Beware buying used guns from Bud's Gun Shop

[MtnMike]

Just like I like to give a shout out when I experience excellent customer service, I feel compelled to report a recent shitty buying experience with Bud's Gun Shop.  Purchased a used Ruger MarkIV .22 pistol advertised in "excellent condition".  I realize "excellent" is a subjective term, but I'd give this pistol a "fair" condition at best, although excellently cleaned and packaged.  But what really pissed me off was discovering that the threads for mounting an optical were stripped.  Didn't discover this right away since there was a filler screw in the hole. It was more than 30 days after receipt (maybe 45) when I started mounting a plate hen this was discovered. So I got hosed and Bud's has lost a formerly excellent customer for life. Off my soap box.