Glock Transfer Rejected

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I've got a fun story... Sold a G17 to a guy in June during the chaos of the looming "bans", made a nice profit and he got his unobtanium Glock. Win Win.

We are still waiting on the transfer to be approved.

Fast forward to a couple days ago, guy contacts me asking for his money back because he got into some legal trouble. In his own words, "I was dealing with another person before and we did not follow the relevant procedures", "seven pistols were confiscated by police". I don't know exactly what he did, but it's obviously not good.

I was told by an officer that the transfer I initiated was rejected on Nov 25, I should receive the official letter soon.

When I sold the pistol it was with the understanding that if the Government pulled some BS and wouldn't allow the transfer, I would refund the entire purchase, no ones fault, fair is fair. But in this situation I'm pretty torn, I'm now stuck with this pistol and cannot sell it to anyone else because the buyer screwed up.

My initial thought is why should I lose out on my profit and time invested because he screwed up? I also sold him some accessories that he now doesn't want because he cant use them. I want to give him back half the purchase price, and tell him to make better decisions in the future.

Looking for some advice, what is fair?

EDIT: Consensus is don't be a scumbag, give him back his money. :cheers:

EDIT2: I am sorry for my impure thought on the matter. I will pray to Jesus for my wicked soul.

LAST EDIT: I cant spend all night replying to everyone. Buyer is getting 100% back, i'm just out on this deal. It happens, I'll survive haha!. Thanks for all the replies, it was fun.
 
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Who are you to decide what portion of his money you allow him to have back?
Its another story if he offers to let you keep a portion of it for the trouble.
Just give him his money back.
 
What the hell? Why should you not steal his money, is what you're asking??

You have the gun, he does not. You keeping his money would be theft, there are absolutely zero other factors to consider. His business is his business, not yours. Give him his money back.

Why do you think you're entitled to keep a portion of his money to teach him a lesson??

WTF is the matter with people. f:P:2:
 
I "get" the frustration over how this happened, however, personally, I'd refund the funds 100%....

And, you can still strip that Glock & sell all the parts minus frame to recoup funds, so maybe not a total loss, eh? :p

If it was me I'd just keep it as a spare/spare parts.

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shiftybullet said:
All good points. Obviously i'm annoyed, so I wanted some unbiased opinions.

Thanks!
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Hopefully you didn't spend his money already. I've sold stuff before and have had to provide a refund later, only realizing I already spent the money and had to then find it elsewhere to facilitate the refund. But definitely in this case a refund is in order, especially once you in possession of the transfer rejected letter from the RCMP
 
thegazelle said:
Hopefully you didn't spend his money already. I've sold stuff before and have had to provide a refund later, only realizing I already spent the money and had to then find it elsewhere to facilitate the refund. But definitely in this case a refund is in order, especially once you in possession of the transfer rejected letter from the RCMP
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Money isn't the issue but yes, I'm not doing a thing until Its official, don't need more problems.
 
NAA said:
I "get" the frustration over how this happened, however, personally, I'd refund the funds 100%....

And, you can still strip that Glock & sell all the parts minus frame to recoup funds, so maybe not a total loss, eh? :p

If it was me I'd just keep it as a spare/spare parts.

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Certainly a healthy parts market right now. lol!
 
Scotty454 said:
What the hell? Why should you not steal his money, is what you're asking??

You have the gun, he does not. You keeping his money would be theft, there are absolutely zero other factors to consider. His business is his business, not yours. Give him his money back.

Why do you think you're entitled to keep a portion of his money to teach him a lesson??

WTF is the matter with people. f:P:2:
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You seem tense, relax, it was just a question based on a knee jerk feeling of being pissed off, which is why I came here to the greater firearms community for some advice.

How's the weather up there?
 
I don't think it's as black and white as everyone calling you a wannabe thief. It's a weird and unprecedented situation. He has incurred a significant opportunity cost. You could've sold that to someone who isn't a ####up, and now you can't, because he attempted to buy it.

I agree that there's no other option than to return the money but I do feel for you.
 
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