Why are there no -1's

[rockhound]

maybe the buyer backed out because the item was a pile of crap or was otherwise not as described,

buyer backed out doesn't mean they didn't show up as promised and once they saw the condition decided it was not for them.

[Wulf202]

I owe jim several +/- 1 impartial feedbacks

[Sawin]

maybe the buyer backed out because the item was a pile of crap or was otherwise not as described,

buyer backed out doesn't mean they didn't show up as promised and once they saw the condition decided it was not for them.

This has happened to me on a different forum before, but not here. I met a gent up in Longmont to look at a rem870 5-6 years ago. He had taken some damn near "professional" photos of it, which seemed odd to me since it was such an inexpensive gun, and it was clear that he had doctored up the blemishes in the bluing and the cracking in the stock in the photos. I took about a 30 second look at it, told him no thanks and he scowled like a crooked politician. Haven't seen him since but I think he still sells on the other site some times.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Jim you by rights owe me a -1. We had a deal made then a bunch of bad things happened to my wife and I. You were able to find a new buyer. Thanks for understanding.

[Clint45]

I only had one guy back out of a deal with me for a trade. He decided he didn't like the way my pistol felt in his hand, and that's not unreasonable. So we parted ways, I sold that pistol to someone else the next day, then got back in touch with him the day after to pay cash for his pistol. The only time I backed out of a deal was a guy from armslist who failed to mention that he had Duracoated his "like new" pistol . . . and he had no idea how to Duracoat . . . it looked like he'd dipped that pistol in cake batter.

[Great-Kazoo]

Jim you by rights owe me a -1. We had a deal made then a bunch of bad things happened to my wife and I. You were able to find a new buyer. Thanks for understanding.

Not when you suffered the your you did. A loss of a child / family member gets a pass in anyone's book. Plus it's not like we ever did a deal before.

[Hotchef181818]

He thought about it, then he realized it wasn't the members fault so it wouldn't be fair

I hope I'm never truly to blame and the deserving recipient of a -1, but I think I came the closest to one I've been so far, THIS MORNING. In short, I connected my neighbor with a seller on here who has some BCG's for sale. They coordinated amongst themselves and for one reason or another my neighbor screwed the pooch and they never met. I vouched for the guy and he fumbled, and it makes me feel like an ass.

If I were to ever make a deal with a fellow member and they flaked, went back on their word, etc, or I were to do the same, then I think a -1 could be appropriate. Fortunately, as many others have noted, this community is pretty much entirely comprised of "my word is my bond" kind of folks. That can't be said for very many cross-sections anymore.

[Ridge]

I think I did a -1 for someone once. I think we had agreed to a deal and then they cut off contact, but were still posting on the forums.

[n8tive97]

Agree, and it's happened to me! Frustrating.

[HoneyBadger]

Ummm, it was Skully not you. Yes I'm a dickhead. And I wasn't given one "as a birthday present" as my birthday is in January and I received it a few days ago. I was gifted one though. I did offer to still buy it on the 26th (payday) but I'll just turn around and sale it as well since I already have one, so it's up to Skully whether he wants to hold me to the fire, no hard feelings either way. It's life... So I don't know if that post was in jest or what... Oh well, Honeybadger don't give a poop!

Hahahaha not calling you a dickhead at all! Sorry if you thought that! Just joking around.