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[Dennis]

Forgive me all if I am missing something here. I do like the way the For Sale section is set up EXCEPT for people who list a gun for a friend. That has always irritated me no end. I don't believe in any exceptions to that rule either no matter who makes the exception. It is a rule or it isn't. It doesn't bother me a bit that someone forgets to list the barrel length, gauge, frame size or price. If a buyer is interested in the gun they can simply post a question regarding anything the seller simply forgot to include in their post.

Again maybe I am missing something here but I see no reason a member who wants to sell his gun won't list it on the For sale forum if they want to sell the gun. I have sold guns that I did not list on the forum but it had nothing whatsoever to do with policies of the forum. I simply didn't want to go that route at the time and they were not Parker guns.

I like the section as is.

Dennis

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Originally Posted by Dennis V. Nix

Forgive me all if I am missing something here. I do like the way the For Sale section is set up EXCEPT for people who list a gun for a friend. That has always irritated me no end. I don't believe in any exceptions to that rule either no matter who makes the exception. It is a rule or it isn't. It doesn't bother me a bit that someone forgets to list the barrel length, gauge, frame size or price. If a buyer is interested in the gun they can simply post a question regarding anything the seller simply forgot to include in their post.

Dennis

Hi Dennis,

From the Forum Decorum: http://www.parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9841

Do NOT post Internet links (addresses) of guns for sale or auction other than a member giving notice of their guns for sale in the Members Only section. Further, please DO NOT POST THEM IN THE PGCA FOR SALE FORUM! In short, if you do NOT own the firearm for sale, or have the right to sell it – do not post it in the PGCA For Sale Forum. The PGCA Member “Off Topic” forum would be just dandy, though…

The forum rules evolve over time. Our Webmaster allows one to sell a Parker or other collectible gun for a friend that one has control over the sale ("right to sell it"). A PGCA member may sell for another member who doesn't use the Internet or this site. A member may also sell for the widow next door, aunt Martha and uncle Henry who don't know a Parker from a petunia, of anyone so long as that member has control over the sale. That means post a price and good photos to allow a clean sale. One should not waste electrons and bandwidth posting a VH 12 with cut barrels for $5,000 because uncle Henry thinks it is worth that much. Also, if selling often for lots of friends I believe that seller will be answering questions from our Webmaster.

If selling for a friend and you have control over the sale then just list it as yours. If posting for another PGCA member with instructions to contact that member, as I have, that's okay. If posting for a friend with instructions to contact a non-PGCA member, then that would not be acceptable. If the owner is NOT a PGCA member then the poster MUST control the sale.

Further, even dealers may sell via the PGCA forum so long as they post the sale here first for a couple weeks. Do not post for sale here when something has been or is for sale on Gun Broker or Guns International. A dealer should know better than to abuse a free service for commercial gain.

I hope this clears up this mud.

The forum will evolve over time and crusty old S.O.B. such as me must also evolve, as painful as that is!
Mark