Wow.... My Best Friend Is A Total Moron!

[2Ais4U]

My best friend was showing me some guns his grandfather left him after he passed away, It was an excellent collection, an old 250 savage, a couple mausers, and the one that really caught my eye was a M1 Garand in perfect condition, it looked like it had not been touched in years. He, not being a big collector, offered to sell me any of his guns, I ask for a price on the M1, $500, i told him to keep it for me til payday (just one week) he agreed unless he got a better offer. Today he had a tire blowout and had to get a new one, guess what he sold for $100 dollars...YEP! the M1 garand in such perfect condition for $100 dollars, I COULD KILL HIM, he really screwed himself (and me) on that one.:banghead:

 

[bluestarlizzard]

*grin* dad got my S&W m-19 off some guy he worked with for $90. he needed cash and had some old revolver that he didn't know a thing about and dad told him, "i won't give you more then that on a revolver i havn't seen and don't know if its any good." dad told him if he wanted to wait until after the revolver got looked over, dad would give him a better price, but the guy needed some work done on his car and could'nt wait.
moral of the story, you snooze, you loose! sorry about the M1.

 

[4v50 Gary]

You'd better start educating him on market prices and when you make your offer, make it a fair market price.

 

[Outlaws]

-1 for being willing to screw your best friend.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

You may be lucky since in 20 years he will think the Garand is worth 1.5million dollars (or some other crazy amount) and he'll think you screwed him on the deal. This way he only has himself to blame for being an idiot and not you for "trying to take advantage of him" down the road.

 

[Kimber1911_06238]

How come I never get a great gun for $100 because someone needs tires?

 

[Mot45acp]

Is your friend walking bow legged from the reaming?

At the least offer him the remaining balance of the original deal on pay day.

 

[2Ais4U]

Just for clarification.

just to clear it up, HE said $500 if he had asked me for the price i would gladly have emptied my bank account into his hands, but HE said $500, I DON't ARGUE WITH A GOOD PRICE! and its an M1 Garand, dont even say that you would have said "well its actually worth $900 to $1000."

 

[bluestarlizzard]

uhhhhhh....... who is actually reading OP? i don't think HE got the M1, somebody else did........

 

[Outlaws]

just to clear it up, HE said $500 if he had asked me for the price i would gladly have emptied my bank account into his hands, but HE said $500, I DON't ARGUE WITH A GOOD PRICE! and its an M1 Garand, dont even say that you would have said "well its actually worth $900 to $1000."

And if he was a total stranger, it would be a different situation. Your BEST FRIEND?!?! Tell him, "hey, those are worth some money, I will gladly give you $500, but you need to know this."

The friendship is obviously very superficial. ...and yes, I would have said, "well its actually worth $_____."

 

[zoom6zoom]

So find the guy he sold the Garand to for a Franklin, and offer to pay $200 for it. Maybe your friend isn't the only moron in town.

 

[Gator]

You'd better start educating him on market prices and when you make your offer, make it a fair market price.

Ditto. And even if he said $500 you, as his friend, should have educated him.

-1 for being willing to screw your best friend.

Double dittos

Did you at least tell him selling the grease gun and Thompson, if they are real, can get him in a LOT of trouble?

 

[Travis Lee]

It was worth $100 to the ignorant friend.

Sell your car and snatch all you can.

Friendship is transitory, firearms endure.



--Travis--

 

[Avenger]

Regarding the M3 and the Tommy, please make sure he knows HOW to sell them PROPERLY. Otherwise, he sounds like he's gonna get some $100 gift certificates for them.....

 

[pdowg881]

Do you think Garand prices will never level out or drop (both the "new" ones or cmp etc?) It seems like people my age don't know anything about them. When I say hey this is an m1 they look at me like Im holding a old pile of junk. (I have one friend who thinks my 870 is nice but another guys gun is wayy better and nicer (its an identical 870 express with black furniture that was porrly maintained and had the guy swearing at it a lot. But it was black and cool looking so its better i guess)

What I'm asking is in 10-20 years will there still be a high demand for the M1, or are M1 fans part of a similar age group? It seems to me like my fellow young shooters automatically see any rifle in black as the best firearm ever and consider anything with wood on it it to old and uncool.

 

[garymc]

If you didn't have the full $500 you could have put money down, say $100 to guarantee he didn't sell it.

 

[CrawdaddyJim]

That is a wonderful example of Kharma. Hope you have enough sense to educate your "friend" before he gets taken to the cleaners or worse.

 

[General Geoff]

Technically you can get a Garand for little more than $500 if you buy it from the CMP, so it's not really ripping him off for that price. A bit on the low end, but still perfectly respectable.


Ditto the above comments on the Grease Gun and Thompson, you'd be best off forgetting he has them.

 

[2Ais4U]

yeah I know i should have offered more, but it was the deal of a lifetime. I am glad i didnt get it tho cuz i would have a guilty conscience, and the thompson is registered, his grand father had a collectors license, he has to get one now tho, if he wants to keep it, and the grease gun is deactivated.

 

[NG VI]

what happens when a class 3 (?) nfa firearm is owned by someone who passes on? is there a grace period for the heir to get his paperwork, is it expedited by the atf or do the firearms just get taken by the .gov never to be heard of again?

 

[wdlsguy]

what happens when a class 3 (?) nfa firearm is owned by someone who passes on?

Transfers of National Firearms Act Firearms in Decedents' Estates

 

[Confederate]

Today he had a tire blowout and had to get a new one, guess what he sold for $100 dollars...YEP! the M1 garand in such perfect condition for $100 dollars....

Was that your friend?? Hey, that is one nice M1. We shot it all day today after work. It sure is in fine condition. Shot a little low and to the right, but we dialed it right in. Too bad our property only goes out 300 yards!

You're right. Your friend isn't too bright. Heh heh.

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

reverse that

my fellow young shooters automatically see any rifle in black as the best firearm ever and consider anything with wood on it it to old and uncool.

Take that, switch it. I'm 20.

And the only exception to that rule is a FAL. Or MAYBE and M1A. Course both those come in wood furniture also. EBR = UGLY.

 

[bluestarlizzard]

ok, like with everything on this earth its a matter of personal taste. doesn't matter how old you are. personally i queit like black guns. then again there is something about a classic.
i think the only color i don't like on a gun is that pepto bismal pink they use on those so called 'ladies' guns.
oh, i'm 23 ( yikes! almost 24!)

 

[Tyris]

my fellow young shooters automatically see any rifle in black as the best firearm ever and consider anything with wood on it it to old and uncool.

I'd agree with some of this statement, thought the wood has nothing to do with it -- as an AK with wood is acceptable.

Garand = no pistol grip, hence bad ergonomics compared to modern designs. Plus the no removable box mag is, well, deprecated. 8 round capacity is also pretty limited. I'd rather have a FAL or an AUG.

I'd not buy that Garand for $100.

-T