It is a sellers market right now, I'm surprised he agreed to a deal at all.
He was probably mad, because he most likely could have sold the pistol for his full asking price while you both waited the 45 mins. it took to do the paper work and back ground check.
Good luck in the future, the gun market has been changing in the past few years, before long I wonder if dealers will "deal" at all.
They are becoming like every other commodity, I expect them to be like a lot of car dealers these days with the "no haggle" price, meaning the price is the price. If you don't like it don't buy it.
Some people don't know what 'Out The Door' means - to be honest, I'd never heard the phrase used in that way before.
For me - if we're talking pricing - we're not talking about tax.
I wouldn't go to a car dealership and ask for $16k out the door and then be mad when tax, licensing, and registration was not included in that. To me, 'out the door' is what you negotiated the price down to before any and all applicable taxes and other fees that are not 'included' in the price.
Now, if the tag said "$445 out the door including tax" and you said "400 out the door" I could totally see you being miffed about tax being applied.
All of that said - do you genuinely believe they were trying to bait/switch and deceive you? If so, vote with your wallet.
Was it:
Black? No
.556? No
Have "A" in its name? No
Have a mag capacity of 10+? No
"Tactical" in its name? Nope
Let's see, that adds up to: willing to deal a bit!
This is, of course, assuming it was intentional and not a misunderstanding.You did what I would have done. The next time he will think about the time he wasted not selling the gun before when he tries to pull this off again.
It's still a sellers market, whether it is an "assault weapon" or not, guns are flying off the shelves at all the LGS's, and anything that already has a reasonable price is going to sell. I understand why you're mad, I too have been on both sides of the tables at gun shows. Out the door does typically mean tax included, this may be a term exclusive to gun shows, but that is what it means in my mind. But guns are the only commodity that people expect the dealer to "eat the tax" so to speak, that I am aware of. We don't go to jewelry or furniture stores and expect the same thing. At least I don't, I just expect that sales tax will be collected by any retail establishment. Like I said in an earlier post, I think the landscape is changing in the gun community.
I use the "OTD" purchasing technique on every major purchase we make.
Furniture/jewelry/guns....everything.
Sometimes folks are willing to deal....sometimes not.
OTD is akin to TT&L in the auto trade (Tax, Title and License) It is a term that means the total amount of consideration that is being offered for exchange. If the man did not understand that, he should have asked for clarification.
I have looked car salesman / managers in the eye and told them, "I am going to write you a check, one check, for $XXXXX.XX"; had them accept the offer, and then come back with a higher price on the purchasing documents that included a "doc" fee or something else...
I think car dealers do it as a normal course of business.
This dealer, I don't know. That's why I was asking if others had experienced this in the current "seller's market."
When I had my auto shop open. All the quotes I gave were OTD. So the customer knew what they would be paying in total before walking out the door. Sometimes people would come in and try to negotiate a different price. If I could still make money I would do it. If not I told them no thanks. The best one was a guy that needed an 800 repair and tried to convince me to do it for 200. I don't miss that crap.
OP, I see the problem. Your post starts with the words "At a gun show..."!
I have NEVER exchanged cash before approval. NEVER.
How can a dealer "sell" me something for which I have not been approved?
Please retract your statement, lest someone believe it true.
How could he even think that he was right?
So you first sell a weapon to felon, then find out he is a felon, and take it back?