can you give details? not to burn his rep, i'm just interested in purchasing and would like to avoid an uneccessary situation
To make a long story short, I bought a very expensive sniper rifle from him; it was advertised in excellent condition and with extras including scope mount, very good condition hard case, parker hale bipod, etc. The rifle arrived in poorer condition than advertised, missing the parker hale bipod, and the transit case had been beaten all to hell, while the outer carboard shipping box was pristine.
I opted to not worry that much about the transit case, but I called Larry on the bipod - which is a $250 - $300 accessory. He stated that even though he said he had one, he would not ship me one since he had "discounted the price of the rifle enough" and could not lose any more money by shipping me a bipod, even though he had stated verbally and in written correspondence that the bipod was included.
When confronted about the rifle and case he stated something to effect that he had thought they were in better shape when we were negotiating the deal. When I returned the rifle (at my cost even though he had misrepresented the merchandise) he tried to stiff me with a $100 charge to repair one of the latches on the transit case - a latch that arrived to me broken.
Botom line - Larry lies to customers and will not live up to his promises -ergo he has no honor and should be avoided IMHO.
Just my experience - I have heard similar stories from others, but to be fair, I have also heard good things from a few of his customers as well. Caveat Emptor, but there are several trustworthy and honorable sellers in the marketplace who deserve your business a lot more compared to CCF.
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