Damn is it your listing lol. I mean come on. A) if i wanted pretty much any firearm out there i could buy it. B) not calling out people on this level of insanity just leads to more insanity. The pricing in the classifieds here is a joke at times some are fair. But i still say the best is the guy i offered full asking price to said ill be up to get it and he decided not to sale it after it had been listed for two weeks. Though looking at his history he does it all the time. That sorta stuff just wastes everyones time. if they want to go after people on this board for crap they should start there. If someones a little high on something fine. When your over double what the firearms worth well.
Well I bought a Phillips & Rodgers Medusa revolver in the mid 90's for around 650 and sold it a couple years ago on GunBroker for 3,200. I'd say that was a pretty good investment. Also the Smith and Wesson 76 I bought for 2,200 are now going for 7,000. There's several examples out there, but your not going to find it with the run of the mill Glocks, Springfields XD's, Sig's etc. You got to look for the unusual, plus condition, condition, condition. Boxes and manuals always add value. I don't understand why people throw that stuff away.
Thanks for the reply.
Do you think there are any new firearms on the market today that will be worth triple or quadruple the initial cost in 20 - 30 years?
Hilarious how people think the AR market is screwed up. Just because some cheap China made parts and a flood of low end guns hit the market doesn't mean my 1000 dollar plus rifle isn't worth anything. That's funny right there.
If that's truly the case I'm going shopping! Pick me up some Barret and Noveski.
Hilarious how people think the AR market is screwed up. Just because some cheap China made parts and a flood of low end guns hit the market doesn't mean my 1000 dollar plus rifle isn't worth anything. That's funny right there.
If that's truly the case I'm going shopping! Pick me up some Barret and Noveski.
I've met a lot of people who overpaid while passing a background check. In fact I watched probably 10 or 15 at the last 1500 I went to. One that stands out was a P07, I was close enough to hear the final price at 600, that is 100 dollars more than you can regularly get them from gallery. I set the pistol I was considering down and walked away. There is a large percentage of gun purchasers who just believe they are getting a good deal because they are not indoctrinated into the culture and market. You see it on used car prices on craigslist too, people pay it because they think used means they are getting a good deal. This guy will sit on this glock for a while, but I see no reason to think he is illegally in possession of a firearm from an overpriced ad.
Why did you walk away? Because you thought the guy was getting ripped off? I’ve never bought from Gallery, but after seeing their fees added in their prices don’t seem that great a lot of times.
Could you provide some examples? I can think of only 1 firearm I have in my possession that is worth more than I paid for it, and only because its over 100 years old.
Not trying to call you out on anything, but interested to hear what you purchased and have recouped your money on.
I watched a study done on human nature a while back.
This researcher set himself up in an open air mall and began carnival barking.
He said he was going to raffle of a $20 bill.
What ever the selling price ended up, that is what he would sell it for, even for a loss.
There is only one caveat.
Not only does the highest bidder win the $20 bil, but the person who ends up bidding second place still has to pay!
O.K. Ready? Here we go, and the bidding began.
Two or three people thought they'd get a fresh $20 for cheap, so they bid low, then someone would out bid them, and they would bid again.
Soon I think it became more of a situation of, "I don't want to come in second, and have to pay for nothing", so they would bid again...
In the end, the highest bidder got a brand new $20 bill for only $29! but the second place guy was also on the hook for $25!
Then everyone was told this was a study on human nature and they were all given their money back.
It was an interesting example of how people let themselves get sucked into a bad situation, realize it, and still dig the hole deeper!
Not everyone on this planet are Mensa candidates.