Purchasing from Gunbroker

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Unless you were born yesterday, you learn that certain old expressions last because there is a lot of truth in them.

A) "If it seems too good to be true, it usually is" requires that you really know what truth is.

B) "Experience is the best teacher" This almost always requires a 'bad' experience.

C) "Caveat Emptor" has become the rule. People have become lazy, and that has, unfortunately, translated into a seller telling you anything that gets his item sold. Integrity isn't what it used to be. See A. above.

Knowing C, above, is usually more costly than just the return postage.

D) "Do Your Homework". Know as much as you can learn, about what you are searching for. It isn't just what your mother told you when you wanted to go out an play. If you don't know as much as possible about what you're buying, You are ripe to learn what B, above means.

My favorite is " Ignorance is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result" This is what happens when we don't remember what we learned. It almost always happens every four years.

There is so much truth in what my favorite author, Mark Twain, said. If he was alive today, He'd probably make more money selling Motivational Posters. There are a lot more ignorant people today, than when he was around.

You’d be somewhat amazed how stupid the possible buyers have become . I try and put every negative in anything I list as well as taking pictures of bumps bruises scratches and cracks . I also put in the pertinent info like barrel length chamber length choke DAC DAH LOP and weight , and you’d be surprised how many SOB’s cannot be bothered to read the damn description and must ask stupid questions that are answered in the description . While I don’t disagree with anything you said it’s a two way street both lazy and stupid are not a one way street .

[Craig Larter]

Everyone in our hobby makes mistakes. That gun that you now hate just stares at you from the gun safe every time you open the door LOL. I just sell it, take my lumps and move on and hope I learned a lesson. Know what you like and what you dislike, it can take a few mistakes to figure that out.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Any Parker with an antlered critter on the floor plate is a winner for me

Apologies for the poor quality of the picture. This is my 'little' 0 frame BHE. The dogs and birds are just one of the many things I love about this gun. All the grade 5 guns I've owned in the past, except for one, were 1 or 1 1/2 frame guns, and all had Craig T's favorite trigger plate subject. The one other 0 frame gun was my dad's 20Ga BHE that had 28" Acme steel barrels, and I must be honest; I do not remember much about it, apart from the straight stock. That is the gun I remind my daughter that I sold, when she announced she was staying on, after graduation, for her master's degree. insert big sigh here.

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

Everyone in our hobby makes mistakes. That gun that you now hate just stares at you from the gun safe every time you open the door LOL. I just sell it, take my lumps and move on and hope I learned a lesson. Know what you like and what you dislike, it can take a few mistakes to figure that out.

Well, I've made my share of less-than-well thought out purchases. Some I eventually grew to like and others had to pack their bags. The only remaining one still awaiting the return of the jury, is perhaps one of my most expensive purchases (there is probably a connection between price and regret). I keep telling myself that if I spend more time shooting it, eventually I will learn to like it more.