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what is appropriate to do?
shootuadeal
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2 months ago i bought a shotgun from a guy, it was his late fathers. he sold it to me because he said he never used it. after a couple of weeks i sold it in the store, end of story right. no, now i get a call from the sister of the guy who sold asking if i still had it in the store, i told her no, she is mad at her brother for selling it and asked if i could ask the guy who bought it if he would sell it to her for what he paid plus a little more to get it back in the family. the guy i sold it to lives two hours away and as far as i know doesnt frequent the store much(i didnt reconize the name). i believe i have his phone number but dont know if it is appropriate to call him up to ask. i think i will, i am just worried he might not take it the right way.
what would you do?
what would you do?
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Tell him the family contacted you etc ...he should understand and if he wants to sell it then fine, he has made some money...if not, well the family is out of luck..
Family squabbles are touchy things, and tough to be caught in the middle....
Explain it to him just as you have here....He can only say no or yes....
Tell him the family contacted you etc ...he should understand and if he wants to sell it then fine, he has made some money...if not, well the family is out of luck..
Family squabbles are touchy things, and tough to be caught in the middle....
+1
About all you can do except tell her to pound sand.
Personally I would make the call, and explain it has nothing to do with you.
He should understand.
I would attempt to get the shotgun back where it belongs....you are caught in the middle, here..
i would ask the sister if i could giver her contact number to the guy...if she says yes, i'd call him and tell him that the daughter of the original owner would like to make him an offer to buy it back. if he asks about $$$ he's interested or if he asks for a contact number...but don't volunteer the info unless he's expressed some type of interest. this could do 2 things for you...give you a rep as a caring store owner (they see that if they were in the same situation ie: stolen guns or something... that you would aid them as well) and could garner you 2 good customers. i would look around your shop and see if you could find a similar gun to offer up in trade to make it worth his while and selling the gun back to the daughter for the same price. you'll be out nothing and all parties would be happy.
That customer had moved, and left no forwarding information. My friend tried every way he could think of to find the customer, but came up empty handed.
A few years later, he sold all his equipment, tools, parts, inventory, etc. to another gentleman that lived out of state.
A decade goes by.
The original customer, looking through old papers finds my friends old business card, looks up his name in the phone book, and gets in contact with my friend, asking if he still has his rifle.
Keep in mind, now it has been over 15 years, since the customer first brought his rifle into the shop. My friend calls the guy he sold his equipment to, and tells him the story. Amazingly enough, he still had the rifle, and was willing to return it to the original owner.
I didn't ask if any $$$ changed hands. I felt the story was good enough, it stood on it's own merit, and didn't want to know.
On good friday 1978, Marc was killed by a drunk driver.
About 4 years ago, another one of the guys calls me, says he has something for "me". He shows up and hands me a gun case, I open it and it is Marc's Mossberg, he says I think you son can use this...I had not thought about our "guns" in 30 years. We both cried like babies....
Don
the man and explain.quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
quote:Originally posted by BlackRoses
Explain it to him just as you have here....He can only say no or yes....
Tell him the family contacted you etc ...he should understand and if he wants to sell it then fine, he has made some money...if not, well the family is out of luck..
Family squabbles are touchy things, and tough to be caught in the middle....
+1
About all you can do except tell her to pound sand.
Personally I would make the call, and explain it has nothing to do with you.
He should understand.
can,t talk to you...whats up with this...how is the weather by the way