By GB I meant Gunbroker. I sent money for a cannon that he advertised there, after he got the money he told me the cannon was in some antique shop that had raised the price so now he could not buy it. He told me he might be getting other cannons he could sell me for my money he already had, but I asked him to refund the money. He did send over half of it back quickly. I asked when he would send the rest back and he says he has no idea when that will be. He had to send the rest of my money, his "commission" on the deal, to his wife who is in another country. This transpired over about the past month and I am still waitiing for about $2K to be returned, now about three weeks after he said he was unable to get the cannon he sold me. He had never told me he did not already own the cannon so of coures it was surprising when he said he could not buy it.
If telling other cannoneers about this transaction and this dealer here is inappropriate, please feel free to make this thread disappear. I did not want others to go through what I am going through with this seller.
Graybeard or the moderators are welcome to copies of all emails between myself and the seller, which leave no doubt as to what transpired.
In one email I told him one of the things I would do if he did not refund the rest of my money quickly was to communicate what occurred to other cannoneers, so they would be informed of his business methods. He wrote back that he would not mind if I did that, so here it is.
