Lone_Gunman
Member
Jim,
You asked for a first hand experience, and I asked Erich to indicate what happened. He recounted his story, and his story is the same every time he tells it.
I apologize to Erich for drawing him into this thread only to be bushwacked. You are all but calling him a liar with comments like "if the incident happened as you say". Of course it happened as he said, and to imply otherwise is insulting. Erich has no reason to be lying that I am aware of, and is only even participating in this thread because I stupidy private messaged him ask him to relay his personal experience to you, as you had requested.
Finally to chide him and call him irresponsible for selling the gun instead of sending it to S&W is a low blow. How do you know he did not make the purchaser aware of the problem? Maybe he sold it to a gunsmith. Maybe he didnt want to go to the trouble of boxing the gun up, carrying it to UPS, and sending it to S&W. Maybe the new owner was told of its problems, and didnt mind going to the trouble of sending it back if he got a good deal on it. I personally have bought several defective weapons on the cheap, and subsequently had them repaired.
I don't mean this disrespectfully to you. I just don't think you treated Erich fairly.
You asked for a first hand experience, and I asked Erich to indicate what happened. He recounted his story, and his story is the same every time he tells it.
I apologize to Erich for drawing him into this thread only to be bushwacked. You are all but calling him a liar with comments like "if the incident happened as you say". Of course it happened as he said, and to imply otherwise is insulting. Erich has no reason to be lying that I am aware of, and is only even participating in this thread because I stupidy private messaged him ask him to relay his personal experience to you, as you had requested.
Finally to chide him and call him irresponsible for selling the gun instead of sending it to S&W is a low blow. How do you know he did not make the purchaser aware of the problem? Maybe he sold it to a gunsmith. Maybe he didnt want to go to the trouble of boxing the gun up, carrying it to UPS, and sending it to S&W. Maybe the new owner was told of its problems, and didnt mind going to the trouble of sending it back if he got a good deal on it. I personally have bought several defective weapons on the cheap, and subsequently had them repaired.
I don't mean this disrespectfully to you. I just don't think you treated Erich fairly.