A WTS thats $100 over msrp, why?

[PGRChaplain]

"Why can't we all just get along"

Rodney King

 

[darinb]

I see some bad prices but just go onto the next one. I try and give the benefit of the doubt and think that either they dont know much about gun prices or they have an urgent need to take care of and are just trying to get a bit extra. No biggie to me I just move on.

 

[singlesix]

I just went used car shopping ... talk about prices ...

 

[palerider0485]

supply and demand. sometimes the msrp dosnt really reflect what a gun sell for. sometimes after a gun is made and production is ended the prices jump. look at the colt anacondas. i remember when they were being produced buying them for 700 new and used ones went for around 500-600, i dont know what the msrp was then, but now ive seen people asken 1500-1800 for them. thats way above what they sold new for. supply and demand. supply and demand.

 

[MDave]

Price, supply and demand are all functions of information. You know it is $100.00 above MSRP. We may not know if there is high demand, is this the only one available? The original owner might not know what he bought in the first place. Maybe they are trying to recoup their sales tax and all in the purchase. Maybe it is mighty nice for one reason or another, I recently sold a pickup for a bit more than it booked at. The reason was it was really cool looking and rare. Is this one like that?

Couple thoughts.

 

[M67]

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I know, you don't see many people post Medfords, Hinderers, Todd Beggs, old school Busses, Chris Reeves, Hortons, Bill Siegels, Jason Knights, Lovelaces'....just a bunch of esees

 

[88E30M50]

I've seen a couple like that. My guess is that they just have no idea what it's really worth. In some cases, it looks like someone trying to make a buck, but there are others that just seem to be an honest case of someone guessing at what the gun might be worth without doing any investigation. It may even sell at that price if the right person happens on it. A totally legit buyer might want it to add a gun that's untraceable to his/her collection. I would not pay a premium for that unless I really wanted a specific gun and it was only available from that one source.

 

[danielson]

Wow, look at that, after all the jerks left, a civilized conversation showed up...

 

[marv]

Maybe he hopes that some prohibited person with money to burn sees the ad.

 

[vork08]

I happen to know 2 individuals, both legally able and competent to posses firearms, that will happily pay $100 over, if it ensures there is no paper trail for the government to record the firearms they have accumulated, and put them on their "LIST" to raid first when the SHTF.

 

[churchmouse]

I happen to know 2 individuals, both legally able and competent to posses firearms, that will happily pay $100 over, if it ensures there is no paper trail for the government to record the firearms they have accumulated, and put them on their "LIST" to raid first when the SHTF.

Yup.

 

[danielson]

I have to say, I definitely worried about that. Of course, I sold every firearm I have to some guy, he showed me his LTCH and ID, but I dont remember his name.

 

[Yup!]

Yup.

Im not one of them.

 

[88E30M50]

I happen to know 2 individuals, both legally able and competent to posses firearms, that will happily pay $100 over, if it ensures there is no paper trail for the government to record the firearms they have accumulated, and put them on their "LIST" to raid first when the SHTF.

I won't pay a premium for that, but having a gun that's not in the system is pretty attractive. In an age where the NSA is running roughshod over our right to privacy, I fully expect that every call to the national check system is recorded. To me, there is value in owning a gun that is not recorded on a 4473A anywhere. I'm as legit as they come, but still value my right to privacy. Just because you have nothing to hide does not mean you should live with your doors wide open.

 

[JBI812]

I've seen this several times. The best thing to do is just move-on. There will be others just like that one and priced where it should be. I recently saw a deal where a guy bought a handgun for 1125.00 and a couple days later, one just like it sold for 625.00. Just depends on how bad you want it. Unfortunately, when one sell for 1125.00 then the rest of the world wants a piece of the action.