You had a good deal since you were personally standing there looking at the part.
Do not trust G&D to tell you the real condition of what you are buying by phone or email.
What they say and what you get are not the same thing..
Even Jim's sent what I ordered. Just charged more than agreed. At least I got what I needed

when I am in Florida I usually visit Jerry in Starke and buy parts from him as he doesn't ship overseas.
Last time I visited him in 2019. Hope he is still doing ok. IIRC his wife died at that time.

Carsten

Through the years I have bought parts off almost everyone. Brads NOS, Chefs Auto Parts, Great Lakes, Ben Snowbar sent me an X_Block 340 on. Delta Airlines Flight, Domingo, Scott Smith, Frtiz at 1st Place Auto, R/T Specialities (Tom Race by phone) The Paddock, Year one,the list goes on and on.
Even Frank Mitchell sent me stuff at great prices and in described condtion many times.
Only been cheated by G& D, Jim's and a member here.
Not great when I happens but the list of good far out weighs the bad.
Seems like more cheats out there now then ever. Used to be you could not even see the part call a number in tge old paper Hemmings send a check or MO and get what they said in the condition that was stated.
But back then your name and word was worth something.

"But back then your name and word was worth something."


so very true then ! today, not so much............

I stumbled on this thread doing a search. I have a focus on hemi carburetors and saw this on ebay. They always have high prices on carbs, but this one struck me as I examined the pictures. You really need to know your hemi carbs to catch this, but this really looks like a restamp carb. What caught my eye was the front idle screw type but also casting differences that are not 69. Looking at the stamping closer the middle 6 and 2 do not look correct, but it sure looks like a professionally done restamp.

So do they just buy and sell this, or do they make the changes?

I will tell you if you're looking for hemi carbs or parts you really need to know your stuff, I am seeing more fraudulent stuff on ebay, and other places and some is by folks you might have trusted as reputable parts dealers.

There's a reason counterfeiters don't print $1 bills. No value to it.

it seems play money has more value these days.
and no, i'm not talking bitcoin or any of those other fake electronic money "ideas".

There you have it.

Go to events with swaps and buy as many parts as you can first hand in person.

The restamped numbers look to have some filler under them…