I think i did pretty good.

[MrBorland]

Well-said, OddJob. Thanks.

We all've added our $0.02. Some chided the OP and some not. That's cool. But some here, with no hard evidence, are now coming very close to accusing the OP of commiting a felony. And to wish bad karma on someone? There's a certain funny but sad irony to that. Personally, I think this thread has run its useful course.

 

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[MassMan]

When I was very young I was taken advantage by a dealer due to my lack of knowledge. As a result I am very protective of others who may not be educated. I was once in a store when a dealer offered a ridiculously low amount for a Beretta mod 70. I told the old gent I'd give him a good deal more. The clerk was furious. The old guy took my offer and we went to another store and did the transfer. Never stepped foot in that store again.

 

[smee781]

deals

I guess no one on this board will ever tell of there good deals that they got on a gun or a car or anything else for fear that they will be called out for rape or being a theif. You people are so quick to judge others about a great deal but then next week you will be on the board saying how you got a s&w 19 for $180 and then will feel ok because you payed a little more than $40 dollars for it. Do you go into the store and pay full price for something that is on clearance? The moral delima about this purchase is his not your's to decide its his. A good deal is a good deal weather it was on gas or hunting gear or anything else..........but you judge him for finding a good deal.

 

[gp911]

What do I think?

I think F. B. Ambler died awhile ago (see name labelled on box via old-style label gun), his widow left the gun in the attic, and her addict grandson needed money.


Sad all around, really...


gp911

 

[mavracer]

The moral delima about this purchase is his not your's to decide its his. A good deal is a good deal weather it was on gas or hunting gear or anything else..........but you judge him for finding a good deal.

You seam to forget he asked our opinion.

 

[0007]

Having lived in the Tampa Bay area all my life I would say that gp911 got it in one, heh.
And I have to say that a friend and I were in a shop once when a guy walked in with several older rifles and asked the guy behind the counter what he would give him for them. IIRC there was an A303, a Spencer, a trapdoor, and one other, a trapdoor shotgun conversion . We watched as the offer of $150.00 was made, and then followed the guy outside and bought the stuff for about $600.00. Of course, this was some years back but even so we were all happy when the deal was done.

 

[Wheeler44]

What I think happened, not that anyone cares. Ol' F.P Ambler died, his loving wife kept the gun and probably the rest of ol' F.P.s stuff. She lived with the stuff until she couldn't live alone anymore. The son (I'm guessing son in law) got the dubious responsibility of helping move Mom in Law to an assisted care/nursing home and cleaning out the old house of sixty years worth of accumulated items. Probably most went to Goodwill or Salvation Army, a lot went to the landfill. The gun however, can't be donated (without a little work and this guy has already worked hard, in his mind) or just thrown away. So he does the first responsible thing that comes to mind, sell it at a gunstore. Like the rest of ol' F.P's stuff it's old (some folks just don't have any appreciation for old things) and maybe he (the seller) and ol' F.P/ never really got along. F.P probably wasn't a big shooter, maybe he never shot that gun at all, and he certainly didn't take the seller to the range during family visits to fire a few down range, chew the fat and do some "male bonding". So the seller takes it to gotglocks store. We all know what happens next.

I don't think he was a druggie, I know he wasn't a shooter. I think he just wanted rid of the gun and if he got some gas money so much the better. Barring that, drop it off at the police station and get back to his regularly scheduled program.

I think that the real tragedy here is that the buyer had to brag about it. He coulda just shown the piece and said that he got a good deal and we all would have congratulated him. Instead some wished him bad thoughts, some got riled at those who wished the bad thoughts and all of us spent way to much time thinkin' about it.

I hope this makes me think the next time feel a little boastful, how 'bout you?


Wheeler44

P.S.
The moral of the story is (I guess) If you don't want some relative givin' away your guns (that's what happened here) then teach a whole bunch of them to shoot. And make it enjoyable, so that the relatives ,when faced with the hard realities of life, can at least take comfort in knowin' that they have one of your old guns to remember you by.

 

[BikerRN]

I have not "wished ill" on the OP or anyone else.

While it is true that the seller accepted the "ridiculously low" offer I do feel that the buyer, as a suppossed expert owes his fellow mankind a form of moral responsibility that is often lacking today.

Who among us is to say what would be a low but fair price? I would've offered $150 and both would've got a "good" deal. Heck, I paid $200 for a J-Frame with a lock and that was considered a "good" deal.

Because the OP works in a gunshop I feel that the majority of the responsibility is on him ethically and morally. After all, people in the general society consider people in gunshops to be "experts". We each have our own ideas about what is a "good" deal and what is fair. I just know that in my situation I don't consider this a "good" deal nor a "fair" deal.

Biker

 

[Diggers]

Its a once in a life time (if that) event. GotGlock was just at the right place at the right time. This isn't a normal buisness deal, this seller just wanted rid of it. Obviously the seller is not a gun person if he was going to give it to the police.

Bottom line the guy could have found out how much that gun goes for and simply said no. He didn't care.

From reading these posts I think I have learned why gun shops go under so often. If, like so many posters here have said, they will give a seller MORE money then they are asking then the are just awful business men.
Maybe real nice people but business is just not their thing.

 

[CoinMan]

I don't see how a buyer can take advantage of a seller. Maybe the other way around, but not here. When a seller says to you, "make me an offer," and then agrees to sell the item for the price offered, without any squabbling or counter offer, you then have an "agreement." The seller didn't have to accept the deal, and he certainly wasn't forced into it. If the seller was not knowledgeable about the value of his mechandise, then it's his own fault.

This is 2007 - the information age. There are hundreds of websites that could have given the seller a close approximation of the weapon's value. If the seller was not motivated to educate himself, he is a lazy fool with an opportunity cost of -$360. He was probably a anti-gun liberal, in too big of a hurry to rid himself of such an evil piece of steel to do any research, and therefore screwed himself.

Capitalism in action. Our country was founded on it, BTW. If you don't like it, move to Socialist Europe where you can't even buy a handgun.

Congrats on the great deal GotGlock. Enjoy your new Smith & Wesson.