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Sitting here whilst the weather closes in (snow, wind, cold...you know) I thought I'd relate my recent experience in trying to find a tent......
I have been searching for a Blacks of Greenock Good Companions Major for a while now.......I have one with extended fly and am a huge fan of these aged tents of various sizes. However I am searching for a better condition extended fly than mine currently has, and I appreciate it may be a long search.....
Anyway one of the long standing ads has been on a site ending in .."loved" and is quite specific and detailed.....I think. But the responses have, quite often, been somewhat bizarre, most commonly a message pings to me along the lines of,
"what do you want to pay?" That's it, nothing more. Now I hope I'm not alone in realising that that question is a question alone, and doesn't relate to any specified thing, thereby rendering it an impossibility to answer?
That has happened more than once, and when I raise the dichotomy it presents me................. nothing. Zip..........
Help me out here, if I'm missing or misunderstanding something?
More recently, I had a couple of more hopefully constructive responses, one of which asked for an email address to send photos and details..................weeks later, nothing again. Even despite messaging through the portal. Nothing
Yet another, I just cannot get ANY details of the alleged tent/fly for sale, and that has gone on for over a month
And I thought it would all be so simple, along the lines of,
"I have x for sale, condition so and so, and want y for it. This is what it looks like, and this is what (if anything) is wrong/missing/damaged"
Exchange agreed amount, and deliver. Simples. Have sold a couple of tents myself
Oh well, it's all an education , Keep warm!
I have been searching for a Blacks of Greenock Good Companions Major for a while now.......I have one with extended fly and am a huge fan of these aged tents of various sizes. However I am searching for a better condition extended fly than mine currently has, and I appreciate it may be a long search.....
Anyway one of the long standing ads has been on a site ending in .."loved" and is quite specific and detailed.....I think. But the responses have, quite often, been somewhat bizarre, most commonly a message pings to me along the lines of,
"what do you want to pay?" That's it, nothing more. Now I hope I'm not alone in realising that that question is a question alone, and doesn't relate to any specified thing, thereby rendering it an impossibility to answer?
That has happened more than once, and when I raise the dichotomy it presents me................. nothing. Zip..........
Help me out here, if I'm missing or misunderstanding something?
More recently, I had a couple of more hopefully constructive responses, one of which asked for an email address to send photos and details..................weeks later, nothing again. Even despite messaging through the portal. Nothing
Yet another, I just cannot get ANY details of the alleged tent/fly for sale, and that has gone on for over a month
And I thought it would all be so simple, along the lines of,
"I have x for sale, condition so and so, and want y for it. This is what it looks like, and this is what (if anything) is wrong/missing/damaged"
Exchange agreed amount, and deliver. Simples. Have sold a couple of tents myself
Oh well, it's all an education , Keep warm!