Mon. Rant No. 2 - "Second Owners"

[NWSharpshooter]

Squirrels in the attic again?

I let the dogs out to go pee last night and they ran out and right into a 20lb male raccoon. 2 shots were in the ground hoping to scare the dogs into letting it go, the other two were in the chest to stop it from fighting the dogs.


Been a long and expensive day already.

 

[Horsehat]

Well, if I seem like a cranky old man, it's because, well, I am.

I've bartered, dickered, traded, swapped, picked, since I was a lad, and I always understood that there were certain unwritten rules. You're communicating with someone whose first paying "job" was picking up soft drink bottles for the nickel refund.

I don't know if it's the effect of CL, general Millennial snowflake attitude, folks who live in their parents basement or what, but it just seems as if in the last couple of years, gun sales on ODT have a large percentage of sellers who have little clue about what they are selling, make it known that they resent any question about what they are selling ("Q.is that .38 caliber a Special or S&W. "A.It's made by S&W"), and see oblivious to the fact that it takes two people of like minds to close a deal.

Also, it seems the more computer literate they are the less they realize this is the information age. Use to, being close was an economic advantage, but now any number of sellers on GB or Bud's or where ever will ship any gun I want to my local FFL, 3 miles away, who will transfer it to me for $10.

I feel less geezerish than I did before I read this. How you made it through this without calling someone a whippersnapper or accusing someone of tomfoolery, I’m not sure.

 

[MaconGuns]

If I were to say I was the first owner less than 100 rounds shot. Lost box in move. -$100 under msrp.
What proof is needed to prove the statements?

If I said second owner purchased here from ODT member with 67 positive feedbacks and I have 40 positives, what proof is needed?