Seeking Opinions on a Recent Kibler SMR Purchase Experience

[EC121]

Thanks for returning it. I just made an offer and bought it for half price.

 

[Second-rate Marksman]

Thanks for returning it. I just made an offer and bought it for half price.

Are you being serious?

 

[EC121]

As a heart attack. Every cloud has a silver lining somewhere.

 

[Second-rate Marksman]

As a heart attack.

Interesting. It should be noted that I never actually took possession of the rifle. I was refunded before it was ever even shipped.

It’s curious to me the seller would drop the price by $750 for the sake of something that -according to him- was a non-issue. He maintained there was absolutely no problem up until the very end of our interaction.

 

[EC121]

Your deal is over. All it took was a phone call and I got a deal from a friend.

 

[wiscoaster]

Sounds like everybody's happy. Would that have happened on Gunbroker?

 

[Second-rate Marksman]

Am I the only one here that finds the seller’s actions dubious?

The whole time he maintained that the crack at the tang was so minute that it was hardly mentionable, and he never offered me any sort of a discount whatsoever.

I wonder if he’s in the habit of giving 50% off deals to his friends on perfectly good rifles?

Believe me… I’m not the least bit sore over the deal falling through knowing what I know now. The silver lining for me is that I got a rifle in which I feel the builder paid a great deal more attention and care to.

 

[Second-rate Marksman]

Your deal is over.

Thank goodness, too! In hindsight, I’m thankful. I just can’t help but feel an extreme disappointment and even disillusionment that this guy I once looked up to is not the person I thought he was.

I think that what you’ve brought to light just serves to underscore the fact that his character and reputation are not as spotless as he would have one think.