In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

Say What?

gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
I used to date a sweet girl who was a Moonshiner. She used to take me into the woods, to her still, then she'd make me liquor![:0]
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yesterday I stopped by a local pawn shop to see what type of guns they had. Found a single shot Stevens 12ga for $49.95 that would suit for a good barn gun. I told the clerk I would buy the gun that day and quite possibly another one , a .22 single shot for the same price, next week. The clerk totaled the amount for the Stevens which came to $98.52..............................SAY WHAT? "Oh yes sir that is the final sale price", said the clerk who broke down the final sale price as follows: $49.95 gun price, $12.99 trigger lock which is store policy due to local zoning (BS), $15.00 background check, $25.00 transfer fee (BS), and finally $5.58 for PA 6% sales tax for a total of $98.52, "Will that be cash or charge?" "That will be no sale", I replied as I turned and walked out. What a bunch of BS, but I should have known better. I'll stick with the local established Ma & Pop gun dealers.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    Sounds like a case of false advertisement to me. Plus all the add crap is bs. The only thing they are required to add is sales tax. I would have let them know how I felt and left as well. Bottom feeding pond scum.

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    gunpaq, I've been treated well by a few pawn shops and some I wouldn't have left a dump on their counters, most were in between. Fact is, most are sole proprieterships just as the local gun shops are . . . and most reflect the personality / character of the owner(s) in the same way. Now you know one to avoid. Incidentally, your reply was far more restrained than mine would have been (perhaps you edited it to meet 'local zoning standards' ?).
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That was deliberate misinformation,I would call the State Corporation Commission,they regulate the Liscense of Pawn Brokers.


    Good luck!!

    Rugster
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Car dealers do it all the time...."here's the base price, now after we add dealer prep, paint protectant, rustproofing, tax & license, floor mats, a pine tree air freshner, and a spare tire your total is..."
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt, if you buy a pick up the rear bumper is extra too!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have on occasion stopped by this pawn shop just to see what they had and never bought anything there. They just happened to have an old gun that fit my need this time but they really did not want my business. This place sells to very few "sport" or "licensed concealed carry" shooters and their regular customers, I suppose, are not concerned with the add-on costs. I had to be in the third world city of Reading, PA that day and the location itself should explain the store's policy.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have on occasion stopped by this pawn shop just to see what they had and never bought anything there. They just happened to have an old gun that fit my need this time but they really did not want my business. This place sells to very few "sport" or "licensed concealed carry" shooters and their regular customers, I suppose, are not concerned with the add-on costs. I had to be in the third world city of Reading, PA that day and the location itself should explain the store's policy. Sorry about the double post.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.

    Edited by - gunpaq on 07/26/2002 10:57:43
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • IAMACLONE_2IAMACLONE_2 Member Posts: 4,725
    edited November -1
    SOME PAWN SHOPS GIVE USED CAR SALESPEOPLE A BAD NAME - HAHA

    LIST THE PAWN SHOPS PHONE# SO THAT WE CAN CALL THEM ABOUT THEIR BARGINS OR EVEN BETTER GO BY AND PAY THEM AS VISIT

    JUST THINK APX 12-15 PEOPLE CALLING ABOUT THE SHOT GUN, & SAYING YOU GOT A DEAL THEN THEY HIT YOU WITH THEIR ADD-ON, THEN TELL THEM "YOUR OUT OF YOUR MIND IF IAM PAYING FOR YOU ADD-ONS". THEN MAYBE THEY WILL CATCH ON.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.