NWA JPP Roleplaying Board
Oct 27, 2013 13:21:01 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 13:21:01 GMT -7
It's sunday afternoon at American Jewelry and Loan in Detroit. Syuri is cleaning the shelves in the collectibles area. A customer walks up to the counter.
Les Gold - Good afternoon. How can I help you?
customer - I'd like to sell this sword my grandfather picked up during WW2
Les - What can you tell me about it.
customer - My grandfather served in the Marines in WW2 and was part of the capture of Iwo Jima. He took it off of a dead Jap officer
Syuri - He was Japanese NOT Jap.
customer - whatever!
Syuri - No, not whatever. Calling a Japanese person a Jap is an insult.
customer - yeah, ok, sorry
Les - So your grandfather got it off of a dead Japanese officer and brought it back as war booty
customer - Yes
Les - I've seen a few of these during my career. Mind if I have a look?
customer - Go ahead.
Les - The aging looks right. The patina and wear on the scabbard look right. (measures it) It's the right length. How much were you looking to get for it?
customer - I'd like to get $5000 to help pay for my daughter's wedding.
Les - Let me look this up online and see what price they are going for these days.
While Les is checking prices online, Syuri takes a close look at the sword. Les comes back.
Les - Similar swords are going for at most $2500 lately. So I could offer you $500
customer - Why not $2500?
Les - That's the most I might be able to get. If I paid you that much, I'd lose money on it. I could go to $750
customer - How about $2000
Syuri - How about nothing. It's a fake.
Les - What! How can you tell?
Syuri - The scabbard may be real, but the sword is a good fake. It has one major mistake giving away that it's a fake.
customer - Are you calling me a liar?
Syuri - I'm just telling you that this sword is not from WW2 and is probably not from Japan. This inscription on the sword says Rikujō Jieitai or Japan Ground Self Defense Force. JGSDF was established in 1954, so this can't be from WW2
Les - Well, I would never have known that. Sorry we can't make you an offer.
customer - You lying Jap bitch.
Les - Security!
Les Gold - Good afternoon. How can I help you?
customer - I'd like to sell this sword my grandfather picked up during WW2
Les - What can you tell me about it.
customer - My grandfather served in the Marines in WW2 and was part of the capture of Iwo Jima. He took it off of a dead Jap officer
Syuri - He was Japanese NOT Jap.
customer - whatever!
Syuri - No, not whatever. Calling a Japanese person a Jap is an insult.
customer - yeah, ok, sorry
Les - So your grandfather got it off of a dead Japanese officer and brought it back as war booty
customer - Yes
Les - I've seen a few of these during my career. Mind if I have a look?
customer - Go ahead.
Les - The aging looks right. The patina and wear on the scabbard look right. (measures it) It's the right length. How much were you looking to get for it?
customer - I'd like to get $5000 to help pay for my daughter's wedding.
Les - Let me look this up online and see what price they are going for these days.
While Les is checking prices online, Syuri takes a close look at the sword. Les comes back.
Les - Similar swords are going for at most $2500 lately. So I could offer you $500
customer - Why not $2500?
Les - That's the most I might be able to get. If I paid you that much, I'd lose money on it. I could go to $750
customer - How about $2000
Syuri - How about nothing. It's a fake.
Les - What! How can you tell?
Syuri - The scabbard may be real, but the sword is a good fake. It has one major mistake giving away that it's a fake.
customer - Are you calling me a liar?
Syuri - I'm just telling you that this sword is not from WW2 and is probably not from Japan. This inscription on the sword says Rikujō Jieitai or Japan Ground Self Defense Force. JGSDF was established in 1954, so this can't be from WW2
Les - Well, I would never have known that. Sorry we can't make you an offer.
customer - You lying Jap bitch.
Les - Security!
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