Good Deal???

[07Ramfan]

Hey guys,

Check out my $500 buy.









For those that don't know: A M1 Garand, A Universal carbine 30 cal,A Chicom SKS, A SKY 1938 Hex Mosin & a Dan Wesson 44 mag.

EDIT: Yes I payed $500 for ALL FIVE.

 

[M1key]

Yikes. Great deal...someone was desperate for cash.

 

[Zack]

WHAT! $500 FOR ALL THAT? thats a unfair price to the poor guy you bought it from. $950 would have been fair.

Just who did you buy it from? no names

 

[Driftertank]

Just as an aside, it's usually considered best to try NOT to show your serial numbers in pictures you post on the internet....

 

[Ignition Override]

Is that in case the gun has a "skeleton in the closet"?

 

[amkus]

Are they legal?

I can't imagine someone selling all those for that cheap.

Lucky. Can I have the mosin? Purty please?

 

[jonnyc]

Gotta be illegal, desperation, or an oblivious widow.

 

[07Ramfan]

Desperation, or an oblivious daughter.....

The daughter had no clue had she had...

There was also a Weatherby 30-06 & a S&W 915... but they kept those.

 

[Driftertank]

Serial numbers are best written down and hidden incase guns are stolen. I have heard (yeas heard, but not experienced) tales of people filing false claims with serial numbers they saw on the internet. Plus, if anyone can obtain any of your personal information, they now know what guns you own.

Same reason when you read gun mags, people asking for valuation of antique firearms (or the editors) always blank out part of the serial number.

I'm sure I'm just being overly cautious here, but I'm just pointing out observations I've made on etiquette in various forums.

 

[Ditch-Tiger]

I hope you wore a ski mask...

 

[MachIVshooter]

The daughter had no clue had she had...

And you took advantage of that. Very unethical.

First post here, and you decide to gloat about ripping someone off.

If you had told her that there was over $2k worth of guns there, and she still only asked $500, I would say way to go.

As it stands, shame on you. It one thing to score a good deal. It's quite another to hose some poor girl who just lost her dad.

Karma is a B*tch, though.

 

[Jolly Green]

I accidentally misinterpreted a similar post like this recently, but with your smug attitude and no further information I am led to belief that you took advantage of that girl. Not only that, but you came here and expected a high five or some sad form of recognition.

Now here is what you should do:

Man up and go back to the girl and tell her the gun (if you bought more than the m1) values and pay her at least close to the market value.

Cowards take advantage of the weak and mask how weak they are by their "accomplishments".

I sincerely hope you can provide more details and prove me wrong. Until then,

Best Regards

P.S. I might have a few sour posts, but if this practice is typical for you I don't think you belong here.

 

[JDGray]

Nice pick up

 

[JDGray]

It's quite another to hose some poor girl who just lost her dad.

Selling off your loved ones guns, when they should be cherrished, is the real sin here. Must be gun haters, last name of Brady, crack heads, or all the above!! Buying something for the asking price, well........He was in the right place at the right time

 

[Drako]

WOW better sell FTF LOL

I likey the M1 Garand

I Likey th M1 Carbine also

nice find!

taking my pee pee envy and leaving!!!!! LOL

 

[MachIVshooter]

Selling off your loved ones guns, when they should be cherrished, is the real sin here. Must be gun haters, last name of Brady, crack heads, or all the above!!

Some people don't value them like we do. That doesn't necessarily make them "gun haters, last name of Brady, crack heads, or all the above". Say I inherited a beautiful, high quality quilting loom from a grandmother or something. Should I stick it in the basement and cherish it? Seriously, *** good is it to someone who has no idea how to use it, and no interest in learning? So yeah, I'd sell it. Granted, I'd do the research and find out it's value first, but not everyone is so prudent-especially girls when it comes to guy stuff. That doesn't make it OK to be a vulture. She could have got near twice what he paid from a pawn shop!

Like I said, were it me in his position, I'd tell her what they're (honestly) worth, what I'm willing to pay (less than that) and let her decide. That way, I could sleep at night.

The Garand is worth $600-$800

The DW $400-$600

The Carbine, $350-$500

The SKS is $250

The Mosin, $80-$120

That's a total between $1,700 and $2,250, possible more, depending on specifics of the Carbine and Garand.

I'd have offered $1,000 for that lot, been willing to go up to $1,300.

 

[JDGray]

Yeah...I don't think 07Ramfan's gonna sleep well. But won't fault the man, boy, whatever he is. Maybe the daughter hated the old man, and sold them for spite, Or maybe they were hers. I never read about anyone passing. Maybe shes a crack head, and there stolen

 

[Art Eatman]

Enough. Bragging on a near-theft of this sort reflects very poorly upon all us gun folks.