I would like to address a couple of things:
AOS and WOLFMAN...before you recommend that a person contact anyone's supervisor about anything, the complaintant should have their FACTS straight..OPINIONATED views and allegations are widespread..EXAMPLE: timmer says the spring was broken when he got it..i say it wasn't..it fired for us both..and in his ORIGINAL e-mails, he stated he fired it several times in front of people..before noticing the defect..but, again this is neither here nor there..it is MY WORD/OPINION against HIS..plain and simple.
Wolfman on recommending threats or cause liabel damage..are you not the one that stated how POLICE are like everyone else and should be evaluated as such..and if so, why would you recommend contacting a Police Officer's supervisor to FORCE them to do something that is based purely on OPINION..could a Police Officer contact an office clerk, a data entry clerk, a mechanic or a car salesman's supervisor and report a difference of opinion?
seems to me kinda like a reversal..using one's job against them rather than for them..FAIR?
I WOULD BE GLAD FOR YOU TO GIVE ME A CALL so we can discuss the FACTS of what transpired rather than emotions...
Additionally, when i was contacted that the knife was broken..i was told by the buyer that he DID NOT want to send the knife back as he liked it but was bummed out that the spring was broken..i wrote him back and told him that the knife did not seem broken when i shipped it but, i was not a DA experct..but, since he did not want to send it back and he DID SAY IT WAS BROKE..he could send it to vallotton and he would fix it to his specifications and if any cost was involved i would pay..i got an e-mail from the buyer asking me to NEVER contact him again and just forget about the whole thing..so, i sent another e-mail anyway and said that i did not understand..but, would pay to have the knife fixed..again, i got a nasty e-mail telling me to NOT EVER contact him again...
Since all of this has gone on and DARKMAN made the comment about him having to send the knife to vallotton before shipping it to me..i did a little research..
it seems that DARKMAN or DARKWING or lottsforgenbladz or whatever he is CURRENTLY calling himself has been banned from many forums EVEN THIS ONE..http://www.usualsuspect.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1686..for underhanded activity.
So, NOW i feel that Timmer and i BOTH have been taken by this guy..and that he disguised the spring somehow and it just happened not to break with me because i only fired it once..
i wish you guys would listen to what i have been trying to say..i did offer to PAY FOR REPAIRS..but, because Timmer was mad, was told NO and NEVER TO CONTACT HIM AGAIN..
as a side note, i have recently completed 2 knife deals involving several high-dollar knives and am in the process of doing 2 more where the people (forum members) sent me the knives ON MY WORD, AFTER reading this thread and even making mention of it..but, they said that they believed in what i was trying to convey..and that my intentions were good..so, they would see for themselves..in a few days once these transactions have been completed..hopefully, you can read their experiences.
in closing..this was an opinion based situation where i didn't think the knife was broken when i shipped it but, timmer did..NO DEPARTMENT, COURT OF LAW, ect..will make someone do something based on this type of activity..but, i DID TRY to make it right..REGARDLESS of what you negative persons think.