I'm not calling you a scam artist at all, I'm saying that any business who will give you money for your broken item is doing you a favor. Especially if it didnt originate from that business. If it was our gun, it would already be taken care of and you'd already have a new pistol - but its not. I'm taking issue with the fact that you think a dealer should bend over backwards for you just because they sell the same gun that you have.
Look at it from the business' perspective. Would you invest several hundred bucks in something you know you will get zero return on for awhile? Then end up making $50 or less at the end of it? If so, you know what that would be? Doing someone a big favor. Which, last I checked, is above and beyond for most business's no matter if you think it is or not.
But as I said, if it was G&L's gun, or <insert your other favorite gun shop's> gun, it would already be taken care of no questions asked. But you bought a used gun second hand from an internet forum.