Another tradeex mystery box...... Help ID

saskminer said:
Another mystery box of crap they couldn't sell. My kid is down 50 bucks for 2 boxes; he got 5 pistol holsters and a bunch of useless crap.
I like Tradeex but they need to stop selling mystery boxes. Send that crap to the landfill!
PS anyone wanna buy a Tokarev holster or some slightly used nameless webbing?
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gerard488 said:
I bought two boxes, $74.64 including shipping and tax. Garbage , I don't expect to ever deal with Tradeex again.
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Yikes. Lets chill. Guys at the gunshows would want 150$ for that stuff. I'm more than happy with what I got for 25$. I cant even get a tin of dip for that.
 
Yikes is right.. I quess the sense of entitlment is creeping into the older crowd..
Not everyone wins a prize, gets a ribbon or rides a pony...
GEEZ its a mystery box.. worth the entertainment is it not???
 
If nothing else at least you learn a little something during the process of researching the items looking for that gold nugget before you throw them in the garbage. Hmm, I now have an idea for cleaning out my freezer.
 
GUB said:
Yikes is right.. I quess the sense of entitlment is creeping into the older crowd..
Not everyone wins a prize, gets a ribbon or rides a pony...
GEEZ its a mystery box.. worth the entertainment is it not???
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The older crowd have money to burn while the younger generation may not (certainly my son is part of the no money to burn kids). Yikes may be right in that some old fart at a gun show might try to sell some of the crap they've collected over the years but the buyer gets to see what they are getting. Mystery boxes are finally sold out so I can rest easy that moldy holsters and nameless bits of kit will not go to kids who don't know any better. At least it's better than drugs and alcohol...
That said, my kid was pissed when he got nothing but crap.
 
LOL - I can't believe anyone is buying that junk. A fool and his money...

FACT: Tradex is using this to sell stock that has been dormant since the dawn of time and this is WAY more profitable than just tossing it to the curbside, which they were apt to do before realizing people would actually fall for this mystery box crap.
 
saskminer said:
The older crowd have money to burn while the younger generation may not (certainly my son is part of the no money to burn kids). Yikes may be right in that some old fart at a gun show might try to sell some of the crap they've collected over the years but the buyer gets to see what they are getting. Mystery boxes are finally sold out so I can rest easy that moldy holsters and nameless bits of kit will not go to kids who don't know any better. At least it's better than drugs and alcohol...
That said, my kid was pissed when he got nothing but crap.
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But the life lesson was priceless. Now he knows not to buy snake oil - probably a lesson worth $75.
 
My take on it is that I'm still $5 ahead. I ordered a part for one of my more obscure popguns from Tradex, they sent me the wrong part, I pointed this out, they sent the correct part and I did not send the wrong one back. At the Calgary Gun show they refused to take the money for the part I kept ( my choice, by the way since I didn't want to return it).
With the Mystery Box, I've now had a good reason to dig out my old books to try to figure out what I and others received.
And I'm still five bucks ahead.
 
Dyspnea said:
I don’t understand why people thought these boxes would contain Gold, gems and untold riches. When I read “mystery” and “surplus” I knew better that spending my cash.
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It's a plagiat publicity. So it's travelling from one dealer to another and some people is catch on this.
 
Claven2 said:
LOL - I can't believe anyone is buying that junk. A fool and his money...

FACT: Tradex is using this to sell stock that has been dormant since the dawn of time and this is WAY more profitable than just tossing it to the curbside, which they were apt to do before realizing people would actually fall for this mystery box crap.
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That may be but I definitely got way more value out of my box than I paid for or expected.

The single point sight alone is worth 5X or more than I paid for all of the stuff. The rest of the box would likely total at least the amount I paid for it.

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I already had one gunnut contact me to buy a part, I always planned on buying one of the other parts in my box, the holsters and sling swivels will also be used and the FAL muzzle brake will be going on one of my bolt guns. If nobody buys the other parts I'll just use them to fab needed parts. I'm way ahead of the game plus I get to ogle the trigger guard from a 1941 Johnson rifle!
 
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