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Unread 07-20-2016, 06:49 AM   #71
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I know the dealer, New Castle PA.. He has been getting better guns all the time. He is there to make money. His mistake was to list it so soon. He needed to keep it out of sight for a while.....SXS Ohio
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how long should he have held it for a 15K increase?
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I emailed for the POR on the Guns International listing and received a reply a few hours ago that "the owner is asking $49,000."

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Again, the question arises, How long should he have kept the gun under wraps before he chose to capitalize on the previous seller's error in not doing his due diligence in determining the retail market value of it?

It's a tough world out there. I've been stung by it and I'll bet most of us have been stung one way or the other. The value of something is its value - it's that simple, regardless of how long someone has owned it or who can, or can't, afford to pay that value. It's not a matter of right or wrong, it's just the world we live in.





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Dean, your being "stung" sounds like a great PP article. Give us a synopsis here to get us ready for the article.
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Well....we all gotta make money appear in our bank accounts, I guess, but I've always had a lot more respect for people who do something, produce something, or add value to something than those who simply are opportunists.

I think the universe would be far happier to see the gun (any gun) sell to someone who will use it to shoot and cherish it than someone who thinks he can use it to transfer money from someone else's bank account to his next week. Incredibly old-fashioned and out of fashion ideas, I know.


At the end of the day...I'm not at all convinced there was any error made by the previous seller. Mainly because I'm thinking $35K for such a gun is probably very close to 'market price'...if not at the high end of the range. Time will tell...
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Well....we all gotta make money appear in our bank accounts, I guess, but I've always had a lot more respect for people who do something, produce something, or add value to something than those who simply are opportunists.

I think the universe would be far happier to see the gun (any gun) sell to someone who will use it to shoot and cherish it than someone who thinks he can use it to transfer money from someone else's bank account to his next week. Incredibly old-fashioned and out of fashion ideas, I know.


At the end of the day... Time will tell...

Good points Greg - I agree.






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Maybe I should sell mine it's not in the condition of the one being discussed but I wouldn't ask $49K for it either..........on second thought it's just money and where will I find another one that's affordable ($49K isn't affordable to me) and I ENJOY shooting it. I doubt this gun will ever see a sporting clays course or a duck blind which is a shame really.
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