A friend found this while going through some of her father's old stuff.
I'm not really into antique stuff. So I wasn't much help.
What is it? What is it worth? Or where could she go to get it appraised?
She's out near Westminster.
All it says on it is: "E. Remington & Sons ILION...
When you bring profanity (especially the F word) into a simple adult disagreement - especially in a business disagreement - you lose.
You may have won "the battle". (You got your firearm.) But you lost any credibility if you were to complain about the employee. (Which is what I, instead...
All taken care of.
The paint outside didn't contain lead. But because it was pealing, and the railings were rusted out, it had to be fixed before the lead inspection could be finalized. And because I wasn't able to do it within seven days, I had to get the winter waiver.
I ended up...
Fortunately, I am "on-call" from 8:00 am until 10:00 PM. (Technically 24/7 for my best customers. But that's pretty rare. And I'm usually in bed by 10-11 anyway.) So anytime I'm out of the house, I could be on my way to a job a the ring of the phone.
That said; I don't press my luck...
I had a lead inspection done for my rental property in early February. No lead found anywhere, but there was some pealing paint in a couple places outside. (Porch ceiling, thresholds, etc.)
Because it was too cold out to do it myself withing 7 days, I got a "winter waiver" (Good until the...
They've completely changed the form. And you MUST fill it out electronically, then print it out and mail it. ("Hand written forms will not be accepted.")
This time, there was no letter (from us) required, like last time. Just a brief explanation of why we needed them.
No invoices were sent...
The only thing a metal detector guarantees is that the first one shot by someone bent on bringing a gun into a building to kill people, is the person manning the metal detector.
I just submitted letters from our bank. Same as last time.
But I apparently screwed up on something else. I forgot the business license copies.
I'll wait another week or so (so that they have the applications) and send them along with a letter explaining where they go.