Returning a gun purchased online.

[Tennessee Dave]

I had purchased a gun about 5 years ago from a seller on Gun Broker that was advertised as all original, and it looked nice to me in the pics. When it arrived, it had obviously been refinished. You could see sanding marks under the bluing on the receiver. I contacted the seller, and he said I could return it, but I would have to eat the shipping fees both ways, sales taxes and Gun broker fees. I tried for over a week to contact Gun Broker to see if they could do anything to help me to no avail. So, I kept the gun and left the seller some bad feedback in the form of an F. Later I checked the sellers feedback and apparently GB had changed it to a B. Good Luck getting any help from GB if the seller refuses to fully compensate you.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by David Livesay

I had purchased a gun about 5 years ago from a seller on Gun Broker that was advertised as all original, and it looked nice to me in the pics. When it arrived, it had obviously been refinished. You could see sanding marks under the bluing on the receiver. I contacted the seller, and he said I could return it, but I would have to eat the shipping fees both ways, sales taxes and Gun broker fees. I tried for over a week to contact Gun Broker to see if they could do anything to help me to no avail. So, I kept the gun and left the seller some bad feedback in the form of an F. Later I checked the sellers feedback and apparently GB had changed it to a B. Good Luck getting any help from GB if the seller refuses to fully compensate you.

You used to be able to relatively easily file with a sale cancelation with gunbroker for a returned or cancelled sale. Which would allow for the seller to get the commission fees back. The last time I did that was before they started collecting sales tax. But I would assume that the tax could be refunded too. But due to the way that gun roker collects sales tax. That would be on the seller to refund you.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Yeah, I wouldn't quibble over $40-$50 bucks for shipping. I have a list of questions I typically ask someone I don't know about the condition of the gun if the pictures don't make it obvious. One of the first things a judge asks in a court proceeding is did you ask about these objectionable features. I KNOW I don't have sleeving in that list, but they want to know if you did your due diligence or did you just write a check and trust the persons forth rightfulness. Buyer beware...Move on.