass the member by naming him, he knows who he is, and I am grateful.