How many ways does this auction listing say "Don't bid on me?"

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Here is the actual item description from a current online auction listing. The seller uploaded one picture, and it was a blurry one. The revolver is listed under the wrong category and I only stumbled upon it by chance.


Minty S&W 29-3. Never fired. Finish is 95 percent or better with only minor handling marks as to be expected. Upgraded with Pachmayr grips. This is the original Dirty Harry gun. Don’t miss out, “make my day!”

The question is the thread title: How many ways does this auction listing say "Don't bid on me?" See if you can come up with as many as I did....
 
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Well, a 95% gun cannot be described as minty. The Pachs reduce the value by $40-$50 in my book. Why were Pachs installed on a gun that was never fired? The Dirty Harry revolver was a 29-2 not a 29-3. A 5% degradation in finish just from handling marks is a lot more than I would expect.

Well maybe the seller got his name right?
 
Don't buy me...

I agree with Saxon Pig but would rate the Pachs a $!50 to $200 downgrade because a decent pair of replacement factory N frame grips would cost you that much. If they can't furnish the originals it indicates a careless attitude. What else did they mistreat?

Also the "blurred" picture is a deal breaker...what's he hiding? I avoid all blurred photo listings. Same careless attitude.

The cutesy "make my day" comment indicates some immaturity I would not appreciate in a serious seller.

Not mentioned but a couple of other things I avoid are "as is" or "rare" listings and a seller with more than 1% negative feedbacks.
 
You guys both hit on the grips, and I agree. But one thing I would add is "upgrade." Since when are rubber grips an upgrade to a fine S&W revolver?
 
would rate the Pachs a $!50 to $200 downgrade
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$200 if they were football relief, $150 if they were speedloader relief. I'm not positive, but on a dash-3 they could have been either, no? At some point toward the mid or late eighties they started shifting to quasi-laminated grip that still felt and looked like real wood, before they shifted to countertop grips they use on the current production grips. I think the values have continued to go down accordingly...
 
You guys both hit on the grips, and I agree. But one thing I would add is "upgrade." Since when are rubber grips an upgrade to a fine S&W revolver?
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When you don't have the originals and all you have are the "goodyears."
 
I avoid all blurred photo listings. Same careless attitude.
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Poor photos alone kill it for me. I don't expect professional level photography, but its not that hard to take a decent picture.

Same thing applies to shopping for a used car online ... you know the ones ... photo taken at night with a cell phone or lighter used as a light source, the picture is so smudged the only explanation is the camera lens had been marinating in raw sewage all day, if its a pickup it will have a Sanford and Son volume of crap piled up in the bed and the picture is centered roughly on a dog dropping on the ground near the back tire :rolleyes: .
 
I'm also seeing a 24-3 snubby that someone has "upgraded" to Pachmayr rubber. Nobody's bidding on this one either. You can't even put a $$ amount reduction on this one. Limited production gun = unlikely you'll ever find correct grips on the market. People don't seem to realize how much they degrade a revolver by getting rid of the original grips. Even if you like rubber grips, hang onto the wood grips in case you ever sell the gun!
 
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Not the best listing I've ever seen, but far from the worst.

Poor photos, bad spelling, using the word "Clip", "Need to sell quick".... all major turn-offs.
 
Here is the actual item description from a current online auction listing. The seller uploaded one picture, and it was a blurry one. The revolver is listed under the wrong category and I only stumbled upon it by chance. The site name is withheld for obvious reasons.
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Either there's something "hinky" about the seller, or the seller needs to make an appearance of trying to sell, but doesn't really want to. ("Honey I tried, but it just wouldn't sell. I guess I have to keep it.")
 
("Honey I tried, but it just wouldn't sell. I guess I have to keep it.")
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That might also explain some of the stupid high prices you see on gun broker sometimes, like the $1,500 Ruger SP101 .357 I saw a few years ago.
 
whats the seller's rating?

ask for more pix, a lot of times a person is only allowed to upload one pic... but yes, it does seem shadey. its easier to confirm this seller's intent than it is to create a topic about it.
 
I immediately thought of toothpaste or candy when I read the word "minty"
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ROFL...

I do see this word a lot in gun listings. Myself, I never use any derivative of the word "mint" to describe anything but coins... but, yea, minty does make it sound rather breath freshening...
 
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