Hi guys,

I wondered if anyone had experienced any problems with Holts ?

I successfully bid £40 for a BSA Scorpion pistol back in December and finally received it this weekend after quite a bit of chasing.

It had to be sent to an RFD who charged me £20 to take delivery and Holts added £25 for a courier as they said it could not go with Royal Mail / Parcel Force. The RFD was actually very helpful and said Royal Mail recorded would have been fine. I subsequently found the courier cost was actually £11.40.

Bottom line - this cost me over £95 once all charges were included. And the real kick in the pants, although I accept this is the danger with an auction I didn't attend, the pistol is in pretty rough condition and I wouldn't have paid more than £20 for it.

Thank God I wasn't succesful bidding for one of the rifles !

Cheers,

Steve