"I knew they weren't Leupolds and I figured he did. "
"I didn't know about this fake stuff till this morning."
These are hard statements to square up in my mind.
He knew exactly what he had and knew exactly what he was doing. Otherwise, why would he have hung onto the trade items in case the other party came back and wanted to reverse the deal?
That isn't someone thinking the buyer might have buyer's remorse, that's someone thinking there's a good chance they're going to be caught.
