Sound like a dream I'd love to have.Caution toward a sale can also be shown (after the fact) to have been unnecessary.
I was a table-holder at a Kalispell show some years back and had a number of high-end optics on the table for sale.
Late on the last day of the show, a guy came by in a worn quilted flannel and Aussie oilskin hat, late 60's. Spoke politely with a deep Southern accent, looked over what I had, picked out 5 scopes saying, "I'll take these." Shocked and happy at the same time, I talked a bit more about the scopes, and he pulled out a checkbook.
I had to turn him down respectfully, and explained my reasons for caution, he pleaded a bit, then politely said he understood. We talked a bit further, and I mentioned I was staying south of town about 20 miles and his eyes lit up. He said his house was in the same area, and could I drop by with the scopes after the show? He'd have cash.
No sweat! (This was big money for me.)
Given directions, I climb a road up the 2nd tallest mountain between Kalispell and Polson (the tallest is a ski resort). Arriving at a huge cobblestone turnaround centered by a twelve-foot bronze sculpture of a Golden Eagle doing a full wingover, a full-size Hummer and a Town Car. The house was no less impressive, my partner and I were invited in, and flat-screen TV's blared from every room.
"Watchin' the Alabama game!" as he turned down the volume. Gave us the dime-tour of his place, including the next little mountain over (where he had a 1000-yard gong set up to shoot at from the house).
In his office, we made the deal, and I learned he was a retired Federal Judge from Alabama.
We corresponded by email for a couple years. A friendship that began with mistrust on my part.