Sold OUT: TYPE 81 LMG
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Selling a product at a landed cost of $1754 for $2500 shipped is not a $1000 premium. The only two LMG's on EE I've seen pricing for had either a $230 (tax in) drum mag included in the 2500 or two extra mags and a drum mag ($299 tax in). You need to be more realistic with you figures.
Based on what you posted you expect the seller to sell you the widget for $1500 which is their pretax, pre shipped, price. Why would you really care what price is placed on a non-essential item anyway, you're the only one forcing yourself into the decision to agree to that price. Sour Grapes perhaps.
I recently sold one of my unfired Type 81 with mags, sling, a couple hundred rounds ammo for $1000. Valued a very quick sale and got it.
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I sold my T81 with 4 mags for $1100 last month. Could have I got more? most probably. did I get what I needed ? yep sure did. Wanted a tikka T3 I saw on the ####### , put a deposit on the tikka and advertised the 81. I knew it would sell fast at that price. Afterward I thought maybe I should have asked more , maybe I would have got it , maybe not , maybe I would have had to sit on it for a few weeks like they seem to be on the EE when they’re over $1500, most likely I would’ve missed out on the tikka I wanted because I had to wait to sell my 81 for a higher price. The guy I sold to seemed to be very happy and mentioned that he was looking for one for a long time, which I take to mean couldn’t afford the inflated prices being asked elsewhere.
To me honestly I was happy that someone got the 81 at a price they could afford and gets to have fun with it like I did. Could I have got more , yes most probably , but as a family guy on one income I know what it’s like to be priced out of something indefinitely if it’s out of the budget. So I’m happier with knowing my buyer is enjoying the rifle of his dreams as opposed to maybe a couple hundred extra bucks I could’ve made. I sure know I’m enjoying the tikka I bought with the money from his purchase of my type 81. Money makes the world go round but sometimes id rather just be happy with what I got and know the guys happy with what he got. That’s the community.
Guys out to make a profit can have at it for any price they want though as far as I’m concerned. If a guys willing to take a risk on buying ten LMG’s and hoping he sells for a profit then that’s no skin off of my nose. Just don’t be on here #####ing you lost your house because Trudy banned the things before you got your home equity line of credit paid off first.
As usual your mileage may vary and there’s no guarantees of warm fuzzies if you sell something and regret not getting more for it later.
To me honestly I was happy that someone got the 81 at a price they could afford and gets to have fun with it like I did. Could I have got more , yes most probably , but as a family guy on one income I know what it’s like to be priced out of something indefinitely if it’s out of the budget. So I’m happier with knowing my buyer is enjoying the rifle of his dreams as opposed to maybe a couple hundred extra bucks I could’ve made. I sure know I’m enjoying the tikka I bought with the money from his purchase of my type 81. Money makes the world go round but sometimes id rather just be happy with what I got and know the guys happy with what he got. That’s the community.
Guys out to make a profit can have at it for any price they want though as far as I’m concerned. If a guys willing to take a risk on buying ten LMG’s and hoping he sells for a profit then that’s no skin off of my nose. Just don’t be on here #####ing you lost your house because Trudy banned the things before you got your home equity line of credit paid off first.
As usual your mileage may vary and there’s no guarantees of warm fuzzies if you sell something and regret not getting more for it later.
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Hey, im very proud of you for doing that. Youre an upstanding CGN seller in my opinion. Now, clearly you must not have seen but there was one posted for $2700 and i believe another memeber said he saw one for $3000. I would say thats a $1000+ premium.
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there, i altered my comment. That better? Ill admit that was a bit too dickish. Even for me.
I’m predicting a rash of stolen dogs in the news very shortly ...
I sold that on a non CGN local site but expect some would ##### me out for not having more to sell them at that price.
. I didn't see those prices, post is based on the $2500 listings I'v seen only. Regardless, no point leaving money on the table if money is your primary motivation.
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Who says the next shipment is going to be $1499 for the bare 81? TI can increase it to $1599, $1899 or whatever for any number of reasons:
-they miscalculated their profit margins and need to raise the next shipment price to compensate
-they underestimated the popularity of it and figure they can make more money.
-the manufacturer decided to increase their price to TI.
-they need to pay for the drum mag fix somehow
-they have quality issue on a few of them and they need to scrap them, thus cutting into their margin
There are many more reasons. Everyone’s gotta eat. That includes TI, the resellers, and secondary market buyers. The market will determine the price. Budgets don’t balance themselves, but market prices sure as hell do.
To add, what does anyone think is going to happen to the prices after the 2nd shipment gets sold?
The res’s will laugh loudly and heartily?
Yes and like I said before I bought one of the phosphate ones but if people want one so bad that they should save their money, buy a blued next shipment then send out out to be parkerized or even better get it ceracoated for a fraction of the cost of a second hand resell and laugh about all the money you saved.
I totally agree.
But some people just don't want to wait and don't want the hassle. They are the ones willing to spend the extra money to get what they want now rather than wait later.
If I remember correctly the T81 Rifle originally did that. Started out for something like $900 and then the next shipment they were $1000 each and then finally $1100 each brand new?
Never said prices will be the same but pretty sure its safe to assume since they are already expected within the next 2 months, not like a year or 2 has gone by and costs went up.
But...
1, they had alot of time to figure out their profits, not like they found and bought these 2 weeks ago to bring in last week...
2, if they got greedy and raised the price to make more money they would get a lot of hate and backlash including boycotts.
3, to late for the manufacture to raise the price they already came to an agreement and maybe even already paid for them in full.
4, they already said the drum fix would be on them so raising the price to pay for the parts would result in more backlash..
5, they have an issue with a few so they scrap the lot?? Umm okay...
Yes everyone does need to eat but what sort of profit do you think TI is making on these mass produced chinese rifles?
Couldn't care less what happens to the 2nd shipment as I've already got mine. Prices will probably stay the same for abit or even drop.
You are making a lot of assumptions, guesses and outright mis-comprehension in your response. But carry on, as you really show your lack of knowledge of how business works and how the best laid out plans go sideways very quickly. In any industry.
Ya I think the price for the folders and fixed stock was the same for all the different shipments
This version will prob be the same
Wonder if there will be more of these lmg type 81s then the fixed and folder ones because they sold so quick
Be cool if they started making the fixed and folders again, if the Chinese see a market they just might especially since the m305 rifles can’t be brought in anymore
This version will prob be the same
Wonder if there will be more of these lmg type 81s then the fixed and folder ones because they sold so quick
Be cool if they started making the fixed and folders again, if the Chinese see a market they just might especially since the m305 rifles can’t be brought in anymore
I thought that according to TI, there will only be one more shipment of the LMG T81 coming in. So I don't think there will be more of them than the standard rifles.
they never said that , matter of fact it sounded like more than one still coming.
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