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I this story comes from an earlier time in my life when I was young and still finishing college.
Like any college student, my income came in spurts. I lived off what I could make working while in school. My most useful and prized possession was a Sig Sauer P229. Due to money constrains I found myself having to pawn it to pay tuition. I got a whopping 300.00 for a gun that retails for 999.00 in a lot of stores.
The gun was flawless. I shot 50 rounds and cleaned it when I got it.
When I went to get it back, there were some scratches under the trigger right about where a man's ring finger would hit hit if he were shooting left handed.
This gun was FLAWLESS. I called them out on it because it isn't their property until I forfeit it.
They said it was not their fault. They told me the local police come in to check serial numbers from time to time. Bulls$&@. The number is on the box and also on the gun. And there were many scratches. It appears a southpaw took it for a test drive. I could tell someone tried to clean it, because it had way too much oil on it too.
What can a poor college student do? Scratches and too much oil are hardly evidence.
After I got it out, I ended up selling it. It was my first gun, and now I felt it was tainted. I got mad every time I looked at it because of the while incident.
Any readers: do police really review serial numbers?
Do pawn shops play with the toys before they are forfeited?
Some friendly advice. Don't pawn what you aren't willing to part with.
Like any college student, my income came in spurts. I lived off what I could make working while in school. My most useful and prized possession was a Sig Sauer P229. Due to money constrains I found myself having to pawn it to pay tuition. I got a whopping 300.00 for a gun that retails for 999.00 in a lot of stores.
The gun was flawless. I shot 50 rounds and cleaned it when I got it.
When I went to get it back, there were some scratches under the trigger right about where a man's ring finger would hit hit if he were shooting left handed.
This gun was FLAWLESS. I called them out on it because it isn't their property until I forfeit it.
They said it was not their fault. They told me the local police come in to check serial numbers from time to time. Bulls$&@. The number is on the box and also on the gun. And there were many scratches. It appears a southpaw took it for a test drive. I could tell someone tried to clean it, because it had way too much oil on it too.
What can a poor college student do? Scratches and too much oil are hardly evidence.
After I got it out, I ended up selling it. It was my first gun, and now I felt it was tainted. I got mad every time I looked at it because of the while incident.
Any readers: do police really review serial numbers?
Do pawn shops play with the toys before they are forfeited?
Some friendly advice. Don't pawn what you aren't willing to part with.