I stopped in at a strip mall gunstore to see what they had. Clerk asked what I was looking for, I told him I liked older Smith and Wessons. Clerk pulls out an older M&P, 5" pencil barrel, with a lot of uneven blue wear. I'm mildly interested, then I looked at the price tag: $900. I thanked him and beat feet out of there.
Anybody have any similar stories of close encounters of the wildly over-priced kind? Sticking to handguns, please, as I really don't want to hear about your dating life.