Hello to all. First off, let me explain my situation. I was interested in buying a brand new Beretta 92FS INOX from a dealer (a.k.a. Prodefense) in Webster, TX. The ad was placed on GunsAmerica.com. I send this guy the copy of my FFL dealer's license. He gets the FFL license so I go ahead and give him my C.C. info and ask for it to be shipped UPS overnight. He said that it would be no problem, but he normally ships via priority mail 2 day service for the sake of cost savings. Gun arrives at my FFL dealer and upon returning home, I discover several things are wrong. First off, the barrel had rifling missing from the muzzle end back for about 1 inch in the 8 o'clock position (when looking to the back of the gun). I figure this is a factory defect (probably 1 in a million). Then I notice that on the front of the grip, there is an area of extreme wear. Also, when I ejected the magazine for the first time, the back lower part of the mag well had wear marks in it that were so deep you could see and feel that the metal was no longer even straight. Mind you, this is a stainless gun. It is NOT easy to wear these things down with normal use. I am thinking this gun has been handled (not shot) a million times. I call the guy back and explain my situation and request a money refund upon returning the pistol (at my cost). He then proceeds to tell me that ALL gun sales are final. His web ad states there is a 3 day return policy. I called on day 1 upon receiving the gun. The receipt I got with the gun says all firearms sales are final, even though I was told (by website) that it could be returned. Well, I kept talking with him and told him of his web ad and he finally accepts to take the pistol back, but not before stating that the pistol I had was his last one of that type that he had. He says he will have his Beretta certified gunsmith look at it, and if it was screwed up, he would replace it (but that was his last one, right?). I send the gun back and this guy I am dealing with calls me back on Nov. 5th, Friday and says it WAS screwed up in the barrel, so he was replacing it (whole gun) with a new one and that the new gun would arrive on Tuesday Nov. 9th of this week. On Nov. 10 the gun has yet to arrive, so I call him back ( it was hell to get to talk to the guy I was dealing with) and finally he said it should be here Thursday or Friday of this week. It is now Sat. so I call back and ask about finding out when a gun would arrive to my dealer. He (another guy) said sure, what type was it and what is your name? I give him my name, and he states "Oh, I think **t was handling that matter and he will not be in until this Monday." "No one else can answer that question."
To sum it up:
#1. The guy I was dealing with bull shitted me about the gun being in "brand new condition".
#2. The guy I was dealing with bull shitted me about returning the gun.
#3 The guy I was dealing with bull shitted me about when the new gun would arrive once.
#4 The guy I was dealing with bull shitted me about when the new gun would arrive twice.
#5 So far, I have no gun and they have over $600.00 dollars of mine and I (POSSIBLY) can't do shit about it until this Monday.
BTW, I have his original web ad saved along with detailed pics. of the fucked up gun before it was sent back.
Being that this dealer is in Texas, I figured someone in here might know of these people? Regardless, what should I do now?
Sorry for the pissy grammatical structure of this whole post. I am too pissed off to go through the trouble of typing everything correctly. Thanks for your time.