Re: 1907 L.C. Smith Catalogue on E-Bay at $475.00 Archived Message
Posted by SFC Dunlap on October 17, 2008, 11:24 am, in reply to "1907 L.C. Smith Catalogue on E-Bay at $475.00"
USMC Armorer, Chris is currently unable to respond as he is on his way to chase ditch parrots in the Dakotas for a week. However, I will speak on his behalf for now and he can correct or compound when he returns. Your purchase of the 1907 Catalog is indeed a great find as it is an original. Unfortunately the LCSCA to the best of my knowledge as a life member of over four years does not have the resources to reproduce your catalog for other members. I am sure the cost to reproduce this would not be very cost efficient either. There are several reproduction companies that frequently advertise on ebay that specialize in this. As to your PayPal / Ebay worries. I have purchased hundreds of items from Ebay and will only do so if the seller accepts PayPal. This prevents you from having to provide your credit card info to a new buyer each time and also provides you some recourse should you not receive an item you paid for or are sent something that does not meet the seller's description. I have only had one instance where I had to use this option and PayPal initiated an inquiry and I was promptly refunded for my purchase. If you are unsure of a particular seller on Ebay, look at their feedback number and even read some of their feedback. I do not to purchase from anyone with less than a 98% rating. Obviously not all stores, whether on Ebay or Main Street in your home town can please everyone all the time. There may be one or two unhappy customers with that particular seller. As to your info on BATF keeping an eye on Ebay. Ebay has always stated that the sale of firearms receivers was unauthorized on their site. I am sure they tried to enforce this to the best of their ability. However, Ebay doesn't look at the items before they are put up for sale so had no real way of controlling this. They have become more aggressive in their monitoring lately but sellers always find ways to disguise what they are truly selling in their item descriptions. There was even an attempt by an individual a few years back to sell a Kilo of Cocaine on Ebay. It was on the site for sale for a day or so before it was pulled.
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