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Why is it that when we buy a new car, we don't worry about how much it will deprecate in two years but when we buy a gun and enjoy it for how many years we have to break even or sell at a profit Enjoy the gun and have fun.
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06-22-2019, 04:50 PM | #24 | ||||||
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Send me a PM for a list of overpriced guns i have for sale, I’m sure you’d enjoy owning a couple of them.
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06-22-2019, 05:16 PM | #25 | ||||||
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You don't lose money until you sell. And Garry and Eric are correct
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06-22-2019, 05:56 PM | #26 | ||||||
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I buy new cars as a rule and drive and maintain them until they start costing too much to own them anymore. But to me, a nice gun is a commodity sort of like a house, that I expect to at least hold its value if not appreciate over time. Unfortunately the market on used sxs guns doesn't work like that. When there is a glut on the market, either in houses or used sxs guns it turns into a buyer's market.
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06-22-2019, 06:57 PM | #27 | ||||||
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I suppose it's different when you're talking about "collectible" guns, but I don't own any. Except for a couple of guns I bought for the express purpose of selling I've never once worried about what it would be worth down the road, nor even what it's worth now - only what it's worth to me. If I bought at or under what it's worth to me I'm happy; somebody else can worry about what it's worth later on .
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06-22-2019, 08:22 PM | #28 | ||||||
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i buy a gun because i want it i sell or trade one because it no longer appeals to me.....its hard to sell a gun for what its worth on short notice...thats why sometimes a guy really got a bargain in a gun because the seller needed the money quickly...thats why there is so many pawn shops and title buyers out there....if you need quick cash for a gun or car your on the short end of the stick.....charlie
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06-22-2019, 10:30 PM | #29 | ||||||
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I completely agree Charlie!
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06-22-2019, 11:08 PM | #30 | ||||||
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I never buy new cars -- they depreciate a few thousand $$ as soon as you drive off the lot. I buy one year old low mileage cars and avoid that loss. But guns are different than cars because it's actually possible not to lose money.
I own three types of guns: Collectibles i.e., "safe queens" -- on average they are up in value over the past 10 years. Shooters are for shooting. They are either semi-collectible i.e., high value but not pristine NIB stuff that a little more wear won't depreciate the value or they are guns I don't care if they lose value--guns I bought to shoot and don't care about resale value. The Parker I am looking for will be a "collectible shooter." I think (and I may be totally delusional) that it's possible to buy a nice 50-60% original Parker, hunt with it and shoot clays with it for the next 10 years and it will be worth more than I paid for it. But if I buy a brand new Browning Citori and shoot it for 10 years I think I'd be lucky to get my money back. Mass produced guns are mass produced guns -- they have zero collector value. Regardless of the whole "end of the baby boomer" argument they aren't making any more Parkers. Show me a guy who doesn't care if he gets his money back on a Parker and I'll show you a guy I want to buy my next Parker from! |
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