Well, stuff went sideways with the gun store.
So being 6 weeks since I complied with everything asked of me and with 1 week until transfers stop I once again asked the store to transfer the gun as they are legally able to. They refused so I instructed them to send the gun to another store, last night. I also asked for a refund on the transfer fee as they have patently not completed any transfer. This resulted in the clerk first agreeing to the refund and sending the gun. Then a manager reversed this and told me I wasn't getting anything "because they syarted the 4473" and they wouldn't send the gun anywhere else unless I paid more for it.
Well fast forward to this morning and I had a very unpleasant conversation with the store owner. He admitted openly he could transfer me the gun but wouldn't because he "doesn't think i deserve a gun" after "how I acted last night." He tried gas lighting me, falsely claiming costs, etc. In the end he agreed to send the gun (still hasn't shipped yet, label created) at his cost.
I'm glad Oregon is a one party consent state as I think this conversation will help somewhat when I sue them.
At this point between the OSP malfeasance and this bootlicking shop owner I no longer have the potential to get my P226, the replacement for my stolen gun.
There is not enough calendar time to get the gun sent to a friendly FFL that will exercise the 3 day protection against this tyrrany.
At this point I can literally only make a P226 frame if I want one. To say I feel robbed a second time is a bit of an understatement. The store wasted months of my time and cost me my opportunity to get the replacement P226, and with the owners own overt statement that sure he could have done the transfer (which i have paid for) but chose not to moves the whole transaction into bad faith territory.
Had I known the store would have acted this way I never would have employed them for the transfer. As such I feel justified in asking a judge for the following:
Because I never would have used their business-
Cost of shipping the gun to the store.
Transfer Fee.
Cost of shipping the gun somewhere else (tentatively covered).
Because they deprived me of my opportunity to get this before the 8th-
Cost of sourcing a P226 80% frame.
Cost of sourcing necessary tooling to finish the frame.
Cost of my time as a gunsmith to perform the work.
P.S.: The owner plans to subsist on machine gun rentals and accessory sales after the 8th. They don't believe they will ever be shutdown by the liberals. His own words.
P.P.S.: I've owned the gun the entire time this guy has been choosing to not transfer it. Should I demand rent for the gun the same way he rents guns to people?
