OEF_VET
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This afternoon I was hanging out, visiting a friend who works in a local gunshop, killing time between classes. I was suppose to pick up my student loan check today, but the line was too long to get thru in time to make it back to class. (This is VERY important to the story.)
So, there I was, shooting the breeze when a gentleman walks in and tells Josh that he has an HK91, which has NEVER been fired, that he wants to sell, in order to finance a desired upgrade in HAM radio equipment. Josh asks how much he's looking to get for the rifle. The guy says "Well, I know it's worth around $2,000, so I'd like to get $1,000 for it." He showed us the rifle, which was in factory new condition, with cosmoline still in the chamber! Apparently, the rifle had been a gift over 20 years ago, so he didn't have so much as a penny into it.
If only I had been able to pick up my check! Josh didn't have the money himself and the store is closing at the end of the month, so the owner won't buy anything. Josh told the guy to hold on, he knew someone who would want it and gave another guy a call. Of course, the other guy did end up getting the rifle. I had asked the seller if he'd take a personal check and hold it and the rifle until the check cleared, but he was skeptical of doing so. I even offered to up the price to $1,200, but he was still not interested. Right about then, Jim came in and looked at the rifle. It didn't take long for him to ask the guy to wait for him to run to the bank and get the money.
So, if only I had been able to pick up my check earlier, I'd have been able to buy an unfired, real-deal HK, not a Century clone, HK91 for the low price of $1,000. I could have easily sold it for twice that price, making a fat profit for little or no work. However, the Good Lord wasn't smiling down on me today. Oh well, one of these days......
So, there I was, shooting the breeze when a gentleman walks in and tells Josh that he has an HK91, which has NEVER been fired, that he wants to sell, in order to finance a desired upgrade in HAM radio equipment. Josh asks how much he's looking to get for the rifle. The guy says "Well, I know it's worth around $2,000, so I'd like to get $1,000 for it." He showed us the rifle, which was in factory new condition, with cosmoline still in the chamber! Apparently, the rifle had been a gift over 20 years ago, so he didn't have so much as a penny into it.
If only I had been able to pick up my check! Josh didn't have the money himself and the store is closing at the end of the month, so the owner won't buy anything. Josh told the guy to hold on, he knew someone who would want it and gave another guy a call. Of course, the other guy did end up getting the rifle. I had asked the seller if he'd take a personal check and hold it and the rifle until the check cleared, but he was skeptical of doing so. I even offered to up the price to $1,200, but he was still not interested. Right about then, Jim came in and looked at the rifle. It didn't take long for him to ask the guy to wait for him to run to the bank and get the money.
So, if only I had been able to pick up my check earlier, I'd have been able to buy an unfired, real-deal HK, not a Century clone, HK91 for the low price of $1,000. I could have easily sold it for twice that price, making a fat profit for little or no work. However, the Good Lord wasn't smiling down on me today. Oh well, one of these days......
