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[SLYoteBoy]

No my friend , you are not the only one.

I do it for the lulz.

[Fate]

Did not mean to make you mad, just interested in buying a specific type of pistol and don't think it is worth twice the price of new, so I just keep looking. After a while I just wish somebody could say "really?" in the thread. On the other hand the market will decide the value, not the original price. If they are willing to lower the price, then I would make an offer.

Supply and demand. Due to the roster, there's less supply and higher demand. Welcome to Capitalism. Ain't it grand.

OTOH, it's telling that you've been a member for 2 years and you only have 40-something posts, 10% of which are in THIS thread. I wonder where the other ~30 are? Probably a safe bet they're all located in the WTS section.

[biglou]

If you're really interested in bargaining send the seller a PM rather than do it out in the open, especially if it's a lowballer reach.

It makes you look less of a jerk

What he said ^

[CenterX]

I reckoned that:
"Good Luck With Sale", was code for OVERPRICED
"Nice, but my wife would shriek", could also be code for OVERPRICED
You can always offer less in a PM - which you can't do on the auction sites where it is for sure OVERPRICED in most cases. Only a few gun shops will dicker these days, they get my business. But like stated earlier there is no need to be rude to the seller.
I've picked up a few things at less than asking prices. In a dickering format like this one the seller could post high and be assuming that, well a PT Barnum type customer just may bite. Be police make an offer and see where it goes. In a month or so you could get a call back on your offer if the thing hasn't moved and the seller is motivated. Like any other capitalistic system - what ever the traffic will support.
Good luck with your quest.

[kellito]

yes, you have realized I don't do alot of posting. I don't see how that is relevent.

I guess what I should have said at first was this: Am I the only one who thinks an off-roster used pistol is not worth 2X the MSRP?

[kellito]

I reckoned that:
"Good Luck With Sale", was code for OVERPRICED
"Nice, but my wife would shriek", could also be code for OVERPRICED
You can always offer less in a PM - which you can't do on the auction sites where it is for sure OVERPRICED in most cases. Only a few gun shops will dicker these days, they get my business. But like stated earlier there is no need to be rude to the seller.
I've picked up a few things at less than asking prices. In a dickering format like this one the seller could post high and be assuming that, well a PT Barnum type customer just may bite. Be police make an offer and see where it goes. In a month or so you could get a call back on your offer if the thing hasn't moved and the seller is motivated. Like any other capitalistic system - what ever the traffic will support.
Good luck with your quest.

I am hesitant to send a lower offer via PM when I see FIRM in the price. If the price has OBO in it, different story.

[biglou]

I guess what I should have said at first was this: Am I the only one who thinks an off-roster used pistol is not worth 2X the MSRP?

Anything is worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

[RobG]

Not mad at all. Just find it interesting the some people feel that gun owners should somehow not make a profit because of some "gun owner fraternity" as though there is an unwritten law against it. I don't run around the Nugget market telling everyone that there booze is overpriced and to buy it from Walmart. And for the record, I think it is assinine too, the prices some people ask. I just laugh and move along.

[kellito]

my bad for thinking you where mad. also I did not mean to say they should not have made ANY profit, i just felt is was to much, but whatever, I will just keep looking for a better deal. Normally i can laugh too and tell my buddies about it, but there was nobody around

[SLYoteBoy]

Anything is worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

True , but most sane people wont pay that crazy *** "its not a roster pistol so im going to charge $200-$300 over MSRP" price

RobG - Profit and assraping are two different things.

But yes , I see a off-list pistol in the for sale forum , go to thread , read price , lul and move.

[RobG]

True , but most sane people wont pay that crazy *** "its not a roster pistol so im going to charge $200-$300 over MSRP" price

RobG - Profit and assraping are two different things.

But yes , I see a off-list pistol in the for sale forum , go to thread , read price , lul and move.

You only get azzraped if you allow yourself to. I also think people get too excited just because its "off roster." A pristine Python, hell yes, get 1400+ if you can. A XD/M for 800+, hell no.

[chickenfried]

yup you can't *** rape the willing...

RobG - Profit and assraping are two different things.
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[ke6guj]

my bad for thinking you where mad. also I did not mean to say they should not have made ANY profit, i just felt is was to much,

and who are you to say what amount of profit IS acceptable?

but whatever, I will just keep looking for a better deal

exactly, look at the add, decide if the price is acceptable, and move on if it isn't.

[SLYoteBoy]

True rob , and chicken.

[kellito]

^ that is why I later asked if I was the only one who thought it was to much.