One of the very first deals I did was with a guy who gave me a firm "I'll take it" to pay $600 for a WW2 M1 Carbine in excellent condition that had plenty of pics posted and lots of extras included . . . was originally listed at 800 but I dropped the price over the next 2 weeks to fund another purchase . . . which I made an hour before meeting him with cash I probably should not have spent. To make a long story short, he looks it over and immediately asks if he can field strip it . . . while standing in a half foot of fresh snow in a parking lot across from Tanner. I stupidly agree, and he proceeds to remove the bolt, recoil spring, and trigger group . . . then he takes out a fucking Leatherman and says he "wants to see if the numbers match" on the small parts inside the trigger group and starts trying to remove a pin with pliers. I tell him I'm not comfortable with that and he puts it back together. Then he brags that he "already owns a dozen M1 carbines and doesn't need another" and states that even though he has more money, he only had $500 of "mad money" he wanted to spend . . . after originally stating and confirming "I will take it" for $600 cash. Against my better judgement, because of the snowstorm, the fact it had been unsold for 2 weeks, and the fact that I was now broke until payday a week away, I agreed to take $500 . . . after which he decided to take back the bills and give me some other one's instead because he "wanted to keep the fifties." Because I was watching him closely and carefully recounted it I was not shortchanged. Guy contacted me via armslist but was a member here and still is, and although he's been here a year longer than myself his postcount is well under 100. The only reason I'm not posting a -1 is because this happened over 3 years ago and I know he has friends here and it would stir up drama . . . but fuck that guy.
