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So the little town I live in is having a city-wide garage sale this weekend. I pulled up to one of them, got out, and looked around. I asked the guy there, "Hey, do you have any guns?"
Guy: I have a pistol I'd sell.
Me: Well bring it out, let's look at it.
Guy goes in the house and a couple minutes later, he comes out with a zippered pistol case. He opens in up and inside is a minty 1960's Stoeger Luger pistol, in .22 LR.
Me: What are you trying to get for it?
Guy: I don't know. How much is it worth?
Me: I don't know. What would you have to have for it?
Guy: How much are you offering?
Me: How a hundred dollars?
At this point, the guy's wife who has been talking to some guy parked at the curb says "Let me ask my friend there. He knows about guns."
After a minute, the girl says that her friend just offered them $150 for it. I knew right then I was becoming involved in a trick to drive the price up, so I said "No thanks, I'll pass."
I went on to a couple more sales before I went back to the one that had the pistol. Pulling up to the curb and rolling down my widow, I yelled "Did you sell the pistol to that guy"?
Guy's wife: No, he hasn't come back yet, but he said he'd give $150 for it.
Me: Well let me tell you, that pistol is worth about $450. You're being taken to the cleaners.
Then I drove off. I bet the other guy came back with $150 and they wouldn't sell it.
It looked about like this one:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1043212288
Guy: I have a pistol I'd sell.
Me: Well bring it out, let's look at it.
Guy goes in the house and a couple minutes later, he comes out with a zippered pistol case. He opens in up and inside is a minty 1960's Stoeger Luger pistol, in .22 LR.
Me: What are you trying to get for it?
Guy: I don't know. How much is it worth?
Me: I don't know. What would you have to have for it?
Guy: How much are you offering?
Me: How a hundred dollars?
At this point, the guy's wife who has been talking to some guy parked at the curb says "Let me ask my friend there. He knows about guns."
After a minute, the girl says that her friend just offered them $150 for it. I knew right then I was becoming involved in a trick to drive the price up, so I said "No thanks, I'll pass."
I went on to a couple more sales before I went back to the one that had the pistol. Pulling up to the curb and rolling down my widow, I yelled "Did you sell the pistol to that guy"?
Guy's wife: No, he hasn't come back yet, but he said he'd give $150 for it.
Me: Well let me tell you, that pistol is worth about $450. You're being taken to the cleaners.
Then I drove off. I bet the other guy came back with $150 and they wouldn't sell it.
It looked about like this one:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1043212288