Seems Odd

[Chippendale]

Someone purporting to be a member on here posted two rifles for sale, I PMd the seller saying a friend of mine would buy them and to let me have his name, address and phone number and my friend would pick them up.

I had a reply to my PM by PM, from the seller asking if we could leave a deposit.

To make our offer a genuine I replied to his original post that we would pick them up and pay cash.

I looked on the site this morning and he had withdrawn the sale.

He has every right to withdraw the sale, it just seems odd.

Chippendale. (with clothes on)

[Dave-H]

Sounds a bit suspect …
Was he an established member or relative newbie?

[angrybear]

The sale was presumably on another site
I suppose saying withdrawn might be because if they sold very quickly he might think his price was too cheap,
watch for another sale saying he's changed his mind again & they must go, but with a price increase

Asking for a deposit seems reasonable to establish if you're serious as it's "your friend" who will be buying, not you the member he's talking to,
the seller may be just as suspicious as the buyer.

Has he PM'd back, or just gone quiet, & as Dave asked how long was on the site ? the site in question is the place to ask.

[Chippendale]

It was on this site in collectable airguns. Dave as asked the question.

Chippendale. (with clothes on)

[Unframed Dave]

It was on this site in collectable airguns. Dave as asked the question.

Chippendale. (with clothes on)

He's edited the original post, deleted the contents actually and ignored my request. I'll give him til the end of play today and take it from there.

I think I see where its heading already.

Dave

[pigeonbasher1]

hi, just to put thing right, there my rifles, iv.e picked a few more up, a bsa meteor mk1 a bsa cadet and a nice bsa cadet major, as such im'e now becoming a collector, nothing underhand at all, im'e not skint, dont need to sell, all these rifles have come from two house clearance company's i deal with, atb ray

[Unframed Dave]

hi, just to put thing right, there my rifles, iv.e picked a few more up, a bsa meteor mk1 a bsa cadet and a nice bsa cadet major, as such im'e now becoming a collector, nothing underhand at all, im'e not skint, dont need to sell,

You want miss the sales access then.

Cheers

Dave

[Unframed Dave]

" all these rifles have come from two house clearance company's i deal with, atb ray"

That's trading in my book.

Dave

[pigeonbasher1]

not trading because im'e not selling, ESPECIALY TO YOU OR YOUR M8,

[pigeonbasher1]

sounds a bit suspect …
was he an established member or relative newbie?

since 2006 actually

[laverdabru]

An ex workmate of mine also did part time work for a house clearance company. Asked him if he ever found any airguns...Anything like that, he was instructed by his boss to hand into the Police immediately. Whether it was because his manager didn't know the difference between a Junior & a Colt .45, or some legal thing, I don't know.

Bru

[pigeonbasher1]

the people i deal with dont trust auctions (or like there commission charges so everthing goes to carboots) where they arnt allowed to sell air guns,

[pigeonbasher1]

You want miss the sales access then.

Cheers

Dave

why the ban??

[junglie]

I certainly wouldn't deal with you again .