morals question

[30-06 lover]

If the shop was screwing the guy that badly, I would
-Tell the guy to go somewhere else and that he is getting screwed if he takes what is offered.
-Tell the guy I will buy them form him for more if he can give me a few days to get the cash together
-Tell the shop guy in fornt of the poor guy trying to sell his guns that if he screws people that bad that I will not shop there again and that I will tell my friends about how badly the shop is will to screw people.
-Ask the poor guy why he is selling his guns

I understand that shops are in the business to make money, but I hate to see people get screwed. I just dealt with a shop trying to screw me and it sucks.

 

[whited]

The only thing immoral occurring there was the shop's offer.

 

[Caimlas]

If that were to happen in my local store (there's only one), I'd have flat out said to the proprietor/salesman while the couple was standing there, "Steve, what kind of crap are you trying to pull, ripping this guy off like that? You should be offering at least twice that for each of those guns, if you offer anything at all." That kind of offer is criminal, especially given the circumstances basically requiring him to sell them.

The least the bastard could've done was say, "I can't offer you what they're worth, but I can offer you $75 and %50". But that's assuming he wasn't a crook at heart.

I've seen too much of that dishonorable and immoral behavior going on at the local gun shop for me to shop there anymore. I'll buy my guns elsewhere and have them shipped in via an FFL... at least I know the FFL is honest with his customers!

 

[Caimlas]

"Good deals" happen because someone sold too cheap or didn't know what they had. I believe in being honest, I wouldn't pay $30.00 for something worth $3,000.00... You have to draw the line somewhere though or you don't get any good deals.

Very well and true, but as a gun shop owner, he's got a responsibility to the community - both the gun community and his local community - to be honest in his market appraisals. Those are both common firearms that sell quickly, and he could have certainly offered a bit more for them. (I'd be willing to bet you'll be able to go into the store in a couple days and find that same SKS on sale for over $200.)

It's one thing to have someone say, "hey, I've got this old gun and I'll give it to you for $200", and it's another thing to come in and say, "hey, I know what you thought this gun was worth 6 months ago, and I need to sell it now, so how close to what I bought it for will you offer to me?"

Now, I realize the gun shop owner may have realized that the guy was being forced out of firearm ownership - quite possibly permanently - but it could've been the case that the poor blighter simply needed money. As a member of a community, it is reprehensible to stiff someone in that kind of situation - married with a new child - especially by that much!

 

[GlowinPontiac]

Thanks for the advice guys. from now on i will be carrying whatever cash i can afford to spend on me when i visit that shop.

I just felt really bad for that guy as judging by the look on his face he really did not want to part with those guns but had no choice.