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.

[6pt-Sika]

Typically when I list stuff on GB or GI I list it to the best of my knowledge . And for most items we offer a three day return policy as long as you don’t take it from the gunshop or fire it . I try and disclose all minute things , my listings always say if you return said item you shoulder the cost of shipping both ways but I’ll refund the sale price . Quite frankly if you were willing to refund shipping you’d have umpteen people just wanting to look and then return .

[Brush Buster]

Just three weeks ago , I purchased a 20 Gauge Hunter Special on Gun Broker , strong case colors nice and tight decent bluing and it ended up at a very fair price ! I received the gun and to my Surprise the floor plate was raised a bit in the center and had about a 1/4" Crack but wasn't cracked clear to the edge " YET " ! Long story short , the seller was very nice when I contacted him about the crack and apologized and I paid shipping back ,no problem ,after a few days he contacted me ,very courteously and explained he had looked at the floor plate and decided it was scratched not cracked because it didn't go all the way to the edge and that he was just fine with taking it back but would not refund me the shipping back to him ! I explained it just wasn't cracked the whole way across " YET " but to no avail ! I commented if this was my mistake ,I would eat the shipping costs and for he and his to Have a Merry Christmas ! Life is just too short to worry over a few dollars ! In my situation ,I did not disassemble the gun so I possibly could have been wrong ,he did not either so he could be wrong ,either way , I am happy I got it returned and already have my refund tucked away minus a few dollars shipping !

[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.