fixed it

Interesting! I have seen several posts of the "what is the value of this..." variety

That sucks. Too bad that there has to be a worm in every barrel.

Not to excuse the scammer for one second, but the buyer had the opportunity to get out for shipping costs which he said would be $90. Maybe, but even so, it was the best way out and he should have taken it IMO.

Just wanted to put my $.02 in about this situation.

I know both John Meyers and roland45.

John Meyers is the gun shop owner. I have been a customer of Johns for many years. He can be a bit of a grouch but I have always found him to be a honest person to deal with. The shop is very small but very well stocked, when everyone else seems to be sold out of primmers, powder, ect. he usually has what I want in stock. John probably couldnt start a PC let alone take digital pics and post anything on auction sites.

Years back I worked with Roland (roland45), but have not seen or talked with him in around 5 years. I have never seen him "working" at Meyers gun shop. I believe that John and Roland have an agreement that Roland will sell some of John's inventory online. It is obviouse that Roland tried to draw attention to the auctions by posting the BS stories about the guns in question. I totally agree that what Roland did was deceptive. Ultimately John is responsable for Rolands actions because Roland was "working" for John.

What doesnt make sense to me is that the buyer of the Marlin gave positive feedback on his purchase when he recieved the gun. He had a agreed amount of time to inspect the gun and return it. Then later on claims that he did not open the box for 60+ days. Then he and others start saying that the wood on the gun was swapped with wood from another gun, the gun was used, the packaging is not correct, ect.

My personal take on the whole situation is the buyer was not scammed. He seen the pic's of the gun on the auction site before he bid and won it. He had the chance to inspect the gun and the option to return it after he recieved it. The only thing that I see the buyer has to complain about is that he was tricked into looking at the auction by Rolands BS forum posts at Marlin Owners. The buyer had/has many options to fix the problem, but would rather complain online than use the options available to correct the situation.

Good luck, Tony

I must confess that I was wondering why the gun was not returned if there was an inspection and return policy.
Peter.

Moved from the Classifieds to Miscellaneous.

George