I like the "idiot mark." It means someone was doing instead of talking, and it's fixable.
I accidentally dropped my canoe trying to load it onto my brand-new pickup truck in 2016, and creased the tailgate. "Now it's a truck!" I have a 9mm for EDC, and a Walther PPK/s .380 just because I like...
I've said before that I don't have a problem with a bill of sale given to the buyer so he can prove he didn't steal the firearm (and he'll have some evidence that I said it's not a stolen firearm). But one seller recently wanted all kinds of info, like SSN etc. That's not the purpose of a bill...
It took me a while, but I finally figured out that you don't need a paper trail if you follow the ODT PM rules. The PMs create a paper trail. The real question, I think, is whether the buyer might want a bill of sale to prove he or she paid for the item and owns it, or in some cases to support...
I like a paper trail for money transactions (or trades). I'm a CPA -- I can't help it. It has nothing whatever to do with background checks, etc., it's a bookkeeping issue, and sometimes a tax issue.
Having read a few of these BOS threads, I've finally convinced myself that the ODT PM system...
Farmer_1,
I don't think anyone mentioned it in this thread, but you get a pretty thorough paper trail through the ODT listing thread and private messaging system. That should offer enough documentation to show you used due diligence and the date, time, and location of sale, plus at least a...