How can a seller sell a rifle with this add???

Hi,

How can a seller sell his rifle with this description and 1 picture. ????
I emailed him and ask for more pictures and a more detailed description 2 days ago but nothing. ????
PS. Rifle looks nice but I want s/n and markings on the barrel, any rebuild stamp, any markings in sling well, and other questions answered.

His description in his listing.
( A nice old Inland M1 Carbine with sling, oiler, and one fifteen round magazine. )

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../Carbine-1.jpg

Dick
PS. Who knows this might be a sleeper. Can't tell much from 1 picture and no S/N.

Offer him a low ball.
If he bites, worse comes to worse you can part it out.
Hard to tell from this one picture, but sorta looks like it may only have 1 slide dismount knotch.
But so very hard to tell.
Maybe he's gone for the weekend...........

Good Luck,
Charlie-painter777

Maybe he doesn't know anything about carbines and just listed what he thought would help sell it.

Hi, Charlie
I can't it is on a SELLING BOARD and I have no way to contact him except by email through the site, or I would. i will try again on monday maybe he is gone for weekend.
Thanks
Dick

He probably doesn't know squat about carbines and he sees it as a shooter. He expects some guys to bid a bit, and it will sell. He has no idea that the sum of the parts could be worth far more than the value assembled. It's doubtful that it's as originally issued...

JimF4M1s
That what I was hoping might be the case.
Dick

He has only 3 feedbacks posted to his listing. Total of 12 transactions since 11-09-2000
100% postive Total transactions 27


Positive 907737499 01/08/2012 Very good seller to work with, and I'm very pleased with my new M1 Garand; she's a real beauty!!! Thanks, Christopher! A++

Positive 995958606 03/27/2010 Great communication, 100% accurate description, item shipped with gorilla protection, would buy from again even if no pictures were available. Now that’s saying a lot! Thanks Chris

Positive 951116164 12/16/2009 great seller

Sounds like he is good seller - It is a buy it for $735.00 shipped, but I want to know if it has a inport STAMP
Thanks
Dick

Ask him for a look at the front area on the barrel when you can. He will be able to handle that...

I can't get him to respond to my email's, and I can't contact him except thru the selling site. I may try and get the selling site to contact him or give me his phone but I bet they won,t do it.
Thanks
Dick

the receiver might not be Inland.

That is a good idea because if he is not up on the Carbine he may be reading the Inland from the barrel and the rear site is covering the mfg. and some of the S/N or he never looked for S/N. Becomes a real guessing game if they won't answer emails. I hope at some time he will email me.
Thanks
Dick

I bought a Carbine for the stock one time that the pawn shop owner had listed as an Underwood. I didn't waste my time telling him it was commercial receiver. ERMA with an Underwood barrel dated 6-44. It had a solid RSG high wood stock with nice and straight scope cut that I had Frank fix.