BHE: Odd Gun and Odd Situation

[ArtS]

Originally Posted by Larry Stauch

Well that just goes to show you that sometimes you just have to step up and make the deal right then and there or the opportunity is lost forever. Occasionally, when we're staring at one of these great guns, we don't know what's staring back at us. It's only later, when the opportunity hss past, that we learn what just slid by. I think it's happened to all of us at one time or another. Or, more than a few times in my case. And I have the boot marks on the back of my pants to prove it.

I guess my post was a little confusing as to the details of what happened vs the gun.

1) I went to the store with the intent of trying to buy a CHE they had listed.

2) When I got there the gun I was there to buy had been picked up by the consignee.

3) In its place they had the BHE which had been brought in to consign, but they only had a price range and no firm data.

4) I told them I was definitely interested and would be back soon to measure the gun an negotiate a price once they had a firm ask. I also asked them to contact the consignee of the CHE and ask him to bring the gun back for a viewing. I believe it likely that they were both owned by a local collector and they were not going to tell me his identity and be cut out of the deal. I respect that because if it were me, I wouldn't wanting the dealer divulging my identity to a stranger.

5) When I returned, no one at the store seemed to know where the gun was, and I have not been able to get access to the gun since then.

I found this all frustrating and odd, since I didn't turn the gun down. I in fact was actively trying to buy it and another gun, but was never given the opportunity to do so.

[Bill Murphy]

I have had a similar situation with a Maryland dealer. It seem that all I had to do is show interest and the gun is "not for sale".

[Drew Hause]

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[Craig Larter]

I learned long ago from old time Parker collector Clarence Bowman, never walk away from a gun you want to buy and never take your hands off a gun you want to buy at a dealers table, the vultures will be circling right behind you LOL!! Pay what the gun is worth and don't try to low ball a dealer that knows what he has.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

C'est la vie

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I have had a similar situation with a Maryland dealer. It seem that all I had to do is show interest and the gun is "not for sale".

Put a deposit on a Parker on way to visit out of state. Went to pick it up and took outside in sunlight. Saw a small crack at tang, nothing big. Tried to get a price reduction. Manager then said no, not for sale, unsafe. Had to be destroyed. Only thing they could do was refund my money. I knew with whom it would leave the store at a greatly reduced price, written off the books as damaged.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I learned long ago from old time Parker collector Clarence Bowman, never walk away from a gun you want to buy and never take your hands off a gun you want to buy at a dealers table, the vultures will be circling right behind you LOL!! Pay what the gun is worth and don't try to low ball a dealer that knows what he has.

Ol’ Clarence came up the hard way, just like a lot of us… but he’s decades ahead of us.
Clarence and I have a relationship.





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