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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by Kabluewy:
79 & 1/2.

OK, to make it an even 80 - I see that your overall posting number above is 24,066. That's a lot of posts. You've been a busy man. I have a lot of posting to do to catch up.

Scrolling backwards for a ways, it seems only jeffeosso exceeds your number of posts. Between the two of you, a lot of cyberspace has been lit up. Your average # of posts per year exceeds my total posts in nearly four years.

KB

when in doubt, attack others for random reasons ... it might distract from the substance.

you screwed the pooch, son .. you might own up to it.

no one bidding your stated selling price did anything wrong.

you breached contract, and keep yelling about the guy that followed the rules.

you might shut up whilest behind ... cuz you aint making up any ground

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Originally posted by larrys:
theback40, I think the issue is HOW he backed out of the process and the subsequent efforts to continue to whine and justify his lack of ethics.

Yes, a penny IS a legit bid when the bidding starts at a penny. The problem is that he ignored, actually said Screw the rules, I will make my own up. Had he contacted the bidder and let him know that he made a mistake and was going to relist the items, I would not have an issue. Had he let the auction go to term, I would not have an issue. What he DID was to say, "Im scared and won't deal with it in any way but what my ego says, regardless of the rules, so SCREW YOU and the rules". It is that sort of lack of ethics that has most of us bothered.

Like I said, watch when dealing with him here in the classifieds. If he did it once, he will do it again. I wish someone would PM me his GB user ID so I could block him.

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Originally posted by airgun1:
If I legally won the auction for a penny I expect the deal to be honored.

I have 292 feedbacks on eBay with 100% airgun_1

I have A+44 on Gunbroker airgun_1

I once listed a fairly valuable gun part with my standard $5.00 minimum bid and no Reserve. I can't recall what it was but remember that similar items had been bringing big bucks; it was a nice part to keep around but the lure of the going rate led me to list it. A guy won it for $5.00. He contacted me and said he did not try to win that at $5.00 and wanted to pay me at least what his auto-bid limit was. I thanked him but sold him the part for $5.00

I could have called a friend to shill bid, but I have a bit of integrity. Most gun people are good people, but there are exceptions.

I knew a lady whose husband passed on and left her with quite a large gun collection, mostly old with a capital O Winchester lever guns. One dealer offered her $25,000 for them @ $100 a piece because they were pretty old. My friend sold them for her on consignment and grossed her $900,000.00. Ethics and crooks.

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
..With regard to the original question. if it was a no reserve auction the high bidder was entitled to receive the gun for the high bid.

But ethically, as least if it were me, I would not take a $400 gun, or even a $200 gun for $.01. The reason being that I think most of us try to operate by the golden rule. I certainly wouldn't want that to happen to me!

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I once listed a fairly valuable gun part with my standard $5.00 minimum bid and no Reserve. I can't recall what it was but remember that similar items had been bringing big bucks; it was a nice part to keep around but the lure of the going rate led me to list it. A guy won it for $5.00. He contacted me and said he did not try to win that at $5.00 and wanted to pay me at least what his auto-bid limit was. I thanked him but sold him the part for $5.00

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Originally posted by 22WRF:

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Originally posted by Trax:
if not $.01, then whats the minimum you would pay?

...$350