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Quoted: The guy is simply making sure you aren't 12.
Explain to him you are uncomfortable with the DL photocopy and see if you can come to some kind of mutually accepted way of proving your age.
If YOU were the seller, wouldn't you want to cover your ass?
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If I were the seller I would want to cover my ass... but I would be up front on my requirements. It is not OK to start adding requirements AFTER you make a sale.
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And I agree. Perhaps there wasn't enough space. I don't know.
But I also think two grown men should be able to come up with SOMETHING they are both agreeable to.
This is the kind of thing that got me out of the biz. There is just a "pettiness" in the gun industry. And it is on both sides and I could see myself becoming the "Grouchy Old Gun Dealer" and I have no interest in being that guy.
One would "think" we'd all realize we are part of a respected tradition and culture and act accordingly. Sadly that isn't the case. I've seen cops and gang members with more inclination to work together.
In the gun biz any little thing goes wrong and it's "You're a fucking asshole ripoff dealer" and "You are a cheap pain in my ass nickle and diming customer." In some instaces they are right, in far too many they are just being unreasonable.
Out of habit I even did the same thing to Ed Sr. He sent me some SEBR rifles without invoices indicated customer info and out of habit (I do deal with some morons) I sent him a terse email requesting the info. He simply emailed me a list of customer names and serial numbers and basically told me to calm down. Rather than get offended, he simply resolved the issue. And it made me feel like a jackass for simply not just sending him a polite request in the first place.
I guess it's kinda like being a cop, you deal with 20 dickheads every day and after a year EVERYONE is a dickhead, including you.
And I've been rather fortunate. I don't run a big commerical operation. I deal primarily with decent folks and a small minority of idiots STILL managed to get the best of me from time to time.