Returning a gun purchased online.

[Setter Man]

Recently a friend of mine purchased a nice-looking English boxlock on GunBroker. The seller listed the specifications including minimum wall thickness' and chamber length (2.5”). He bought the gun for a relatively low price.

When he received the gun it looked like a nice little gun, but upon closer inspection, it was obvious the barrels had been sleeved. Additionally, the chambers were not 2.5”, in fact, the chambers are pretty much non-existent. He emailed the seller, explained why he was rejecting the gun, and the seller replied, "I’m sorry you don’t like the gun. Do go ahead and send it back," which he did.

The question is should the seller reimburse him for the cost of returning the gun? To be clear, he did not return the gun because he “didn’t like it,” he returned it because the seller made material misrepresentations. The seller is in the business and has several English guns listed on GB, so he isn’t a casual seller. One only had to look at the barrel flats to see the gun had been repriced for nitro loads and the seam where the barrels were wet sleeved isn’t hard to see, so I think it’s safe to assume the seller intentionally left out the fact it was sleeved.

Based on the foregoing, is it reasonable to expect a dealer to reimburse a buyer for the cost of returning the gun?

JDG