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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 3649515" data-attributes="member: 45773">Not really a garage sale find but a good deal nonetheless.&nbsp; I answered an ad in the local paper in Colorado in our small, mountain town for a Mini-14GB and a Colt CAR-15 for sale.&nbsp; This was around 1997 or 98 during the ******* AWB.&nbsp; Guy wouldn&#039;t talk price...said come see &#039;em if I was interested.&nbsp; I almost didn&#039;t go because it was about an hour drive over a 10000&#039; foot pass in the winter.&nbsp; But I did.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t think I could afford the Colt so I asked what he wanted for the Ruger.&nbsp; Guy said, &quot;I&#039;ll only sell them together just like I advertised.&quot;&nbsp; OK, fine...how much for both?&nbsp; &quot;I won&#039;t take a penny less than $700.&nbsp; I have a fine to pay at the courthouse or I&#039;m going to jail tomorrow.&quot;&nbsp; He was probably in his 60s and said he was asking $100 more than what he paid for them in the late 70s and thought that was fair.&nbsp; I told him that I&#039;d love to pay him that for both but the Ruger alone was worth almost that much at the time.&nbsp; He said he wasn&#039;t gonna be allowed to have them after tomorrow and just wanted what he paid plus a little extra.&nbsp; OK...I counted the $20 bills into his hands and left with 2 very nice rifles.Still have the GB.&nbsp; The Colt is long gone...because I&#039;m stupid sometimes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 3649515, member: 45773"] Not really a garage sale find but a good deal nonetheless. I answered an ad in the local paper in Colorado in our small, mountain town for a Mini-14GB and a Colt CAR-15 for sale. This was around 1997 or 98 during the ******* AWB. Guy wouldn't talk price...said come see 'em if I was interested. I almost didn't go because it was about an hour drive over a 10000' foot pass in the winter. But I did. I didn't think I could afford the Colt so I asked what he wanted for the Ruger. Guy said, "I'll only sell them together just like I advertised." OK, fine...how much for both? "I won't take a penny less than $700. I have a fine to pay at the courthouse or I'm going to jail tomorrow." He was probably in his 60s and said he was asking $100 more than what he paid for them in the late 70s and thought that was fair. I told him that I'd love to pay him that for both but the Ruger alone was worth almost that much at the time. He said he wasn't gonna be allowed to have them after tomorrow and just wanted what he paid plus a little extra. OK...I counted the $20 bills into his hands and left with 2 very nice rifles. Still have the GB. The Colt is long gone...because I'm stupid sometimes. [/QUOTE]

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