Asked to return pistol purchase

[smk1026]

"sorry, i sold it last year."

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[Barton72]

I would completely ignore him. Not your problem.

 

[Jahoosafat]

The rest of the story. I wanted to give a final update. I will try to relate this as best as I can because I'm still upset about how the final resolution went down. I walk in and a couple of his buddies are there. I'm not easily intimidated and had left the gun in the truck ,I'm CCW and have 911 on speed dial. I'm pleasant and cordial and told the shop owner that I wanted to keep the gun because I liked it and had looked for one for two years. He said,just give me the gun back so now I'm going to start to get unpleasant. I asked that he offer the kid who left it there another one and let me keep this one as I had legally bought it, I reminded him that I had a receipt and had filled out a 4473. He said he offered the kid anything in the shop and the kid refused saying that the gun had belonged to his grandfather. That part of the story sounds very fishy. What kid would not take an AR-15 or AK-47 in a second. So i ask if he would extend the same offer to me? he said that he would.Now in thinking that it may have been a stolen gun and I told him that maybe I should drive to the courthouse to get some paperwork on the gun. By now he is pleading with me (not demanding or acting like a bully anymore,go figure) so said how much cash is on hand. How much do you want to pay me for it? I only want to make this right. I'm not going to be a jerk and am thinking that I want to keep my karma in tact. The end of the story is that I took $700(I'm sure he would have given me $1000) for my Ruger Mark 2 Competition Target and extended the shop owner the offer to find me another one if he would like to have a chance to earn my business again. I thought that was fair.I left with a sick feeling and wish that I HAD gone to the courthouse. Just to run the numbers.I tried to be a nice guy about it but in the end I feel like I got shafted.He keeps his license, I lose out on a cool firearm that had been on my list for a couple of years . I won't be going back there to do business any time soon. I would like to thank the ODT community for the valuable advice that was provided to me along the way. Just wish I had a couple of you guys there with me.

 

[strider12]

The rest of the story. I wanted to give a final update. I will try to relate this as best as I can because I'm still upset about how the final resolution went down. I walk in and a couple of his buddies are there. I'm not easily intimidated and had left the gun in the truck ,I'm CCW and have 911 on speed dial. I'm pleasant and cordial and told the shop owner that I wanted to keep the gun because I liked it and had looked for one for two years. He said,just give me the gun back so now I'm going to start to get unpleasant. I asked that he offer the kid who left it there another one and let me keep this one as I had legally bought it, I reminded him that I had a receipt and had filled out a 4473. He said he offered the kid anything in the shop and the kid refused saying that the gun had belonged to his grandfather. That part of the story sounds very fishy. What kid would not take an AR-15 or AK-47 in a second. So i ask if he would extend the same offer to me? he said that he would.Now in thinking that it may have been a stolen gun and I told him that maybe I should drive to the courthouse to get some paperwork on the gun. By now he is pleading with me (not demanding or acting like a bully) so said how much cash is on hand. How much do you want to pay me for it? I only want to make this right. I'm not going to be a jerk and am thinking that I want to keep my karma in tact. The end of the story is that I took $700(I'm sure he would have given me $1000) for my Ruger Mark 2 Competition Target and extended the shop owner the offer to find me another one if he would like to have a chance to earn my business again. I thought that was fair.I left with a sick feeling and wish that I HAD gone to the courthouse. Just to run the numbers.I tried to be a nice guy about it but in the end I feel like I got shafted.He keeps his license, I lose out on a cool firearm that had been on my list for a couple of years . I won't be going back there to do business any time soon. I would like to thank the ODT community for the valuable advice that was provided to me along the way. Just wish I had a couple of you guys there with me.

I wish you coulda kept it but I think you did well on the deal. If this is the way he runs his shop it will bite him in the ass sooner or later.

 

[Cobalt 60]

All in all, I think you can sleep well tonight. Might not have been the resolution that you wanted, but in the end, you have all the good karma here.

 

[ali]

$700 sounds fair to me.
Go pick up this beast:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=329916873

 

[mirage243]

the thing that pisses me off about this whole thing is that the OP is trying to keep his "karma" good. there is no such thing. a$$holes will be a$$holes and the meek will always be meek. jahoosefat, you got played plain and simple

Yep, **** karma

 

[potenza]

Happy it all worked out and you could put an end to it! You came out on the good side with a gun you used for two years with a profit so to speak. I hope you have a paper trail saying you returned it! This place doesn't seem to be such a good shop to deal with!!!

 

[BME013]

I am sorry you gave up the gun. I think you handled it better then most and in favor of the shop. There where a lot of factors in this case that make it a tough choice but you did good. Hope you find another one soon and get a great deal on it. You deserve it.

 

[Miatadude]

You did the right thing. It probably was the kids Granpa's gun or he would have traded. I hope that you can replace it with the money you have.