It never fails

[joebogey]

Well... I've been reading about the Stevens 200 and what a good buy they are for the money. Since my Savage is a heavy barrel and a pain to carry, I decide to try one of the Stevens.
So I go down to the local shop the other day and they have them in 308, ( my caliber) for $299.00.
Since it's so close to Christmas, rather than buy it straight out, I put it in lay away.

Today, I go up the road a bit to a local pawn shop to window shop and what do they have? A used Savage with standard barrel in 308 with a Simmons 3X9X40 for only $265.00.
I could throw the scope away and still be ahead.
But I won't do that because I agreed to take the Stevens and I can't afford them both.. I just can't figure out why this always seems to happen to me. I must have been a very bad person in another life. Or maybe it's cause I've been such a lousy person in this one.

 

[Shawnee]

Hi Joe...

The problem is NOT You, Joe - the problem is the caliber you chose. If you had put a .243 or .25/06, or a .270 or some sensible caliber on layaway this would not have happened. But Noooooo, you had to layaway some silly .30 caliber and suffer the terrible, unspeakable consequences.:banghead:

 

[plexreticle]

This happens to you and everybody else.

 

[jonnyc]

You can't gracefully "unlayaway" the Stevens?

 

[joebogey]

jonnyc

You can't gracefully "unlayaway" the Stevens?

Yeah.....I probably could and the shop owner might think nothin of it. But these guys have been pretty good to me and after sayin "I'll take it", I just don't feel right about backin out.
I'm missin a pretty good deal by not backin out, but by stickin to my word, I'm hopin it'll pay off in the future on other things.
For example, I bought a set of scope rings last week. When I tightened one of the screws on the side of the ring, it stripped out. I took it back today hopin they'd have a used one to replace it. The owner opened a new set and replaced the bad one. When I went to pay he said " You bought'em here didn't ya?"
When I replied that I had, he said " then you don't owe me nuthin."

I can't really afford not to buy the Stevens from them if you know what I mean.

 

[Rokman]

You stick to your word and you just might receive good karma just like Earl on TV.

 

[joebogey]

You stick to your word and you just might receive good karma just like Earl on TV.

LOL Yeah, and then again...Earl may have to die.

 

[Gator]

For only a $25 dollar difference I'd stick with the original deal. The Simmons scope isn't worth anything, so don't feel bad about that!

 

[zinj]

For only a $25 dollar difference I'd stick with the original deal. The Simmons scope isn't worth anything, so don't feel bad about that!

Yeah, for $35 bucks more you are getting a new rifle. $35 is worth not buying someone else's problem and supporting a guy who treats you right at the same time.

 

[Javelin]

+1 to the sticking with your original plan. It is a nominal difference when you look at how long you are going to be keeping it.

 

[jerkface11]

You've seen the cafax commercials where they say "People do some strange things to cars" right? Well the same is true for guns. Pay a little more and get the new one the used one isn't that good of a deal. It could have hundreds of rounds of overpressure handloads thru it.

 

[planetmobius]

If you were able to back out you would find that the pawn shop rifle that you took home had bad head spacing, a hairline crack in the stock, broken trigger sear and ejector and bunch of other stuff. What would you ask yourself then? Stick with the new one. You know what you're getting. Congratulations on the purchase. Incidentally, .30 cal. rocks no matter what they say.

 

[peyton]

I agree with sticking to your original purchase. There might of been other shoppers that were eyeing the rifle that is on layaway. if you renege on the deal the shop owner might of had it sold to someone else. Oh, what is the weight difference between the heavy barrel savage you have versus the new stevens your getting?

 

[joebogey]

peyton

The heavy barrel:
With a Tasco Varmit scope and synthetic stock, around 11 lbs.
With the laminated wood stock, around 12 lbs.
LOL It's a hoss to carry through the woods, but I'm mostly a stand hunter rather than a stalker so it ain't so bad.
I think the Stevens runs between 7 and 8 lbs depending on the scope.

 

[TreyNC]

I used to think this happened to me all the time too, but then I started thinking. I have a buddy who always gets a better deal than I do, likes to tell me about it to. Good for him for finding the deals right? Well I would find something I like at a reasonable price and get it, ok sometimes it,s 50 buck more. Well my buddy spends weeks driving around from shop to shop, calling others, usually visits the same shops more than once to handle the guns and talk the guy down and then doesn't buy. Kinda aggravates everyone, nice enough guy mind you, likes to help people too. Just doesn't get it. I figure he spend more on gas than he usually saves any way. And People don't cringe when I walk in the door, I think?

Stay loyal to the people who do the best they can for you.