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Questionable selling practice

RustyjackRustyjack Member Posts: 59 ✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
Is this type of dealing permitted by GunBroker?
This seller pulled a rifle from an active no reserve auction to sell it locally. Does GunBroker have any remedy or discipline for such an action?

http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=495454056
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  • ampartsamparts Member Posts: 140 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    did it have bids on it? If no bids probably got tired of waiting for some action, other than a last minute token bid.
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  • pip5255pip5255 Member Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    since the seller did not state that it could be sold locally and it had bidders on the auction then I would say GunBroker should be contacted to take action against the seller for failure to sell item to high bidder.
    just because you could doesn't mean you should
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Seems to be a rash of this lately. This thread popped up this AM.

    http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=657154

    Maybe it might be a bit more convenient for the good Capt. to find it. [;)]
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  • chiefrchiefr Member Posts: 14,115 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep happened to me last night. I even went thru the GB checkout when the auction cleared and found out it was sold locally.
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  • NavybatNavybat Member Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've won auctions and received emails from the seller telling me where to send the money. THEN, after I send the check, he emails back and says "Sorry, I already sold the gun in my shop. Here's your check back".

    Unfortunately, unscrupulous sellers abound, just like buyers who welsh, too.
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