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I'm a relic of a bygone era.
bigdaddyjunior
Member Posts: 11,233
I've never had a problem that my trusty moral compass couldn't lead me out of. I know it is no longer stylish to see right and wrong as black and white. Everything now a days is debatable and gray. I'm just not wired that way.
Well, the other day I found a nice gun that I wanted on the auction site. Another member had mentioned a possible interest in such an item , so I posted it to him to give him the option of buying it. At that time a third member who read the post went and bought the gun. Now in my old fashioned way of looking at things, if I said I was buying it unless the other guy wanted it, that puts it in the "forget about it" category for anyone else. As I said, a third party read my post and bought it before I had a response from the other guy. He says its the G.B. way to get the gun regardless and thanks for the tip.
My little compass says that ain't right. Is it true that you guys would go behind someone's back to get a gun that they had found and you knew they were intending to buy? Am I that much of a dinosaur that thinking a man's words should be a binding bond that other's should respect.
I feel a little disillusioned. I thought this place was a refuge from the 'screw you for a buck' world. Guess I'm even more of a relic than I thought.
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
Well, the other day I found a nice gun that I wanted on the auction site. Another member had mentioned a possible interest in such an item , so I posted it to him to give him the option of buying it. At that time a third member who read the post went and bought the gun. Now in my old fashioned way of looking at things, if I said I was buying it unless the other guy wanted it, that puts it in the "forget about it" category for anyone else. As I said, a third party read my post and bought it before I had a response from the other guy. He says its the G.B. way to get the gun regardless and thanks for the tip.
My little compass says that ain't right. Is it true that you guys would go behind someone's back to get a gun that they had found and you knew they were intending to buy? Am I that much of a dinosaur that thinking a man's words should be a binding bond that other's should respect.
I feel a little disillusioned. I thought this place was a refuge from the 'screw you for a buck' world. Guess I'm even more of a relic than I thought.
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
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Pardon me for butting in here but I fail to see the difference between these auctions & an oral auction.
Would you expect no one else to bid at an oral auction after you placed a bid?
I'm not flaming just curious as to where you draw the line & why.
[?][?]barto
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.-JFK
BDJ a dying breed?Yes it is unfortunate but WE are,please though ,do not change.YOu are ok in my book bud and I thank you,for being you,and you are not completely alone.....L.H.
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Don't go blaming the beer. Hank Hill
When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now that I am grown, I just wish I could act like a child and get away with it.
"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"
BIG DOG
I'd bet you would have friends there who would respect your thoughts. At the same time, there would also be some there who were not concerned about your friendship.
A lesson learned?
If I'm not mistaken, didn't this happen to someone else here just recently? May have been Saxon? Not sure, but he'll let us know.
It's a dog-eat-dog world...and nine times out of ten I have on Milk-Bone underwear.
There are no bad guns, only bad people.
No fear of changing this old dog.I'm still the kind of fool that spends an entire day tracking down the owner of a wallet with hundreds of dollars in it then goes home and worries cause I missed a day of work and can't pay the bills.
Its funny that Rosie mentioned buying the gun and shipping it to the other guy as a joke.That was my original intent, but I thought it was presumptuous since the other guy never actually bid on it yet.
Lesson learned? Yes, I've learned that there are weasels everywhere and they are multiplying like...eh...ah..Weasels!
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
The SOB deserves to go head down in a barrel of vinegar. [}:)]
He'll get his---you keep yours.
Clouder..
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
Rosie can't be me, he ain't got enough stars. Off with your head, brigand.[:D]
Clouder..
To do the right thing won't hurt anyone. Be honest, fair, and neat things happen. Money isn't evil, it's those who make it their God!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
An intelligent man would have bought the GARAND at the buy it now price and then would have contacted the one he felt was interested in it to see if they wanted to purchase it. If the other party you contacted was not interested in the GARAND you would then be the proud owner of the GARAND. What do you think GB is your private little gun store? Call me want you want, your opinion of me means diddly. You snoozed you lose. Like I suggested to you before, chalk it up as a lesson learned. Living in a bygone era might suit you fine but you might also think bout taking off your rose colored glasses.
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
And we wonder where the ME first attitude comes from........And we all learn...how little,and petty man has become..?Nothing illegal was done,absolutly I agree but I'd rather have someone speak highly of my integrity than to be able to "brag" about what a good business man I am....Just my opinion... and no,no one thinks GB is there own gunstore,duh.
One other thing, there is no such thing as a "personal" message to another member, if that message is posted on the board. If you want the message to be private, then send them a private message.
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once"
-David Hume
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
Sounds like some cheap * pawn broker stunt to me!!!![:p]
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
Sounds like capitalism to me ignoramus.[:p]
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
My heros have always killed cowboys.
Thats why we don't let pawn shops in Pa! Butthead!!![:p]
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
Blah blah blah blah blah, congrats blowhard, you managed yet another post to your number count. I ever there was a little man who loved to see posts on the big screen. No more gloves mister.
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
Go Army Beat Navy
IF you wanna have fun join the cavalry
"dibs on the Colt!" Well put Hedog. I am gonna tell why I bought the GARAND from under you BDJ. Your post reeked of the control you think you have about everthing and everyone around you. Yeah I have read most of your posts about how BDJ does this and BDJ does that and how nobody gets in BDJ's way. I think it's great you have the best voice since George Jones and you want to record another album before you get to old. Even the law makes a big path for you, must be nice. I am sorry your local gun shop sold that firearm to his RELATIVE over you. Look pally, you might be the BIG DOG in your little neck of the woods but in cyberspace we are all the same size. Let me refresh your memory about your post on GB. Something like, "Hey Rosie, take a look at this beauty on auction right now. I'll give ya 24 hrs to buy it. If you don't buy it you will have to come over to my house to see it." Just how arrogant and full of yourself are you anyway? So you did'nt get your toy but hey thats OK you went out and bought a new Kimber to deal with the pain of your loss. Pain that came from the loss of the GARAND? No, pain from your loss of CONTROL. Deal with it.
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
So what you are saying, is you bought the gun to be vindictive, or to teach BDJ a lesson. Thats a good reason to buy a gun.
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once"
-David Hume
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! ROSIE THE PEACE MAKER?
LIGHTING FLASHING!! THUNDER!! FLOODS! TOr--uh TORU--uh THOSE WHIRLY WINDS!!!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
I'm sorry to hear that my posting about my little ups and downs has been such a burden for you to bear. The ease with which I conduct my affairs has nothing to do with control. It has to do with a mutual respect between myself and those I deal with. My small neck of the woods as you call it covers most of the eastern seaboard. I never claimed to sing better than "The Possum". I said I could entertain folks. I'm more like "Howling Wolf" if you've ever heard of him. Anyway you seem to be upsetting yourself needlessly.
Also, I got the Colt and an apology so there ya weasel.[:D][;)]
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
As for you interstatepawnjerk. In a free society you are allowed to do as you please. Yet, in civil society you have been judged to be a selfish, selfpromoting, greedy shrew. I have no respect for anyone who would pray upon the misfourtunes of people for profit. As usual, your self-imposed grandiose pontifcation has led us to realize your actions have shown you to be inefectual and juvinel not to mention that you have chosen to be rude and calous to other people you have had the privelidge to converse with. Your inability to treat the other members of this forum as citizens and fellow comrads is likened to a mother eating her young. The people you hurt are not here for your torture nore pleasure in playing at a human form.
Be a person and not the neophite you pose to assume, get out of the habit of being the jerk we've come to avoid and distain.
92Z
The theoretical framework of our society includes the notion that we can rely on self-interest as a motivating force. But some can't see beyond the end of their own nose. Do you really benefit if you take advantage of another in the process? Or have you made the world just a little bit uglier place to be? Have you reduced yourself to just another jackal? How would you feel if you were in the other person's shoes, and got the short end of the stick? Isn't the real difference between humanity and the animal kingdom the capacity to see beyond the apparent immediate benefit and the ultimate consequences? Or is "dog eat dog" the ultimate ethic of survival, and observance of the Golden Rule the mark of evolutionary stupidity?
bigdaddy, despite the less than subtle inference that it was stupid of you to post this message on the forum, where any sh**head who happened to come along could see it and take advantage, you are really guilty only of naivete. The ugly fact is that the world is full of folks who don't see beyond the end of their own nose, and anyone who does needs to keep their guard up. Just take a lesson and move on.
Clouder is absolutely right on. He will get his, and you will get yours. Readers can decide for themselves which portion they would prefer.
redcedars
"I got it I got it and yooou didn't ... na-na na-na na na"
... but to read ISP's last post, all I thought was; quote:ISP is just a sorry little man [V]
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Chance favors the prepared mind [8D]
kimberkid@cox.net
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
On a personal note a couple of days ago I mentioned my excitement on bidding for something and waiting for the auction to end. BDJ you'll notice I never told anyone what it was.....And while I'd doubt that there would be no more than one or at most two other GB members interested in a 1934 P.J. O'Hare Competition Shooting Supply Catalog I wasn't about to announce my find to my very fine friends here on GB...but now that I have paid for it I don't mind. Because if one of you had told me there was a P.J. O'Hare Catalog...I have to admit I'd have been bidding on it. BDJ you learned a good lesson and it didn't really cost you anything.....there will always be another Garand around the corner. Beach
Seems to me there is no need for anyone to comment on Interstates actions as he has covered that pretty well himself. I cannot imagine that anyone is reading it differently than Kimberkid.
My heros have always killed cowboys.
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems