INGO Classifieds - An observation

[mcapo]

I also love how so many firearms have such low round counts! If you believe all of those posts, you would think that nobody shoots their guns anymore, and we have a bunch of Safe Queens just sitting out there waiting to be grabbed up by the *real* shooters!

Another of my favorites that is overused:

When asked about round count: "I'm not sure, I bought this used, and then *RIGHT AFTER* I bought it, I decided to buy XYZ, and didn't need it any more. It has been sitting in my safe for 2 years un-fired, and needs to find a good home. Perfect Condition..."

Gotta say I have a lot of guns with very low round counts during my ownership (some new/some used) and a few regular shooters that have tons and tons of rounds through them.

 

[DanVoils]

I wish we could leave negative feedback when someone bails on deal without them leaving retaliatory negative feedback in return. If they do will the mods remove it?
I recently had a guy agree to a trade. He kept delaying the swap then told me someone was buying it. I held onto my pistol for over 2 weeks waiting on the trade. (The trade was well in his favor.) If I leave negative feedback will the mods remove any return feedback? He's not even marked the item as gone and closed the thread.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I wish we could leave negative feedback when someone bails on deal without them leaving retaliatory negative feedback in return. If they do will the mods remove it?
I recently had a guy agree to a trade. He kept delaying the swap then told me someone was buying it. I held onto my pistol for over 2 weeks waiting on the trade. (The trade was well in his favor.) If I leave negative feedback will the mods remove any return feedback? He's not even marked the item as gone and closed the thread.

What would keep someone from leaving preemptive negative feedback falsely?

For me, if someone has one negative feedback out of a bunch of positives, I look at the feedback they left the other person figuring there's two sides to a story. If someone has, or leaves, multiple negatives I use the Raylin Givens method and figure it's them.

 

[hps]

I LOVE the Classified section.

 

[Expat]

I wish we could leave negative feedback when someone bails on deal without them leaving retaliatory negative feedback in return. If they do will the mods remove it?
I recently had a guy agree to a trade. He kept delaying the swap then told me someone was buying it. I held onto my pistol for over 2 weeks waiting on the trade. (The trade was well in his favor.) If I leave negative feedback will the mods remove any return feedback? He's not even marked the item as gone and closed the thread.

How familiar are we with him? How many posts? How long around? If I saw a back and forth between you and some newbie or someone that is obviously a flipper, I would just assume the problem is him unless or until proven otherwise.

 

[jamil]

What would keep someone from leaving preemptive negative feedback falsely?

For me, if someone has one negative feedback out of a bunch of positives, I look at the feedback they left the other person figuring there's two sides to a story. If someone has, or leaves, multiple negatives I use the Raylin Givens method and figure it's them.

I miss Justified.

 

[jamil]

I wish we could leave negative feedback when someone bails on deal without them leaving retaliatory negative feedback in return. If they do will the mods remove it?
I recently had a guy agree to a trade. He kept delaying the swap then told me someone was buying it. I held onto my pistol for over 2 weeks waiting on the trade. (The trade was well in his favor.) If I leave negative feedback will the mods remove any return feedback? He's not even marked the item as gone and closed the thread.

I'd say call 'em like you see 'em and let it be. People can usually figure out who the *******s are.

 

[bwframe]

Not pointing any fingers at anyone but myself. I have found a couple times lately that I have gotten a bit sloppy. Rather than specifically laying out the details of how the deal will work, I assumed the other party would handle things as I would.

In the past, after reading all the accounts of negative transactions that I could find on INGO, I had a detailed routine that layed out exactly how the transaction would happen. After years and years of 99% problem free trades, I got lazy on this.

Recently I have had some disappointments with timing and a slight financial loss with a PayPal fee. I blame myself for the most part for not laying things out in advance in detail.

 

[WILSON]

Not pointing any fingers at anyone but myself. I have found a couple times lately that I have gotten a bit sloppy. Rather than specifically laying out the details of how the deal will work, I assumed the other party would handle things as I would.

In the past, after reading all the accounts of negative transactions that I could find on INGO, I had a detailed routine that layed out exactly how the transaction would happen. After years and years of 99% problem free trades, I got lazy on this.

Recently I have had some disappointments with timing and a slight financial loss with a PayPal fee. I blame myself for the most part for not laying things out in advance in detail.

I've never, ever had a bad experience using the INGO classifieds section. Just dumb luck I guess...

I know it's pretty important to let the rodent know when you do run across misfits.

 

[Fordtough25]

I wish we could leave negative feedback when someone bails on deal without them leaving retaliatory negative feedback in return. If they do will the mods remove it?
I recently had a guy agree to a trade. He kept delaying the swap then told me someone was buying it. I held onto my pistol for over 2 weeks waiting on the trade. (The trade was well in his favor.) If I leave negative feedback will the mods remove any return feedback? He's not even marked the item as gone and closed the thread.

Nope, my only negative feedback was that exact situation. Guy backed out on me after wasting a bunch of my time so I neg reped him. He neg repped me back and I was stuck with it. Blah

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I also love how so many firearms have such low round counts! If you believe all of those posts, you would think that nobody shoots their guns anymore, and we have a bunch of Safe Queens just sitting out there waiting to be grabbed up by the *real* shooters!

Man, I wish I had your doubts. I am almost certain that 90% of gun owners never shoot their guns. The main thing they do with firearms is posting pics of their guns on the internet with an honorable mention to "pointing guns recklessly at loved ones and strangers".

 

[bwframe]

I've never, ever had a bad experience using the INGO classifieds section. Just dumb luck I guess...

I know it's pretty important to let the rodent know when you do run across misfits.

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Oh, I wouldn't call my couple/three weak experiences bad, just not as stellar as most have been in years past. I was just pointing out my own issues in making things crystal clear to those I transact with.

I did deal with one gent (who I mistakenly didn't check out thoroughly) with a bad rep mark. I see why he had it, but our weak transaction still happened. It just took a bit longer and some prodding for him to get me taken care of.

 

[rhino]

is watching.

 

[Bigtanker]

So is Salma.

 

[rhino]

Salma Hayek is an attractive woman.

There. I said it.

 

[jamil]

Salma Hayek is an attractive woman.

There. I said it.

Denny.

 

[WebSnyper]

Salma Hayek is an attractive woman.

There. I said it.

It's ok Rhino, you can say that and still like Ashley more, and mainly because there is more of her to like

 

[bwframe]

Lotsa places on the web to see boobies. This is a site about guns.

 

[churchmouse]

is watching.

Where did you find that.....

 

[churchmouse]

I wish we could leave negative feedback when someone bails on deal without them leaving retaliatory negative feedback in return. If they do will the mods remove it?
I recently had a guy agree to a trade. He kept delaying the swap then told me someone was buying it. I held onto my pistol for over 2 weeks waiting on the trade. (The trade was well in his favor.) If I leave negative feedback will the mods remove any return feedback? He's not even marked the item as gone and closed the thread.

The staff in general does not have the keys to that area of the playground. Only Admin. does. We decided long ago not to get involved in the neg rep wars.
Unless we are alerted to some of these issues we really have no way of knowing. Report his ad using channels and it will be dealt with.