I sold a really sweet, stainless Springfield Champion (IMHO in perfect condition) the other day for $900. I met the buyer at his house, went over the gun with him, showed him the slide catch I had replaced and told him everything I knew about the gun. I had called Springfield to get the build date from them so I knew how old the night sights were before I listed it for sale. I thought $900 was the high end of its value, but I always list high and then might take offers. This guy, after some emails back and forth, said "OK, I'll take it."
Last night while cleaning my guns after slinging some lead with Eric Coffey, I get an email from the guy that he has buyer's remorse, feels like an idiot for buying my gun that's been refinished, complains that the slide is beveled and the sights had been improperly removed and reinstalled and he thinks it's a hack job. I didn't know any of this and I'm not even sure I believe it. I told him to put 100 rounds through it before deciding he doesn't like it. It's a very sweet gun.
For some reason, I was feeling bad for the guy (I never feel bad about this stuff because I am 100% honest when I sell stuff). I didn't offer a refund, but said I'd trade him my full size Springfield Mil-Spec that's been tricked out by Robar. I had just put 100 rds. through it a few hours ago, know it's a great gun, I got it for $275 and put under $500 into making it like it is now.
The guy wrote back this morning that he'll take me up on my offer. Now I'm having a little bit of seller's/trader's remorse. My full size is way, way more bastardized than the Champion, but I have way less money into it because I pretty much stole it. It's such a sweet shooter. But I'm pretty sure I'm coming out way on top of this deal. And while I hate to see this gun go, I'm happy to take the Champion back. And I see this as an opportunity to start another full size 1911 build project and see if I can do it again for even less money. I am such a cheapskate about buying guns and get a real thrill out of stealing them for half of what they're worth.