"No that's not cool at all but then again that's a subjective moral issue really . Is there any laws that gives a store owner first rights to a customers item he wants to sell ??"
No, no law. But that is why I am posing it as a moral question as opposed to a legal question.
"I'd like to touch a bit more on how the third guy comes to find the info . There has to be thousands of scenarios where one finds out info while discussing or over hearing something with an owner or while on/in there business and you take that info to better your life in some way with out actually buying from that store."
I actually can't think of one. Honestly, I can't think of things that I have learned that I did not pay to learn (i.e. in school) or was otherwise learned and used by me to better my life at the detriment of another. I mean, I can't think of an example, I'm not trying to be stubborn. Maybe you can give me an example from your life.
"Do you owe everyone you've ever learned something from . Maybe a thanks but that's about it."
Anything I have learned (to my recollection) was paid for (school) or learned to benefit another (on the site of a job that I have to perform for boss or employer). I learn things online for free, I guess, but usually people publishing info such as on this forums or on youtube are paid by advertisers, and they publish their content wanting users to consume it, otherwise they would charge subscription fees (but we are splitting hairs). So no, I don't think I have taken knowledge and used it to upper-hand the person I learned it from, such as in the case I presented.
"Could you imagine if you could not benefit in any way from anything you did not learn completely on your own ? Think about it , It's actually mind blowing when you think of all the things you've learned just by happen stance ."
Again, per my examples above, I think you are over-expanding what I am saying. Learning things in school or in the workplace or online or in a magazine or book? Not at all the same as going into another person's place of business, eves dropping on a deal between the dealer and the customer and then later using that information against the dealer to get the gun.
"I understand the frustration on the businesses part but is that with the third guy in , or really being upset with your selves for letting the sell go and projecting your frustration on to others ?"
It is the purpose of a dealer to buy as low as possible and sell as high as possible. Gun dealers, for the most part, compete with eachother and they all share the same limitations - guns need to be bought low enough to ensure reasonable profit. Private buyers don't have to worry about this. Are you telling me that a dealer should make an offer that competes with a potential private buyer's offer, which will generally be close to or at retail? How is a dealer to be that competitive and make money? Especially when the "competitors" are the dealer's own customers in his own store! Again, I think a huge disconnect is that not many people here have owned or worked in a gun store (or any business that depends on used goods for resale).
"Where does it stop . Lets say me and a buddy are just walking into your store as another customer is walking out . I say to my buddy where I saw a great deal on something I'm going to buy next after this stop . The guy walking out the door over heard me say that and goes and buys the last one . Was it unfair to me for him to buy the last one since he did not find the deal on his own."
That is a good ethical dilemma in itself but the difference is, you did not pay for or provide the store you gave the advice in or the store that has the gun on sale. Your livelihood is not hurt by it, you just missed out on a good deal. I will say, if someone overhears that and thinks "hell, I'll go buy it before this guy does" and he learned about it from you, he is still rude, IMO.
"Come to think about it if "your" store was not there are paths would never have passed . hmm so now That makes your store at fault why I did not get to buy what I was always going to buy in the first place ???? I just stopped at your store because it was on the way."
This is a huge stretch to make a point in my opinion. You do not pay anything to keep the store I work in operational, so my store owes you nothing and has no moral obligation to you (other than good customer service and ensuring our products don't hurt or kill you).
Maybe there is something to the fraise "right place right time".
yes, like finding a $20.00 bill on the street, or being the 100th customer at a store that gives you a prize for being the 100th customer... Again...Semantics...
But honestly, we are not going to see eye-to-eye on this. Totally fine we have a difference in opinion and I think that is all rooted in which side of the counter you and I stand on. Thanks again!
