yukonjasper wrote:OK, I'm looking at a couple of other guns he has like a Winchester model 94 - (1894) which he mentioned had a serial number in the 2000's - its a .32 special caliber - if he is right, I think that is a collector also. He wants $275 for that with 10 boxes of shells.
He also has a Winchester Model 9410 that I think would be intersting. I have a model 94 in 30-30 that I think is pre 64. He is going to look up the price for a new one and charge me 2/3rds the price of the new.
I may need to buy them all. I guess I'm stuck with an ethical dilemma, should I tell the guy what they are worth, if I know? At this point I don't have any idea because I don't have enough information and have not seen them. But if I knew, am I honor bound to let him know? Or, is it seller beware and I take them and run.
Thanks for the input.
As far as I'm concerned, it's only an ethical dilemma if you are trying to lowball him. If he has come up with these prices, and is an avid collecter of firearms, (which it seems like he knows what he is talking about) and he is stating the prices he would be happy with taking.......... well then, I guess there isn't an issue. I know I have let a couple of firearms go for much less that they were worth, because I knew what I had into them (or better yet, what I wanted to get out of them) and I wanted to move them quickly. What's to say that isn't the case here? But if you think it's a case of him not knowing what they are worth, well.......... use your judgment.
Now, if it's the little old widow down the road, who just stubmled across her late husband's gun safe, and you offered her $10 for the contents, well then, that's a different story, and you're a jerk.
Like Dinky has mentioned, make sure that you aren't getting the short end of the stick here...... Wouldn't it be ironic if he was trying to pull a fast one on you?
.02 and all that.
If you're reading this, there are better than even odds you are a d-bag.