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Posted: 2/2/2006 2:42:10 PM EDT
With all the talk about off list lowers potentially being banned, and group buys and fun shows, it just serves to remind me that after paying taxes, supporting my wife and two kids, and paying all the bills inherent to living in california... there just isnt anything left over to purchase an AR. God how I wish it were otherwise. Maybe the boss can give me a raise...
until then... (holds up a sign that says: Need $$$ for an AR lower) Alms for the poor? 
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Posted: 2/2/2006 2:46:58 PM EDT
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Work some overtime, mow some lawns, etc. You can find $175+ somehow.
Do it NOW. Bill Wiese San Jose CA |
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Posted: 2/2/2006 3:05:33 PM EDT
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This is EXACTLY what credit cards are for.
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Posted: 2/2/2006 3:20:37 PM EDT
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I feel your pain, I was in the same boat two weeks ago. Just work some over time or something. I worked a extra couple hours per shift and it got me a stag lower and a star although my star is being held hostage right now by the doj, LOL
Lynch
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Posted: 2/2/2006 3:49:48 PM EDT
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See if the dealers will take a wife and kids in trade 
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Posted: 2/2/2006 4:09:37 PM EDT
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Do some extra job and get some extra $$$ for it. You can do it!!!
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Posted: 2/2/2006 4:13:58 PM EDT
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Too bad the kidney market is flooded with cheap Indian, Bangledashi and (dead) Chinese imports.
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Posted: 2/2/2006 4:57:49 PM EDT
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+1,000 This is an EMERGENCY! |
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Posted: 2/2/2006 6:01:07 PM EDT
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I'll spare everyone my own hard luck story, but I managed to get two non-listed AR lowers for "normal" prices.
Crying about it on a forum ain't gonna get you one, making phone calls, doing the legwork, driving to the FFL etc. that'll get you a ticket to AR land. Seriously, buying a stripped non-listed AR lower is one of life's lesser exspenses. Heck, you could make a phone call to Clint at www.carricozarmory.com/lowers.htm right this very second and have him overnight a lower to your FFL to DROS tommorow. That is if someone that wanted it more than you didn't already do just that and clean him out. Now, buck up and score that lower! P.S. It could very well be too late to do it the way described above, I suggest going to: www.calguns.net/calgunforum/forumdisplay.php?f=81 and buying it from a stocking dealer, maybe you'll pay twice what it's worth dollar wise, but you're buying peace of mind and eternal AR joy. Or, there's alway's the FAB-10. Good luck. |
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Posted: 2/2/2006 6:21:07 PM EDT
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I rarely use credit myself and advice against it in most cases but this is truely a time where using a credit card makes sense - buying something now that will be impossible to buy later no matter how much money you have (unless you're a politician).
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Posted: 2/2/2006 8:14:27 PM EDT
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I knew I was kicking over a hornets nest with that one, but I couldnt resist. hell, i'm already working two hours of overtime a night to make ends meet. I'll figure something out... i hope lol wish me luck, cross your fingers, and pray the DOJ dont step on a poor lowly reservist too hard
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Posted: 2/2/2006 8:44:39 PM EDT
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Its ok, there are some times when there are things more important than a gun. Your family's financial wellbeing is taking precedent and there is nothing wrong with that. |
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Posted: 2/3/2006 4:59:22 AM EDT
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LOW is right, take a second job. Your family needs the fire power. If you don't do this now, you will regret it. I hear that after the addalist, they are going to have a zombie invasion. If you want your family to be taken care of, by all means, forget about sleep, and take that job at 7/11, if you are already working there, In and OUt is hiring, and pays quite well for an entry level position. You'll only neeed to work there for a week to save up enough money for a couple of lowers. GOOD LUCK! |
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Posted: 2/3/2006 5:45:12 AM EDT
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Screw the 2nd job, you just need under $300 for a receiver.
How about raiding the kid's college fund
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Posted: 2/6/2006 11:27:32 AM EDT
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If I knew how to link it, I would... but I've got a listing on the equipment exchange board for my Savage .30-06 for trade to a sympathetic individual.
I am trying every route to get my hands on a lower, and have been offered a STAG stripped lower reciever. I know that even if I go this route, I'm on the losing side of the deal, but desperate times... etc. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 1:50:28 PM EDT
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dude, ask for a transfer to a unit thats about to deploy to Iraq. in 12-18 months you'll have no financial worries. My NG buddy came back after 20 months with enough in the bank to finally get a house. |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 3:06:18 PM EDT
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I would, but I got back from Iraq last may, and am on enforced 'stabilization' until this comming july.
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Posted: 2/6/2006 5:10:15 PM EDT
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When did they confiscate a shipment of Double Star STAR-15s? I heard about the Superior Arms confiscation, the Global AKs they took, and the Wilson Tacticals but not the STAR-15s. Tell me it isn't so man! The STAR-15s were cool! |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 6:06:15 PM EDT
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this (might, if it goes right) be your one shot... forever.
175 $ is a small price to pay |
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Posted: 2/6/2006 6:21:28 PM EDT
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I will let you dros one now for $25 and in 29 days you will owe me the rest, hows that?
$190 for milspec lower $40 for ffl $25 for state 
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Posted: 2/7/2006 2:16:04 PM EDT
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Blame it on the liberal media, but I was always under the impression that the guys deployed don't make very much. Am I mistaken? When you say that your firiend was able to afford a house, are you talking about a down payment? I can't imagine that within 20 months he was able to make enough to flat out afford a house, especially in our market. |
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Posted: 2/7/2006 4:48:51 PM EDT
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Boy, sounds a lot like my story. Wife, two kids, no money, etc... except this wife ran up $20k on the credit cards. What we're paying monthly to the cards adds up to a monthly car payment, and not for a Kia. I could have several new rifles a year. ETA: I do NOT recommend the credit card method, except maybe in a real SHTF situation... |
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Posted: 2/7/2006 5:18:50 PM EDT
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But if you had run the credit cards up buying guns, there wouldn't have been any room left for her to run 20K up on them. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:37:44 AM EDT
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Yes. On top of their base pay, which isnt bad. They get things like sea pay/combat pay and pay no federal income taxes while deployed. All while serving somewhere there is little ability to spend money. I came back from the gulf war with over 20K in the bank as a E-3. In the 3 months i was in Somalia i banked 11K as an E-4. I run into a lot of Marine E-3's who are driving cars that cost over 40K since OIF started. Lots of Infinity G30's, Lexus, BMW, Mercedes ect. Deployed active duty troops and making damn good money. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:38:54 AM EDT
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An E-3's w/4 base pay is $1600 a month without taxes as of last month. As an E-9 I'd be making $5090 a month now.
Depending on where your wife lives (single folk don't get housing allowance) you can win, lose, or draw your BAH (basic allowance for housing) up or down a bit. As an E-9 in SoCal my BAH was $1900 a month and I came out ahead as my utilities are low and I had a huge down payment on a house - but that $1900 would barely pay for the lease of the same size house/apartment. Combat pay is $225 per month. If you're married you get family seperation pay is now $250 a month - it was $30. In the Navy we have an additional allowance called Sea Pay for duty aboard ships. As an E-4 you get jack. As an E-9 with lots of sea duty I was getting $500 a month additional. The guys in the military aren't getting rich. The young kids are driving nice cars as that's basically all they have - they live in the barracks, deploy for six months every other year, their medical, dental, and food needs are free, there's no pesky crack habbits to feed so it's just nice cars and women to pay for! |
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