I also try to get the best deal on a gun that I can so I can try to break even. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't. That was a great deal. Some people would complain if they were hung with a new rope!I don't remember it, but I looked it up & saw an ad listed for AUG 14, 2018 & you responded to the ad on Aug. 17, 2018.
Ad posted:
$350 Comes with factory box & manual, and with 3 magazines (1 flush fit 7 round mag, 2 extended 8 round mags), plus 5 S/W OEM mags I bought still in their packages = 8 mags total.
I bought the 5 extra mags when buying an ammo and magazine special combo deal months prior and was passing along
the sensational deal on mags that I got when SW was running a special.
You said you paid $360, but the ad says $350.
8 magazines!!!
I don't doubt I paid $300 for the gun, but I charged only $10 each for each for the extra mags, which was probably half of the going price then, plus shipping & tax.
That was quite the deal & I'm astounded that you think I made $60 on a Shield with 8 mags.
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Perhaps this was not the Shield you bought but another: I've had 3-4 Shields over the years.
This was the only one that came up when I did a search.
Whenever I sold any Shield, it for was what I had in it, no more, no less.
I normally buy a gun only when the price is terrific so I can sell w/o losing.
I remember once selling a gun here for more than I paid b/c it was so much lower than market value, but I did so to help pay for guns that I lost money on.
Sometimes I'll spend $50-$60 in gas to go buy a gun & I'll price the gun $20-$25 more than I paid b/c of the transportation costs were beyond normal.
I always lose money when that happens, but it will be a gun that I haven't had & hasn't been available for a great price.
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