Jim - i inherited some money about 10 years ago. i built a garage (myself) and the other present i wanted was a barrett. went to the "tactical" gunshop that had one. they let me hold it, play with it and i didnt even look at the price. "put a red bow on it and where's the paper work?" the guy looked at me with this dumb look, "oh you want to buy this", "yessir". his reply was "um um um um". he then said "sorry sir this is not for sale, broke out a sharpie and wrote across the price tag". then my ex wife saw the price........ needless to say i didnt get that barrett ever.