? Fake parts m1 carbine

[ANECTINE]

aS A NOVICE i WAS LOOKING FOR A FLIP SIGHT FOR MY ARSENAL REBUILD Irwin Petersen .
Got on Gunbroker and waited for a couple of day and one came up for auction.put a bid in for 150 and one it for 135. That night i joined this site and started reading about the fake part dealers such as George ,Riverbank Armory. Much to my dismay I found out that abcleigh was the same individual that i got the sight from . I have not paid for it yet so here is my dilemma . Should i not to pay and ruin my A+ rating or just take my lumps and pay for a repro RP irwin sight that is only worth about 15 dollars. My inclination is to just go ahead and pay but it does p---s me off .Any comments would be greatly appreciated
Chuck Lobrano

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[Bubba-7]

How would you feel if you had bought five or ten or maybe twenty over a two to three year period and then found out they were fakes. What is your A+ rating worth?

[Patrick Chadwick]

Did the auction text state that the sight was original, or that it was an Irwin Petersen sight. If so, then you could do the following: write to the seller and say, avoiding any emotional adjectives, that as the price is only justified for an original and you cannot inspect the object before purchase, you require a guarantee of that originality before paying.

If the auction text did not make any such statement, then you are stuck with the options you already outlined - lose your money or your rating. Personally, I would keep my money.

[Bill Ricca]

Recommendation: Many sellers of fake items never describe them as "US GI". Before bidding, register on the auction board, send a message asking if the item is "Original US GI".

If you get a vague answer, do not purchase. If you get a nasty answer claiming many have put out bad information, do not purchase. If you get no answer, do not purchase. If you do not get a statement that it is "US GI", do not purchase.

Remember each seller and their response to your questions.

[ANECTINE]

Thanks for all the replies , The listing was as following "M1 Carbine IP flip sight RP/RP" It makes no mention of originality except
that it is used [Description] Also the inspection time is unspecified. I include the link for the item M1 Carbine IP flip sight RP/RP : Other Gun Accessories & Parts at GunBroker.com
I was not trying to bring the old rifle back to restored condition
because it has to many thing that are mismatched [Stock Winchester Trigger group Inland ect} I just liked the Type one sight .I still don't like being deceived and paying a price of an original when it is not. I was going on the fact that he stated that it was a used IP as stated not a repo. I think just for the record I will do as Mr Chadwick
recommends and write him back and say since I could not inspect it before purchase that I would expect it to be original.
Bubba you are correct I should not "worry " too much about a rating but I must admit my conscious gets to me because I did entered an auction and bidded. Thanks for all the rec and I will in the future try to follow Mr Ricca's advice. Does an one sell
original parts such as the particular sight that i need
Chuck Lobrano

[carbineone]

DO NOT pay for it. Let that son of a B$#&^ resell it again.

[INLAND44]

There is no written description whatsoever on the item except for the title. You won it, now pay for it. You can't impose your own restrictions AFTER bidding on it. You bid on the auction as it was presented, and won it. If you decide to not honor the agreement you consented to by bidding, you will become a 'non-paying bidder' which pretty much is the 'kiss of death' on an auction site. If I sold an item and the buyer started asking questions after he won it, I would be incensed. This has never happened, because I give good descriptions with full disclosure as far as my knowledge permits. I have been on ebay since 1998 and GB since 2000, and based on what I've seen on the link provided, you would have no grounds for any action against the seller unless you pay and he fails to send you the exact item pictured.

[ChipS]

you would have no grounds for any action against the seller unless you pay and he fails to send you the exact item pictured.

Anectine:

I'm sorry for your situation - I've been there before. You are just the guy with more money than knowledge that these 'gentlemen' purveyors of cheap Chinese knock-offs are fishing for. I must agree 100% with Inland44. You read it, you bid it, you bought and you should pay for it. It's the right thing to do. BUT, I read the auction page and Inland44 is rigth-on correct that you bid on and bought the sight PICTURED. If you pay for it and you do not receive the exact sight pictured then you have been defrauded and you can file a claim with GB and maybe impact his rating. I don't know if this swings any weight with ABCLeigh but I think it's the only honorable recourse you have. Sometimes the humpers are too lazy to photograph and post every item when they buy them by the gross, so they photo one of the batch and then just post it in all of their auctions. I would e-mail ABCLeigh and advise him that you suspect the sight is not genuine USGI as you believed when you bid and REQUEST that you be released from your sale contract. If he refuses to release you then tell him that you expect the exact sight pictured and if you do not receive the exact sight you bid on then you will post negative feedback and file a claim of fraudulent business practice against him with GB. Even better if you happened to pay with Paypal as I believe they may insure you against this sort of thing. He might just say forget it rather than take damage to his own rep. He refunded my bid on a 'mis-described' stock a few years ago. If you receive the sight pictured in the auction then take it as a lesson learned, like a true gentleman. I hope it works out for you.

[painter777]

To the OP,
You are concerned about your GB rating?
You might want to look over your recent buys from Sam-T-Bob...

FWIW,
Charlie-painter777

[ANECTINE]

I don't want to offend any one because I am a newbie to this forum but I am not knowledgeable on abbreviations
Could you tell me what OP and FWIW stand for