Babbalanja
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I went into a pawn shop and saw a nice Walther PP, a gun I've wanted for a long time. It was $450 and I told the guy I'd come in the next day to possibly buy it. Next day I showed up and the price was suddently $595! I tried reasoning with him, appealing to his sense of fairness, all in vain. He said, "it's worth more than I was askin" and that it was "my perogative" to change the price. To my credit I walked out without making a scene. To my shame I came back a week later and bought the gun. It is a Crown over N .32 PP dating to late 1939 or early 1940, with one magazine. It has to be in 98% condition and a look inside would suggest it has never been fired. I am pleased with it but still bothered by the behavior of the proprietor. At the risk of making a sweeping generalization, a significant number of used gun sellers seem brutish and uneducated. Well, maybe that is a bit harsh as the guy with whom I transacted did use an uncommon 4-syllable word. But I could not in good conscience treat a customer like that and would have honored the original price. But, that is all in the past and I should move on.