Vig, et al,

I understand what a phone call or personal visit can do. But if you are in the 1920's, do NOT list an e-mail address as a point of contact. It is pretty easy to say "call us". We would all understand that.

Business is business, and if you open a channel for communication, you need to be prepared to deal with it. If you are not, you are not someone who will survive in an ever more competitive environment.

Incidently, my message to G&H was that I was a cash buyer ready to make a deal. If you cannot respond to that kind of message, you do not need to be in business. You can get a high school drop out these days to read and recover e-mail. And one more point. Why would you get a response to one inquiry via e-mail and silence on others that asked a pointed question, like, do you actually have the rifle you list for sale?

I don't buy the too old to adapt deal. If I had sent a letter, does anyone thing they would have responded? My belief is that they got caught behind the 8 ball - they had nice pictures of a rifle they had listed for sale that they did not have in stock. Hence, the response, not available.

I would try smoke signals from Texas as a last resort, but they are probably too young for that. So, I will resort to hand signals of universal recognition.