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Originally Posted by fred p
you don't have to tell her about the value or lack thereof. keep it as a family heirloom and enjoy it as such. Years down the road you can tell your grand children about how their great gramma got this for their great grampa way back when. No one has to know the cost or the value. That's the beauty of heirlooms....
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But it's not an heirloom. She bought it a couple years ago at a local gunshow, and why would I keep something around that reminds me that people are *******s and take advantage of my mother's kindness and naivety? Not like this thing was taken back from Germany during WW2 by my grandfather.
When I look at it, I basically see... "mom got scammed" written all over it.
I'm the polar opposite of her, I do a lot of research before I buy anything. But she's the kind of person who keeps the people who run infomercials and **** in business, unfortunately.