1937 Navy M1911

[prewar]

Funny how no neg or neutral has been posted on either

[Tommy2guns]

Exactly.....

[EJsArsenal]

No shill game

This auction was run on the up & up. I made a tactile choice not to block this bidder based on his one positive feedback. After the auction, he did not respond to multiple emails, I had to run an Intellius search on him to get his work & cell numbers. After I texted him, he blocked my number. His user name is archwire1 on Gunbroker and I have left him a negative feedback (his feedback rating is now C(2) becuase of me) and I have started the NPB process to re-coop the $550 in final value fees that he has cost me. I did approach gbethu and the 2nd place bidder, offering both a opportunity to buy the Navy Colt THROUGH Gunbroker at the behest of the seller. No dice, no sale, no commission. But on the positive side, I gained an anonymous stalker named armsmear Feel free to ask any questions you like to verify my story. Honest men always face their accusers.

It appears the story has made that turn many have remarked on regarding this auction being a complete shill game. I understand that this guy's "buyer" at $43,025 has welched on and is not going to take the gun. So he may be peddling it again privately.

I bet it sucks when your shill game doesn't work out the way you wanted it to and your simple greed got the best of you.

[gbethu]

1937 Navy

This auction was run on the up & up. I made a tactile choice not to block this bidder based on his one positive feedback. After the auction, he did not respond to multiple emails, I had to run an Intellius search on him to get his work & cell numbers. After I texted him, he blocked my number. His user name is archwire1 on Gunbroker and I have left him a negative feedback (his feedback rating is now C(2) becuase of me) and I have started the NPB process to re-coop the $550 in final value fees that he has cost me. I did approach gbethu and the 2nd place bidder, offering both a opportunity to buy the Navy Colt THROUGH Gunbroker at the behest of the seller. No dice, no sale, no commission. But on the positive side, I gained an anonymous stalker named armsmear Feel free to ask any questions you like to verify my story. Honest men always face their accusers.

All's well that ends well. EJ and the owner did the right thing and we completed the purchase. It's a truly beautiful gun. Thanks to a well known and respected Ohio collector, I secured the correct barrel. This pistol is certainly in outstanding condition.

It's an education for me to learn of all the maneuvers people will do to buy/sell or just screw with any deal. I'm sure that's been true for years..My bet is I'm not the first one to have scar tissue from bad deals. This, thankfully resulted in my acquisition of a remarkable 1937 Navy issued M1911-A1.

Thanks to all of you for helping point out the rocks in the road.

gordon

[1563621]

Very nice buy Gordon!