The single biggest problem with sellers on Ebay is overstating the condition of an item, or pleading ignorance as to the age, quality, or origin of an item. Most people I buy from on Ebay (not all) seem to have a different set of eyes than I do.....items described as 'mint' and 'perfect' arrive with scratches, rust, wear, etc. Another warning flag is the poor quality digital photo - you know, some guy selling a $75,000 Viper with cell phone images. Occasionally I will buy something that is accurately represented but usually it's not.

No veiled bigotry here --
 

-- That phrase came to me in the USMC from my best fried, Lennie Teitelbaum-- being of the Jewish Faith, he knew, and even explained to me, what a matzoh meal was- it was his Yiddish humor in his own spin- first off- St. Peter is NOT of this world- being a Catholic even I know that- so the scenario is set for a form of what the Hindu might call a "Koan" a riddle set in an illogical scenario. I have been a guest in his home several times in Long beach, enjoyed great food and humor. If he were reading this- he would no doubt laugh and add- "So, whaddare ya- schmuck with earlaps already?" The ability to laugh at either the world or ones self in harsh surroundings has been one of many reasons for the survival of the Jewish faith over eons- in spite of pogroms and the horrors of the Holocaust- you want an example (already?)-- Mel Brooks is as kosher as they come- see his great spoof movie "Springtime for Hitler"-- or for an great example, following WW1 in Englasnd and the 1924 Olympics held in Paris- "Chariots of fire" and the star runner Abrahms- all the snide comments couldn't deter him, even from the idiot Prince of Wales- "well, do the best you can, Abrahams, that's all we can expect"--

You owe me and my friend an apology, but Hell will most likely freeze over and Gabriel will be pouring Guinness from a stirrup cup before that happens- now try to find something anti-Semetic in that if you can. And in closing, Lennie's favorite phrase with the coming Christmas Holidays- "Be sure to deck those halls with matzoa balls" !!:rotf::rotf:

I used to get Matzoh ball sandwiches on rye at this little deli in Manhattan all the time. They were out of this world.

Hey Archie, stifle yourself!
 

One only has to reach back in time 3 replies for your latest pearl of not so thinly veiled bigotry.

And who could forget the ever popular,"... some big Bi-Polar spook ..."(gleaned from your thread, 7 Dead in Kent County (MI- Grand Rapids) massacre in the Misfire section on Doublegun.com).
Now would be a good time to tell me what your Chinese and African American marine buddies served you for dinner back in the day.

I'm sorry Francis (there, I said the words), but I can't hear who you're telling me you are, your actions are shouting too loudly.

I wonder how Francis missed the Model 21 that I bought on ebay within the last year, for $500.00. Yup, the gun people don't pay much attention to ebay any more. Works for me.

Destry, your right, not too much trouble had on Ebay here either. I have not done as much business as you on there, but I have a 100% feedback score of 445 and counting. And in my 8-9 years of selling an buying on there, I have only had a few bad experiences. There is no better place to find or sell whatever and have a large audience to market to.

No I can't say the same for Craigslist. lol.

Lennie and I like the Carnegie Deli- near Times Square-
 

His late uncle was head groundskeeper at the old (House that Ruth built) Yankee Stadium) in Da Bronx-- twice while we had a delay leave in transit in the USMC I went to Yankees games with Lennie, his father and other chums- we got 3rd baseline seats- met Casey "Der Olde Perfesser" Stengal, before he 'retired" and ended up with the NL Mets- bad move I should guess. We also went to Coney island several times with some of his HS girl friends- and his family was involved back in 1912-13 with Nathan Handwerker and his friends in establishing the World-known "Nathan's Famous"-- great times, and I still like the Yankees for the best AL team-- used to like the Reds when pete "Charlie Hustle" Rose played, now I kinda have shifted my allegiance to the St, Louis Cards-- paid off pretty good too this past week-Shalom!!!:whistle::whistle:

I would invite you to post about things you have first hand experience. Such as "n'ces pas", which you wrote. Correctly it is "n'est pas", or more correctly "n'est-ce pas", unless you are quoting Bonaparte.

Second - you are not only wrong, but out of line - regarding ATF and eBay. That eBay now forbids what the ATF legally defines as "firearms" - it has ABSOLUTELY ZERO, nothing, nada, whatever - to do with an ATF transactions - legal or illegal. Until the recent policy change on eBay, tens of thousands of firearms were legally sold and purchased using the eBay auction site as a "storefront".

That you say - quote: "I'll send of copy of this to the closest BAFT office to MD" is ill informed (firstly - it is BATF - not "..BAFT.."), but moreso, to use this forum and posts within this forum to cast threats to other users, I find it particularly reprehensible, heightened by the fact that you are using your own ill-informed view, which has zero basis in reality - as the basis for those same threats.

My e-mail is admin@reutterwerk.com If you would like to post further in this forum, please e-mail to explain how this happened in this thread vis-a-vis your posting and as importantly - why it won't occur at ANY TIME in the future. Until that time, your posting privileges are suspended indefinitely.

I'll read your e-mail when I have the chance, but certainly won't feel rushed.

This thread is closed and two posts removed.

Have a great day, gentlemen.

John