From AP wire news release:
A Virginia man decided one day he NEEDS a Ruger Mk I or II like he had growing up. He already had about 7 MkII mags laying around his house, so he thought it best to buy the Ruger Mk I or II instead of any other brand, even though he really likes the feel of the Browning Buckmark that his local dealer has.
Well, he decides he won't pay anymore than $200 for a Mk II, since the book says they're only worth about $150 in new condition. He gets on Gunbroker and searches and searches and searches....
All he can find are MkI pistols for less than $200. He doesn't mind the standard profile barrel, and he really would prefer the MkI since thats what he had growing up.
But, for some reason, he feels the MkI isn't worth anymore than about $120 in new conditoin, a price that he can't find.
But wait, he finds there's some of these "22/45's" out there used for about $150-175. It looks like the controls are all in the right place, and there's a bolt hold-open. It's ugly, but so are all Ruger Mk-type pistols, aren't they? Despite all those differences, the 22/45 seems to only be a MkII with different controls, but he thinks the internals are basically the same.
Well he hates the plastic lower on the 22/45, but he lays a bid down on one for $175 anyway. He wins the bid.
However, then he looks closer at the picture. "What's that thing on the mag?", he asks himself. He decides to ask the question at his favorite online hangout, The High Road.
He gets many responses, all the same. They say that the MkI & II mags are different from the 22/45.
So, seems this man bought a 22/45 sight unseen because he only thought his mags would work in it. Stupid man, very stupid man. He knew he shoulda got the Buckmark at his local dealer and just sold the mags. After all, who in the heck needs 9 22lr mags? It's not like it's a defensive pistol, it's just for plinkin squirrels.
Yet another stupid man is taken with his own laziness, by not researching his online purchase before he hit the "Buy it Now!" button.