JOdoubleE953

Any idea if the video taken will be released online? And if it will be, where?

I think you had a huuuuge impact when you stood up and explained the process to everyone. Great job

It started out incredibly dry but I like where it all wound up. That lady on the panel had nothing constructive to say however and didn't even carry herself in an inteligent fashion

Well that was an overwhelmingly positive experience. We can definatly throw that one in the W column if anyone is keeping score. Couldn't help but throw a grin on from ear to ear at the end of the whole thing and that guy was explaining the whole FID process. Saw multiple people look completly caught off gaurd and two women sitting next to me who presumably walked in the door pro gun control shot eachother looks as one said "I did not know that" My faith in people is restored atleast temporarily. I think people want to be informed and follow the best course of action, there is just so much misinformation and propaganda out there

Just seems like a less active sector of the forum, thats all. On a side note, I am pretty excited about this. It will be my first time at an event of this nature. Any idea if I can expect traffic on 287N at that time of day?

Any chance of this getting moved to Bucket 3 so that it can get any exposure for any members wanting to attend last minute?

^that last part isn't included in the message to GunBroker, that is just some of my personal commentary on the matter lolol

Good call. I followed up with this: I would also like to add that under your User Agreement Site Rules section, it states... Sellers’ Rules 1. Listing. Once you list an Item for auction it becomes an irrevocable offer to sell the Item to the winning bidder. Once there is a winning bid, you have a binding legal agreement to sell the listed Item to the winning bidder under the User Agreement, these Site Rules, and according to the terms of your listing for the Item. Once you list an Item and receive a winning bid, you cannot withdraw it from sale. Please carefully consider these obligations before you place an Item for auction. I don't need to be an Attorney to tell you this guy is *&^%$#$%^'ed

Amen haha. That was my thought as well. If he could just answer me and start a dialouge, I would be willing to pay pre-panic prices for the item. Time will tell, you guys will be the first to know lol In other news, his $900 starting price relisting auction is up in less than three hours. Should I be worried that someone else will bid? hahaha god willingly no one is that dumb or desperate for ammo

I do have records that I did win the auction. However the way gunbroker is set up, I can't send payment untill the seller makes it so that the payment screen is available to me. After browsing thru their customer support/claim section I am not very optimistic, however I did file a claim. Also, still no responce from him My Claim: "I have won auction #330860418 via a buy it now. I have contacted the seller for payment arrangements etc. and he responded by saying "sorry this listing was not to be a buy it now it was to be a auction please do not pay." I won the item fair and square and he has since ignored all of my attempts to contact. I would have preferred to resolve this with the seller but as I have mentioned, he is not getting back to me. I believe he is ignoring me because after the auction ended and he was contacted by myself, he RE-LISTED the item. No warnings, no substantive communication, he just plain re-listed it. If he does make good on my transaction, you could have another potentially dissatisfied customer on your hands; the individual who bids/wins the new auction I really hope you guys can help me out some how. I know you can not 'force' a seller to sell the item, however I do not want to have to give this guy bad feedback, and I certainly do not want a 'did not pay for item' designation on my account."

hahaha you guys are telling me everything I want to hear. I thing I will take the route of contacting gunbroker. The million dollar question of the hour is do I send him the money via paypal right now? .01 purchase price plus the 50$ to ship. I will have full protection as I will be paying with my Amex thru paypal and in the past I have found my creditcard company and paypal claims service to be very helpfull if need be

Thats what I am thinking at this point. If he doesn't get back to me, I will offer to work out a deal for pre panic pricing. Midwayusa.com sells them for $325.99 (not in stock till 2014) so I would be OK with paying that price shipped. Time will tell, lets see what he has to say first lol

^ That is awesome hahaha. And I hear ya about how this guys motives/pricing/profiteering shouldn't influence my decision making process and ethics when moving forward with this transaction. Given your experiences with gunbroker, what stance do you think they will take if this can not be resolved between me and the seller and I need to get them involved? Surely they will disregard the fact that this is the deal of the century and arguable a rip off for the seller and stick to their cut and dry not up for negotiation policies. Right?

Hahaha the line that defines the "right thing to do" is starting to blurr to me. Morally I value the ideal of justice more than the ideal of "fairness." Aside from your 3rd grade science fair where everyone gets a participation ribbon, nothing in life is 'fair.' I take it personally when people perpetuate the "gun scare" that we are seeing now with overinflated gun broker prices, hoarding ammo/mags, etc. Shooting is supposed to be a laid back, friendly American past time. This guy in particular listed another lot of 5k rounds with a $900 reserve. Come onnnnn. I would love to win the auction and be able to sporadically post REALLY cheap .22 ammo on the classifieds for all to enjoy. With the balance of the rounds I would like to get some more range time myself (I am new to the hobby, only got my FID a few weeks ago), and I would like to bring some skeptical friends/family members out to the range to show them what it is all about. Possibly even convert some who are afraid of guns, or who are just plain ill-informed. Feel free to agree, or come back and tell me I am a complete A$$. Interested in what you guys think!

*UPDATE* Just sent the guy an email. May the power of the internet be with me. Sorry for the small pic size, I reached my limit for uploading directly to the forum

Got out of work early for Wednesday, see all you guys there. How will I know who to sit with? May be difficult to tell the gun guys from the non gun guys (sarcasm)

Picture speaks for itself. Guy posted a 5k round bulk pack of .22 mini mag for $.01 buy it now. I think he meant to put a starting price of $.01 for an auction Really just bought it because I wanted to see the guys responce haha. Worse case scenario I saved him from someone making things really complicated for the poor guy, best case scenario is he honors the sale

That's an interesting point. If true, it is definently not worth the hassle to me. Thanks

Was just on Bass Pro Shop's website and when you eventually find a round they have in stock, it says: "Ammunition is restricted from sale to DC, IL, MA, NJ and NY City. For other locations, you must be 18 or older to purchase ammunition or black powder. For safety reasons we do not accept returns on ammunition or black powder. All ammunition and black powder are considered hazardous and will be shipped ground, contiguous 48 states only. For U.S. sale only." I am used to seeing that disclaimer, but not usually with NJ on the list. Am I missing something here?? lol

looks cool, but not $80 cool

Lol or we could just have as many people as we can call to reserve a seat... and then obviously not show

.22 end of story

A little too far out of my way to go pick up, but seems to be a good deal for someone. http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/spo/3641505811.html

^In the same boat as these guys. Would have loved to sign it though

Wow, great for him! Took me 6 weeks to the day for mine. Now get him out the nearest gun shop asap!