I Fear A Leftist Conspiracy

[rpf427]

It sooo discouraging that people do not pay any attention to rules or direction anymore. The only rule is there are no rules(or consequences), in most cases.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

I'm starting to think someone is trolling you. The fact that this keeps happening and with users who all have 0 feedback, makes me suspicious. Was there anyone you know or that you interacted with with regard to the rifle before you listed it on GB?

 

[Glenn B]

I was wondering the same thing but the first guy was in CT and I found info about him, in a web search, showing he was a real guy and lived there with all the same contact info as on GunBroker. The second guy was down south somewhere and a web check on him shows his family name as very popular in the town he had listed on GunBroker as his residence. So, I don't think it is one person whom I may have dealt with at some time before.

 

[Justincase]

I think fate is trying in some way to tell you to keep the gun.

 

[Glenn B]

My luck may be changing. The guy who placed the latest bid on the Marlin X7 just got positive feedback from another seller. Hopefully this one will complete the purchase proving the adage "Third time pays for all". It would be nice to actually have the deal go through this time. I need the cash.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

Hope it pans out for! Let us know.

 

[Eddie Gunks]

Here we go again. Regardless of the term I placed in the auction description, when I relisted the Marlin yesterday, that no one without at least a 95% positive feedback rating on GunBroker could bid, yet another bidder with zero feedback has placed a bid. If this one does not pay, I will see if I can take legal action to at least make him squirm. Of course, this could be a legitimate bid made by a legitimate bidder with every intention of actually paying if his bid is the high one. The auction closes in 5 days, so another week and a half to two weeks should tell about that. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

By the way, the guy who had the high bid the second time this rifle was listed, and then declined to complete the transaction just like the first guy, got additional feedback on GunBroker. Remember he is the one who told me he changed his mind and would buy a rifle in 270 instead. Well just look at the feedback he got after bidding on a 270:



A consistent arsehat is he!

You can block bidders as they bid. I just saw it. Just blvok them or cancel theor bids

 

[Eddie Gunks]

Yup. Here is my screen shot. Just block them as they bid.

 

[Glenn B]

If not a leftist conspiracy then I am having problems selling my Marlin X7 because of an overpopulation of arsehats in this country who have no respect or common courtesy and who refuse to follow rules. The latest person, to have the high bid, had zero feedback when he placed the bid. Furthermore, his address is in Barrow, Alaska. I can overlook the part about him having had zero feedback when he placed the bid because he got good feedback since then but what I may not be able to overlook is the fact that he is in AK or at least that is his listed address on GunBroker. I do not ship to AK and my auction terms plainly stated that.

First of all, the cost to ship to AK is astronomical. The approximate cost to ship this rifle, via 2nd day air, would be around $116. Ground shipping is about $10 additional to that. Even if ground shipping was less expensive than by 2nd day air, I would not ship it that way because I will not ship a firearm to or through a foreign country and last I heard you cannot drive to Alaska without going through Canada.

I sent the high bidder a message explaining all that and saying that if he wants to pay the actual cost for shipping via 2nd day air, then I will ship it to him so long as UPS assures me it will not touch ground on foreign soil. I cannot believe anyone would pay that much for shipping for this rifle so I am guessing that I soon will learn it will not have sold for the third time. If he does not take it then off of the auction block it goes and I will consider keeping. The Fates seem to be preventing me from selling it. Time will tell but I will be shocked if he is willing to pay that for shipping for such a plain rifle as the Marlin X7.

All the best,
Glenn B

 

[Glenn B]

You can block bidders as they bid. I just saw it. Just blvok them or cancel theor bids

I don't think you can block a bidder once a bid is placed. I have a few bidders blocked but as I understand once a bid is made it is binding on me to sell it unless the bidder does not pay or otherwise violates my terms. GunBroker just told me, maybe a day or two ago, there is no way to block a bidder (such as one with zero feedback) preemptively but I will try to remember to check into what you said. Thanks.

 

[Glenn B]

Fairy tales can come true - it can happen to you - or maybe even to me. The high bidder from Alaska says he wants it even with actual shipping of $116.88 (man guns must be really expensive up that way) for UPS 2nd day air (ground is about $10 more). I would not have thought anyone would have wanted that particular rifle at that high of a cost. Guess I was wrong about that. Maybe, I did not ask enough and that kept other serious buyers away. It's possible I should have just asked for more than the $275 selling price and would have gotten a serious buyer in the lower 48 but that will be moot if he comes through. Right now it sounds good, I hope so. Keeping my crosshairs crossed.