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Is that a SCRATCH, or is it CRACKED ? It is hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like a Crack To Me!

Looks like a crack to me. Bad deal

It is a bona fide CRACK.


One that upon inspection of the sale photo , is there.

Seller has gone dark.

I enclosed image of a crack , but not a Marlin cracki.

Will take photos of actual crack tomorrow morning!

Here is the crack close up.

Here is a wide shot.

Seller should be taking that back. Sorry.

Yikes

Looks like there is signs of the crack in the original pics.
Straight below the point of the bottom of the large diamond and 4 checkering lines to the left where the wood starts smooth…

I’m sure this could be resolved.

It should.

That's a shame, yes it should be resolved.

+1

This is very disheartening!

10ring1 stated the rifle as "new" at least 3 separate times in the ad and should've disclosed the issue if known.

If I would have been the buyer, I would have expected a New In Box rifle and fully expect the seller to stand tall and issue a return/refund after recognizing the stock was cracked before he shipped it.

I've dealt with 10ring1 in the past... I hope he does the right thing here and take back the rifle.

+2

Flaw can be seen in original photos - he may or may not have seen it but in retrospect it’s not what it was advertised as - I’ve had to do it a couple of times - easiest thing to do is return the funds and get the rifle back. I too have dealt with 10ring1 and he was good to deal with (FWIW).

PennDog

Well he was online 26 minutes ago.

He needs to stop by here and defend himself.

I am so sorry. Seller needs to step up. The "showed up at FFL and you have 24 hrs no fire inspection period" excuse is bull-poop!

First of all I want to thank you all for your support in this matter.

I still have not heard from seller.

I have taken photos of shipping box.

The damage to the styrofoam components may be old as no crumbly styrofoam was in box?

I wonder why this damage was not noted in original sale post?

It’s there in the photos, the styrofoam damage.

Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.

I would either return item for refund minus shipping, or take a partial cash settlement to cover devaluation and repairs. ( I don’t think this rifle is safe to shoot, or handle until repaired)

Thanks

John

This is his reply.

I did not go public with this until the seller went dark.

Any advice from here would be appreciated.

I requested to return it ……I eat shipping both ways.

Or $900 cash I keep the 38/55


John

This is my final response John. If you contact Paypal be prepared for yours and my account to be frozen and closed. You are at just as at fault for using PayPal as I am, so that threat is just as self destructive as it is punitive.
And as for the rifle, I inspected the rifle and there was not a crack when I had it. I certainly did not sell it with intention of pushing off a supposedly damaged rifle on someone else. I would have never sold it if that is the case.
Lastly, i certainly don't appreciate you going on the thread a being a dick before contacting me to attempt to resolve this. You immediately turned the thread the day before you sent me a message with the issue.
Nevertheless, I do not agree the rifle had a crack before I sent it and certainly don't agree with your inflated estimate. My one and only offer is $300 refund. If you accept let me know and if not, this will be our last contact.

Take the 300.00 and move on.

that crack looks like a dog hair on the rifle...........hard to see and with all the right side photos and one left side what's with that and these photos were taken before shipping and the shipper will red flag this as NOT being shipping damage so with enough photos being taken you can always find one to submit that conceals what you don't want exposed......like what LazyL0228 says..........take the $300 and move on....you got screwed and
there is no way else to put it..................I had a beautiful wife.....a real looker but after marrying her I found out she was a alcoholic sneak drinker with 2 DWI's..... the last one she ran into a whole house!!!!!! the moral of this story is what looks good on the outside may turn butt ugly once you get your hands on it and see what you truly have..............I ended up with a 5 month old baby, no home and minus $186,000.00 in 1976 or $970,000. in now dollars so take the $300 and run as you got screwed but youre still alive...................................

Just wondering -- why does the crack now look so much more severe than what is shown in the sales photo? I can understand why that makes the seller wonder what happened.
The $300 offer seems rather cheap since the seller is undoubtedly still making a lot of profit unless he bought the rifle recently. There should be a reasonable compromise here since this will remain a very nice rifle after the repairs are done.

I set my compensation at $900 for the following reasons:

1. The box is damaged……… $50

2. The stock is broken……….$250 repair/ replacement

3. The condition of the firearm devalues by at least 40%

4. Finding a replacement stock with that amount of figure will be hard at best.

I paid $ 1785 shipped so minus $85 for shipping is $1700

.4 x 1700 = $628 + 250 + 50 = $928

So there you go.

Bottom line…..

Any one want this for $1485 shipped?

Angus is a good guy.I have dealt with him many times and he has always been honest and not a cry baby.Be that as it may.This is why I take the butt stock off of lever actions when I ship and wrap heavily.The seller needs to man up and replace the butt stock with one that is the same quality(sans crack) or take the gun back.Huntz