Complaint Review: Mom's Old Guns

On March 17 2006 I ordered from Mom's Old Guns a very hard to get set of ammunition reloading dies for a Martini-Henry rifle. I paid for the items through Paypal on that date in the sum of $280.50 US; and the turn around time was stated as 4-6 weeks. My final correspondence from 'Coyote' was on 23 April, stating that my parts would be shipped 'the second week of May.' The date came and went, and repeated attempts to contact 'Coyote' have been unanswered. The specific items I ordered were 'the Package Deal with the 470/500GG-FB mould, 20 cases, and the die set.'

Several emails were exchanged right at first about reloading these particular rounds, and I thought everything was great. Emails after 23 April were on: 23 May; 3, 18 & 26 June; finally on 13 July I informed him that I was going to report him to the Better Business Bureau in Colorado. His phone either rings off the wall, or yields the 'this phone number has been disconnected,' it never worked, but for the first couple of weeks he was very prompt about emailing.

So, he's vanished into the ether with $280. Caveat emptor.

James
Champaign, Illinois
U.S.A.