[glocker1911]

I saw a Springer Operator for sale on an auction board. Contacted the shop by phone since I wanted to do a trade for the gun. First time i called was put on hold for over twenty minutes. Finally hung up. Tried calling back and got no answer repeatedly. Finally got thru and was told they would figure a "deal" and call me. Sent them another email about 430 in the afternoon. Finally got a call back at six, and we reached a deal, pending their seeing my gun was in the condition I described. They said they would pull the auction and hold the gun until I came down Saturday (this was Thurs night).
They called me back within ONE minute to say they tried to pull the ad but already had a bid, so could no longer trade for it. When I checked on my computer once i got home, I found that the bid didn't come in until a few minutes after the time we talked. But what was more frustrating was an email I found to me from the owner stating the deal was accepted, he would pull the auction and hold the gun for me. The email was time stamped almost 30 minutes before the nid was registered. To me, a deal had been reached and I think it was wrong to back out because they were too slow to live up to their word and close the auction before any bids came in.
One final complaint to pass along. I even emailed the owner the next day and said "ok, stuff happens" and asked him what other similar guns he might have that we could deal on. He said he would check it out and see what he could find. that was almost a week ago, and not another word. I guess they don't need any new business.