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...Did I commit a faux pas ?
tapwater
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....I'd been BS'ing at the gun shop and had just helped put everything in the safe for the night. The guy working was one of three partners that I sometimes do "outside the shop" deal-swaps with. A real good friend. A semi regular BS'er comes in and sits down with me. I happened to have a 99% in the box Mauser HSc on the table. He fondles it, puts it away, fondles some more and asks the shop partner "How much?". Shop partner just points at me, and I give the guy my bottom price. He comes out with cash, and the deal is done.
....I feel kind of bad because the shop didn't get a cut. Consider this though....the gun was going to go home with the shop partner because he knew someone who may be interested in it. I don't think the business was going to get a cut anyway.
....It's a tiny shop that's really strapped for cash, due mostly to one partner that has no business sense. I always buy something I don't need, just to justify my taking up a chair in the BS corner. I don't think most dealers tolerate customer to customer deals in their store, but when the partner deferred to me when asked, I ran with it.
............Your opinion?...........
....I feel kind of bad because the shop didn't get a cut. Consider this though....the gun was going to go home with the shop partner because he knew someone who may be interested in it. I don't think the business was going to get a cut anyway.
....It's a tiny shop that's really strapped for cash, due mostly to one partner that has no business sense. I always buy something I don't need, just to justify my taking up a chair in the BS corner. I don't think most dealers tolerate customer to customer deals in their store, but when the partner deferred to me when asked, I ran with it.
............Your opinion?...........
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You will, of course, find out soon enough if you committed a faux paus.
You should have immediately spent the money you received as a down payment on a new gun![:D]
...I really considered that! However, the partner with no business sense has owed me $300 for about three months now. The gun that "he" bought from me for himself is now in the glass case for sale.
My opinion is if there are three partners and an employee in a gun shop it better be one big * gun shop!
...Tiny store. Limited hours. Everyone works other jobs. It's just the three partners, but one seems like he wants that FFL so he can enhance his own collection. There are several of us with time on our hands that have offered to work a few hours a week for free, so the shop can be open more than 2-3 days a week. I smell doom.
PJ
Go back to the shop and offer him something as a payment for the deal.
quote:Originally posted by Chris8161
You should have immediately spent the money you received as a down payment on a new gun![:D]
...I really considered that! However, the partner with no business sense has owed me $300 for about three months now. The gun that "he" bought from me for himself is now in the glass case for sale.
If you gave him a "friend" price on a gun and he's turning around selling it in the shop BEFORE he even pays you for it, I'd be hard pressed to spend another dime there and wouldn't think twice about taking their business away from them by making a face to face deal there.
Heck if they DID say something about it, you have them dead to rights with your pistol in the glass case with no payment from them.