Originally Posted by
fatelk
On the other hand, I had one incident that turned me off on selling any brass. If I ever sell any more, I'm overly careful about close photos and accurate description.
I had a bunch of rifle brass I got from a hunter who had been accumulating it for a decade intending to someday reload. He never did so he sold it to me. I had it for a couple years and never started loading that caliber so I sold it here. It was all the same brand, all bought at the same store over a decade or so. I put it the description that it wasn't all shiny, had been sitting around for years, and several of the boxes were dog-eared, but I had no doubt that it was once fired. I didn't decap and wet-tumble because I thought that most people want it unprocessed.
After he gets the brass he send me a nasty-gram, saying it was clearly many times fired and worn out; his "expert reloader" buddy told him so, because it wasn't all nice and shiny like some he'd got before. I tried to explain it to him, even offered to take it back or do whatever to make him happy but he disappeared. I have no doubt that had I processed it beforehand he'd have been totally happy. It left a really bad taste in my mouth to know that he thought I'd ripped him off.
I don't buy and sell a lot but over the years that's the only negative experience I've ever had here.