Question about the marketplace

AustinBR said:

I disagree, we don't support or allow this type of behavior. One offs occur, but it is very rare. If it's happening and I am not aware, please bring it up. We don't tolerate people perpetrating scams or any type of fraud.

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DAVE_M said:

Magdump started this thread, but it evolved into someone wanting to have their account removed and someone else saying they had a bad deal?

What’s going on?

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thperez1972 said:

This started in a thread in the marketplace after someone claimed that they had first dibs because the posted in the thread first. That thread was closed by the OP because the sale was completed. I moved the relevant posts to a new thread to continue the conversation. It just happened that the first relevant post was Magdump’s post.


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thperez1972 said:

This started in a thread in the marketplace after someone claimed that they had first dibs because the posted in the thread first. That thread was closed by the OP because the sale was completed. I moved the relevant posts to a new thread to continue the conversation. It just happened that the first relevant post was Magdump’s post.


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340six said:

Posting PMed or I will take it in thread does not win you the item for sale.

Any normal person would understand that.

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DAVE_M said:

Ah.

So someone thought it was their right to take possession of someone's item, because they posted in the thread? Sounds like someone doesn't understand how sales work.

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Posting PMed or I will take it in thread does not win you the item for sale.

Any normal person would understand that.

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JR1572 said:

Remember when only the OP could post in marketplace threads? I do.

Y’all (the esteemed collection of moderators here) should go back to it.

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JR1572 said:

This thread delivers.

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AustinBR said:

Oh, I didn't know that. What thread did it come from? can you link?

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MOTOR51 said:

Yes it does


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AustinBR said:

I disagree, we don't support or allow this type of behavior. One offs occur, but it is very rare. If it's happening and I am not aware, please bring it up. We don't tolerate people perpetrating scams or any type of fraud.

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Magdump said:

I don’t think Bosco was referring to the site being wayward, rather some of the members that would attempt to take advantage of the moment, or another member.

Until I had children (3 great sons and 2 lovely daughters), I would take advantage of and completely exploit any ‘error in my favor’ that any retailer, bank, restaurant or other service would make, excepting mom and pop businesses or common people. I remember the first time I decided that was a no go. My son watched me pick up a wad of some $60+ in cash with a receipt from the gift shop at the BR zoo. He was prolly 8 or 10 years old. He was ecstatic. Yay! Big money! Well, I gave the wife the ‘gimme a minute’ sign, left her with the younger sibling and Jr and I walked into the gift shop to find an employee. Unbeknownst to me, my wife saw a concerned mother dragging around a child and searching the pavement just outside the gift shop and asked and learned that she was our person and sent her into the gift shop pointing me out. I was waiting at the counter and the lady caught my attention. She was able to reach into a bag and show me the items that were on the receipt so I smiled and said ‘Awesome’, handed the money over with a smile and got a high five from my boy. We don’t practice finders keepers in my house. I know that’s not the same as not getting an insane deal on a gun for sale, but if the seller is taking a substantial loss in the deal because of a mistake and a buyer would take advantage, it’s no less on the moral scale. Holding someone’s ethics hostage is worse in my opinion. Kinda along the lines of extortion as far as I’m concerned. If we’re talking about living by a code of conduct, being a stand up person and all.

Oh, and for the record, I did not start any thread. I asked a simple question in the first thread that was actually meant to make people stop and think.

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JR1572 said:

Remember when only the OP could post in marketplace threads? I do.

Y’all (the esteemed collection of moderators here) should go back to it.

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Magdump said:

I don’t think Bosco was referring to the site being wayward, rather some of the members that would attempt to take advantage of the moment, or another member.

Until I had children (3 great sons and 2 lovely daughters), I would take advantage of and completely exploit any ‘error in my favor’ that any retailer, bank, restaurant or other service would make, excepting mom and pop businesses or common people. I remember the first time I decided that was a no go. My son watched me pick up a wad of some $60+ in cash with a receipt from the gift shop at the BR zoo. He was prolly 8 or 10 years old. He was ecstatic. Yay! Big money! Well, I gave the wife the ‘gimme a minute’ sign, left her with the younger sibling and Jr and I walked into the gift shop to find an employee. Unbeknownst to me, my wife saw a concerned mother dragging around a child and searching the pavement just outside the gift shop and asked and learned that she was our person and sent her into the gift shop pointing me out. I was waiting at the counter and the lady caught my attention. She was able to reach into a bag and show me the items that were on the receipt so I smiled and said ‘Awesome’, handed the money over with a smile and got a high five from my boy. We don’t practice finders keepers in my house. I know that’s not the same as not getting an insane deal on a gun for sale, but if the seller is taking a substantial loss in the deal because of a mistake and a buyer would take advantage, it’s no less on the moral scale. Holding someone’s ethics hostage is worse in my opinion. Kinda along the lines of extortion as far as I’m concerned. If we’re talking about living by a code of conduct, being a stand up person and all.

Oh, and for the record, I did not start any thread. I asked a simple question in the first thread that was actually meant to make people stop and think.

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Bosco said:

I remember being in my mid 20's and dating a very nice lady who was a single mother. One weekend we went to Fontainebleau State Park and the entrance fee was something real small like a few dollars per person but children under the age of 3 got in free. The little girl was 5 years old and for some dumb reason I thought I'd pull the genius move of telling the person at the window that the girl in the back seat was under 3.

As we pulled off the little girl started explaining that she wasn't 3 and that I told a lie and it absolutely crushed me. This little girl had better morals than my dumb adult ass. It really sat heavy with me and I still get a pit in my stomach when I think of it. What kind of man am I to poison a child's mind over a few dollars? I wish now that I would have driven back and gave told the lady the truth and gave her the extra money but I was young, dumb, and my pride couldn't take that hit.

I'm not quite young anymore but I'm still pretty dumb. I am glad that I learned a few things over the years though. There's a lot more important things in life than money and possessions and your soul benefits a hell of a lot more from feeding it generosity than greed.

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JCcypress said:

If the tables were turned...

Let's say the seller and buyer came to an agreement on price and planned a meet-up. Prior to meeting for the sale, the buyer discovers that the item was grossly overpriced (I'm looking at you $500 Gen3 Glock 19) and that he was about to be taken to the cleaners, would it be ok for the buyer to back out of the sale?

The answer is "yes."

God only knows how many transactions I've had from this site - hundreds? Some have been weird and some smoother than others, but I have NEVER had a negative encounter.

Sh*t happens. Move on.

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AustinBR said:

Oh, I didn't know that. What thread did it come from? can you link?

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