Let the seller beware

[Denny L]

I have a co worker whose father died recently. Jim came to me and said he was selling all his fathers guns. He asked if I was intrested in any and produced a pictures of several rifles, shotguns, revolvers , semis and back powder. Living in Indiana I was not intrested in the Remington 7680 or Savage 30-06 and such. I have never been intrested in black powder but one picture looked like a Taruas He said no it was a S&W 38 special. I asked what he wanted and he said $250 I agreed and he brought it in to work. It is a pristine S&W 15 with a "K" serial number. I am one happy camper. He also gave me a holster and about 4 boxes of ammo. I brought lunch

 

[johnb62]

I never run into deals like that.

 

[Srtsi4wd]

Give him our collective condolences and get him on the forum! He will either find good homes for the collection or he might find a new home and hobby.

 

[Doug]

A quick google search implies that you bought it for about 1/2 its value.
I will not condemn your actions, but I wouldn't take advantage of a friend's ignorance like that.

 

[glock2010]

 

[WillBrayJr]

A quick google search implies that you bought it for about 1/2 its value.
I will not condemn your actions, but I wouldn't take advantage of a friends ignorance like that.

The "Family" I was born into is like that. My grandfather did that with well-worn but rebuilt Smith&Wesson Model-10. Bought it for $225 and turned around and sold it to a relative of his in Flint, MI for $450. I asked him why he didn't sell the Model-10 for the same price he paid for it. He told me he knew he could Con his relative into paying more because she didn't know squat about firearms.

 

[ruger1800]

A quick google search implies that you bought it for about 1/2 its value.
I will not condemn your actions, but I wouldn't take advantage of a friends ignorance like that.

Walmart cons people into paying 10 times the value on their junk.

 

[45pro]

The way i look at it is....Life is hard, so when it makes it easy for you, you gotta take advantage of it.

Theres a difference between cheating someone of out something and accepting a good deal offered to you...take it, be happy, and dont look back.

Isn't it nice when things go your way once in awhile??

 

[Gunaria]

The guy bought lunch what more could one ask for?

 

[rmabrey]

Its not like he offered the guy half the value, he was asking for that price

 

[IndyMonkey]

And it was a coworker not a friend.

 

[printcraft]

Yeah, the OP asked what he wanted and the guy said $250.00

No different than if the guy had a truck for sale that would normally
be sold for $5000 anywhere else all day long and when asked what
he wanted for it and he says "$3000".
I can't possibly give you only $3000 here is $4500.00.........

 

[DarkRose]

Dad ran into a deal like the from a coworker a few years back, found it in the rafters of his garage. An old straight-stock Remington .22 pump, great shape. Dad asked how much the guy wanted, he told my dad $75, and my dad said here you go, thank you very much, have a lovely day!

I never find deals like these, except bought some CZ-52's for cheap several years back and have lately unloaded them for over double what I paid...

 

[Gunaria]

Dad ran into a deal like the from a coworker a few years back, found it in the rafters of his garage. An old straight-stock Remington .22 pump, great shape. Dad asked how much the guy wanted, he told my dad $75, and my dad said here you go, thank you very much, have a lovely day!

I never find deals like these, except bought some CZ-52's for cheap several years back and have lately unloaded them for over double what I paid...

Have any more left for sale?

 

[cklein6576]

why feel bad for the seller? perhaps he should be introduced to Google?

 

[PatriotPride]

A quick google search implies that you bought it for about 1/2 its value.
I will not condemn your actions, but I wouldn't take advantage of a friends ignorance like that.

If it took you a few seconds to do a "quick Google search", then it takes anyone a few seconds. No pity for those who don't do their research when all the information is readily available

 

[DarkRose]

Have any more left for sale?

nope, had 6 or 7 a few years ago, paid between 50 and 75 each for them, couple I traded for, and got rid of the last of them a few months ago, think I got rid of all of them for $150+ or trade value of $150+, think the last 2 I sold were over 200 each.

 

[Doug]

When I was in college, a professor offered me a Browning Challenger for $75. I found out it was worth, at that time, $125-150. I told him what I had learned and that he could try to sell it to someone else, if he wanted to, but that I could only afford $75. He sold it to me and said he was saving for a "fine 20 gauge double-barrel." Everybody ended up happy, but I gave him full disclosure.
I've been on the short side of things a few times; usually because I didn't know and didn't know how to find out.
I'm glad I told the seller the true value(as far as I knew) of his gun. This is how I choose to be.
No one needs my approval to be different than me.
Just don't complain if you find yourself in the sellers position.

 

[Cemetery-man]

The way I look at it, the seller should know what they have and what it's worth before they sell it.

 

[223 Gunner]

The way I look at it, the seller should know what they have and what it's worth before they sell it.

I agree....He could have done some research himself, but he chose not to,
maybe he wanted a quick sale.
That is one advantage if people know that you like guns, sometimes you get good deals.