What is the matter with Glock owners?

[churchmouse]

if i had to sell my g19 i would charge extra too, to cover the cost of gasoline and the hastle it would be for me to go out and buy another one the next day...i dont deliver glocks for free is the point i guess

I will always attempt to split the drive on a gun deal. Free.....not the reality of it unless you expect folks to come to you. I am not an LGS and if I really want to sell a gun there is usually some driving involved Glock/1911 whatever. These days I only sell 1 or 2 to get a better 1.

 

[searpinski]

I've noticed a fairly large number of glock owners that feel their firearms are superior to any other firearm. That's my only annoyance.

 

[Fordtough25]

I was watching a video on youtube the other day and saw somebody using their G17 as a hammer trying to knock the slide loose on a jammed Sig. It's not the guns fault humans are crazy.

 

[billt]

Overpriced Glocks are no different than overpriced anything else. All you need to do is walk away.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

 

[88E30M50]

I think you missed my point on this. The carpet baggers and flippers will most likely never be a part of our hobby/passion. They will fad away when the ability to stick it to people diminishes. Those are the folks I get irritated at. People already involved and taking this as an opportunity for profit are not folks I would hang with either. We all have standards.
Anyone is welcome but I do not have to accept them.

That's an interesting distinction that I had not really considered before. There is a difference between someone that stocks up on ammo in good times with no intention of selling it, but who does end up selling it at a profit when the prices are well up, and someone that has never owned a firearm but buys the last couple of bricks of .22 from a LGS that is holding prices only to then flip it for a profit. Both are legal and both are morally correct but one of those guys is an opportunist that I'd rather no hang with.

 

[jwh20]

I mean really, is there something wrong with them? They are worse than any other gun owner about thinking their guns used are worth at the very least the same price as a new one, if not more than a new one. I want a Glock because they are cheap and work, not because they are somehow a collectors item. It is a tool to use people.

Im REALLY over people thinking that no matter what guns appreciate.

I suppose you can get all bent over this or you can just buy something else or wait. That's the nice thing about our somewhat free-market system. An offer to sell at an unreasonable price will not have many takers.

In the end these things tend to equal out. But in my experience, CASH TALKS. If you see something you want, go look at it, make your offer and pull out the cash. For a buyer it's very hard to turn down a sure deal on a maybe-kinda-sorta-who-knows-if-he'll-show-up buyer.

 

[Miles42]

Beating a dead horse on this topic. It is not only glock owners. My opinion walk away there are so many guns listed forever on Armslist and others that have been on there for ever. Still can't convince people they are over priced. Such is life.

 

[ghitch75]

 

[Big Guy]

So don't try to buy their used gun. Go out and buy a new one and spend the money. I've got 6 Glocks and I'm always looking to buy another, but I also own Sig's, S&W's, Springfield's, a Beretta, and a Walther. But overall, I've had the least problems with my Glocks, they always work no matter what!

 

[billt]

So don't try to buy their used gun. Go out and buy a new one and spend the money. I've got 6 Glocks and I'm always looking to buy another, but I also own Sig's, S&W's, Springfield's, a Beretta, and a Walther. But overall, I've had the least problems with my Glocks, they always work no matter what!

This^^^^^^^^^^

I'm not understanding all the hubbub about overpriced used guns? Not at all. I've only bought 2 used guns in the last 40 years, and both of them were incredible deals. Everything else I have purchased new. My reasoning is I've found that most used guns are simply overpriced. I look at what Cabela's charges for scratched up, beat up AR-15 rifles, and it's idiotic. For just a few bucks more, (many times less than 15%), you can buy brand new. And if you buy it from your local dealer through Davidson's, you'll get a Lifetime Free Replacement Warranty to boot. Why screw around buying used? Especially a gun like a Glock. Most are rode hard, and put away wet. "Police Trade In's" look as if they were dragged to the gun shops tied to the bumper of a truck. It's insane to purchase a POS like that for what they're asking.

Yes, if some type of private incredible deal comes your way, by all means jump on it. But 99% of the time I've found the used gun market in general to be pretty much an overpriced joke, nothing more. YMMV.

 

[cop car]

Beating a dead horse on this topic. It is not only glock owners. My opinion walk away there are so many guns listed forever on Armslist and others that have been on there for ever. Still can't convince people they are over priced. Such is life.

yes. but my question was specific for Glock owners. I wanted to know why they in particular think their used guns are worth MORE than new ones. I know that in any place where there are/were good deals, there are people who have completely unrealistice views of how much they want for an object, whether it is a 69 Camaro, that someone saw a completely restored numbers matching Z28 sell on barett Jackson for $75,000 so that means their rusted out 6 cyl auto car has to be worth at least $15,000. they have no idea how much is involved in a restoration. or the person that paid way to much for their house, and was watching "flip this house" and now are asking twice the assessed value of the house.

my only explanation that I can see is that they have to be new to the whole gun scene. it seems like a lot of people first guns are Glocks. these new gun owners have always heard people were able to sell guns for as much or more than they paid for them, so they assumed that their new glock must be able to do the same thing. but a gun that you can just go out and buy at the store, will not appreciate. yes there have been (and will be) situations where shortages or scares will make people pay more than they should for guns. new guns will not behave the same price as M1 garands, model 12 shotguns, 1911s, lugers etc etc, guns that are no longer made, or no longer made to the same quality. there will be a bunch of people who bought ar15s, that are going to be really upset when they go to sell the rifle they paid $1800 for, when you can build a good new ar15 for $800 or less.

 

[billt]

there will be a bunch of people who bought ar15s, that are going to be really upset when they go to sell the rifle they paid $1800 for, when you can build a good new ar15 for $800 or less.

The driving factor in AR-15 cost is politics, not value. In this regard it's not like most other guns. As soon as some nut case runs up another big body count with one, their value will increase rapidly. Simply because every socialist liberal will use the opportunity to jump on their soap box to try and muster up support for another ban.

 

[Big Guy]

Like I said, don't buy someone's used gun, if you think they're asking to much for it. They will either not get what they want for it, or not sell it at all. Look at most of the classified's on this site, there's a high percentage of the sellers that have posted something for sale, and are still waiting for it to sell, because they are asking to much. That's the way everything works, no matter what you are trying to buy or sell. It's been my experience, that when most people set a high price on anything, they probably need the money. Maybe they paid too much for it in the first place, and they think they'll pass some of their mistake along to the next guy. Sometime it works, most of the time, it doesn't and they end up eating it.

 

[Gluemanz28]

yes. but my question was specific for Glock owners. I wanted to know why they in particular think their used guns are worth MORE than new ones. I know that in any place where there are/were good deals, there are people who have completely unrealistice views of how much they want for an object, whether it is a 69 Camaro, that someone saw a completely restored numbers matching Z28 sell on barett Jackson for $75,000 so that means their rusted out 6 cyl auto car has to be worth at least $15,000. they have no idea how much is involved in a restoration. or the person that paid way to much for their house, and was watching "flip this house" and now are asking twice the assessed value of the house.

my only explanation that I can see is that they have to be new to the whole gun scene. it seems like a lot of people first guns are Glocks. these new gun owners have always heard people were able to sell guns for as much or more than they paid for them, so they assumed that their new glock must be able to do the same thing. but a gun that you can just go out and buy at the store, will not appreciate. yes there have been (and will be) situations where shortages or scares will make people pay more than they should for guns. new guns will not behave the same price as M1 garands, model 12 shotguns, 1911s, lugers etc etc, guns that are no longer made, or no longer made to the same quality. there will be a bunch of people who bought ar15s, that are going to be really upset when they go to sell the rifle they paid $1800 for, when you can build a good new ar15 for $800 or less.

92 post and you are still on your soapbox ranting. Idiots are idiots regardless of what gun they own. Your stereotyping has run its course and is doing nothing positive.

Take a dose of this


And go put a realistic price on your 1911 and maybe someone that hasn't seen your whining will buy it so you can go get yourself a Glock and become one of us messed up Glock owners.

 

[cop car]

92 post and you are still on your soapbox ranting. Idiots are idiots regardless of what gun they own. Your stereotyping has run its course and is doing nothing positive.

Take a dose of this
And go put a realistic price on your 1911 and maybe someone that hasn't seen your whining will buy it so you can go get yourself a Glock and become one of us messed up Glock owners.

aw, that's cute that someone who joined in 2013 is commenting on my post count lol.

and let me get this straight, because im bringing up the fact that people ask more than new price for their used glocks, you are telling me to 1. go and put a "realistic" price on my 1911 that is priced at least $200 under what a comparable new colt is and 2. telling me to lower the price on something that's already gone?

Glock owners get their panties in a wad really easily it seems like also ha

 

[Gluemanz28]

aw, that's cute that someone who joined in 2013 is commenting on my post count lol.

and let me get this straight, because im bringing up the fact that people ask more than new price for their used glocks, you are telling me to 1. go and put a "realistic" price on my 1911 that is priced at least $200 under what a comparable new colt is and 2. telling me to lower the price on something that's already gone?

Glock owners get their panties in a wad really easily it seems like also ha

I'm impressed that you know when I joined. I see that you joined in 2009 and have 182 post. If they are all like this one I am sure glad thats all you posted and that I haven't had to witness more of your cry baby fits when you don't get the glock at the price you want. If you don't like the price then don't buy it. Don't go on the internet and complain about it. I do own Glocks but I also own just about all of the other brands as well. Lumping people together that you don't know or care to know is what I have a problem with.


Now back to your regularly scheduled crying tantrum.

 

[mvician]

 

[cop car]

I guess im sorry they don't let people on the internet to post on gun forums in basic? :shoulder shrug:


I can also see that you read zero of the posts in this thread. thanks for the great big giant pictures buddy, they sure make all the difference. post less, read more.

 

[Gluemanz28]

Sadly I have read every word in this post. I'm as hard headed as the next guy but I have learned to take some advice from people even if it taste like medicine. Maybe if you step away from the emotional side of this for a moment and think about how anybody that owns a Glock feels about your original post you might think it was a little harsh and frustrated rant.