One of my best new gun deals involved a couple of gun-counter jerks un-boxing some newly arrived rifles behind the counter, putting the big store price-tags on them, and then placing them in the rack.
One of the new arrivals was a Marlin Cowboy Limited in .45 Colt. I first took notice because the factory wood was quite a bit better than average. Then I noticed that the fellow had obviously miss-priced it as a standard Marlin 1894, at $499. They had other M-1894s in the rack at that price, but no other Cowboy models.
I politely, I thought, pointed out his mistake. He immediately took offense, and then called his buddy over. His partner backed him up on the price, also acting arrogant that I suggested that they might have made a mistake.
I gave them one more chance. I said, "So this is my price right now, $499?"
"Yes", they said.
I said, "Sold. Let's write it up". and they did.
I saved a couple of bills. A nice, fun rifle. I still have it.
Sometimes timing is everything.
