One of the things I hear all the time is along the lines of “My brothers friends cousins aunts gardener has four of these, and they are all in better condition!”. It doesn’t matter what it is, it could be a brand new in box gun, or something beyond rare, but no matter what the gun is, they always have one, and it is always better. Only once in my three years of working at a gun shop have I heard a customer say that they have the same gun that we do, but only theirs is in worse condition.
I would hedge my bets on it being 98% bullshit, but it is one of the amusing things that you just roll your eyes at after seeing it every single day, multiple times.
EZ