Words of true Wisdom indeed.
 

I also agree with brother Lander here- if we can post such scenarios without name calling and possible libel action, the "word" will travel through the double gun brotherhood and this "questionable" site will twist slowly in the wind and fade away. Hiring a lawyer at a $5000 retainer to possibly collect an iffy $1000-- not smart poker- and recalling the wisdom of the Oriental-- "When you set out on a journey of revenge, dig TWO graves first"!! Jerry, you are truly one of the good guys- honest as the day is long, and it is always sad to see a friend get the proverbial "shaft" here- For what it is worth in passing, I never get too deeply in love with any gun I buy, life is fleeting, is it not? :bigbye::bigbye:

I hate to give my friend Jerry the business, but I'm sure he read my post of February 5 where I related my suspicion that this auction used shills and was not on the up and up. I expected at least one PM to clarify my comments. Oh well.

Yes Bill, I should have listened. I have the bug pretty badly however for these old guns with non fluid steel barrels now. The hammer guns especially have me. The quality and precision with which these guns are made is simply outstanding! Jerry

I don't spend a lot of words on telling people what to buy, but I'm pretty mouthy when I'm giving advice on what not to buy. You're better off without another bad gun, Jerry.

we do listen bill thanks and hope you keep tellin us.... charlie

You really must pick your battles in life. If you rage war on everything that happens you'll be a miserable SOB. I live pretty upbeat day to day. I've been a lucky guy in business, marriage and have three daughters that love me. So all in all this gun is not worth the hassle. It's nice there are ways to get the word out about them however. People usually get what's theirs. Like Mark Twain said, " He who carries a cat by it's tail is about to learn things he can learn no other way. ". Jerry

O & R, thank you for the kind words!

You are most welcome Jerry
 

[quote=Jerry Andrews;37836]You really must pick your battles in life. If you rage war on everything that happens you'll be a miserable SOB. I live pretty upbeat day to day. I've been a lucky guy in business, marriage and have three daughters that love me. So all in all this gun is not worth the hassle. It's nice there are ways to get the word out about them however. People usually get what's theirs. Like Mark Twain said, " He who carries a cat by it's tail is about to learn things he can learn no other way. ". Jerry

O & R, thank you for the kind words![/-- Have to admire a man who can quote from one of my favorite "sages" ever- Samuel Langhorn Clemens- I like best his phrase about learning from bitter experience, and again, the apparent feline thread is apparent here as well: "A cat who has sat on a hot stove once will never visit a kitchen again!""

Life is, indeed, way too short to spend it planning revenge against those who would choose to "short-change" us, whether they be Bernie Madoff or Messers Marshall and Allen. The word about their apparently intentional favoritism in a auction/business deal will spread, and perhaps they'll be reduced to trying to sell rusty farm implements-:bigbye:

Jerry, A very true statement and a great attitude. Thanks for your thoughts and I am sure the membership here will be better off by not dealing with these people. Over time it will cost them more in lost revenue than just this one deal. A good reputation is an expensive thing to uphold at times.

Just bringing this to light Jerry has cost them :) and it will continue to cost them so in the end you did win and it didn't cost you and you can feel good about it (I know I do, as I have cost one auction house over 60K ($9,000 in commission and almost twice the cost of the gun I bought) in sales :) over what they did to me). As said a "Good reputation is an expensive thing to uphold at times." Eric

Gentlemen,
I never imagined this thread would go this far. My blood pressure is too high to keep my anonimity any longer. I am the instigator of this thread. I had consigned four solid Parker Under Lifters to this auction. Jerry, your gun was NOT one of mine. I asked my friend and ex-neighbor Asa Kelley, to post the original heads up, to inform fellow members of this auction. Here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, this auction is widely advertised as "The premier gun auction of the mid Atlantic States". I live on the edge of the world and it seemed like a good opportunity to make some money on guns I no longer wanted. I spoke to the auction house on the phone, and they claimed that past auctions drew bids from twenty-six states, by internet, phone, and in person. My experience with auctions has been that Parkers bring their value or sometimes much more.

After the auction ended, I apologized to Asa for getting him involved. I want to apologize to all of you for leading you down the road on a bogus auction. I usually live and learn everything in this life "the hard way". Jerry, I'm sorry for your aggravation, but I'm glad you didn't lose any money. I don't know who bought my four guns, shills, dealers, I don't know. In the final analysis, I lost almost $1,000.00. I am the cat that jumped on the stove.

Dave Purnell