According to the LGS, he has to pick up the gun within 10 days of the raffle or it goes back to the VFD for their next raffle. The (full) in store credit is only good for items currently in stock and everything there is sold at full MSRP. It's a small store and there's nothing much in stock in the way of guns or ammo, mostly just hunting rifles and fad items. He could order something else but nothing will come in before the date he has to pick up the Glock. In that case, he has to pick up the gun first and bring it back as a trade-in when his order finally comes in. Even though the gun would be left in the box untouched and with no seals broken, once the transfer paperwork has been done, the LGS will still consider it a used gun and knock 30% off of its original value toward the trade which takes it from $547, down to $382.90. When you figure his mark-up on whatever that remainder would go toward, you're comin' out at real close to nothin'. The dude's a scalper and I told my brother if it were me, I'd forfeit the gun. It wouldn't get me anything but it'd keep this crook from making out hugely. My brother's only got a few bucks invested in the raffle tickets and there are times when even free, just isn't worth it.
