M1 garand prices gone up???

Steve1987 said:
Hey - Like I said I would not personally pay that much, and yes I agree in MY OPINION it is too much, but I'm not going to go out of my way to be rude about it. I agree it can be annoying, more so when the same items are bumped 30+ times with no price drops, but using that as some justification to start posting fake adds, making the EE look like a joke, I don't see how that is right. Not to mention the add that start this wasn't bumped excessively and he stated why he thinks it MIGHT be worth that much to somebody. He's not forcing you to buy it.....

-Steve
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No but they are driving the prices of every other gun UP. example being that RC K98 that was up awhile ago for $775.00.
 
Baal said:
Prices, now and always, are what people are willing to pay for an item. No more, no less.
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So in short what you're saying is there's a lot of dumb people out there? Is this what you mean? I'm all about paying a fair/reasonable prices for Garands (I've bought on here for up to $1300) and have sold some for 650 - 1200. I don't mind having paid or ask for a "higher" price, but a "price gouge" doesn't bring any common sense to this forum either.

It especially p!$$es me off when I sell a rifle to someone and they turn around 2 weeks later and sell it for $200 more than I sold it to them.

Now should the people who do this have to pay a "Dealer fee" as they're only here to capitalize off the EE???

I wonder if GT would be willing to charge these people dealer fees as they're using the EE of CGN as a front to profit (like a business).
 
Bart212 said:
No but they are driving the prices of every other gun UP. example being that RC K98 that was up awhile ago for $775.00.
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I don't know why asking a permium price for a rare serial number has made people so upset.

My K98 RC is a little high, but it certainly isn't listed at $775?
The 10-22 that I am selling is priced at a relative bargin?

I sold two Garands in the fall for $900-1200 on CGN, both were standard m/m refurbs with WWII recievers. The Garand I am trying to sell currently is reasonably unique due to its early production reciever. Is it $2500 unique? Time will tell...I may be wrong and you don't need to buy my rifle if you don't want to.

I often see firearms overpriced, I don't complain or joke, because luckily in Canada we live in a free market. If I overprice an item it simply won't sell...capitalism at its best.

If someone else was selling another Garand with a three digit serial for $1200 or cheaper, good on them. However, I wouldn't be surpirsed if this Garand is one of the earliest Garand recievers in Canada and someone else out there might find that interesting and be willing to pay the price requested. Let the market decide.
 
I spoke with Purple and Bart (thanks guys) and will adjust my price accordingly... Mine went up before all the joke posts had started. I'm surprised no one didn't just shoot me a PM and tell me I was out to lunch...
 
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Bart212 said:
So in short what you're saying is there's a lot of dumb people out there? Is this what you mean?
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Sigh. No that's not what I said. I said that the price is determined by the buyer. It doesn't matter what price the seller sets, no matter how outrageous you might think it is. The item will only sell at a price considered fair by the buyer.
 
How can offering a gun for sale be "gouging"? I always thought gouging was when someone inflated the price for something someone absolutely needed and can't get elsewhere. Even then the free-enterpriser in me says if someone owns it and wants to sell it, it isn't anyone else's business what he sets the price at. It will either sell or not. If I buy something at a bargain and flip it then that's just business. Maybe CGN should charge a fee for ads if people are against the idea of gun-curbers selling in the EE, but I don't know why people get upset at the idea of profit.
 
The EE brings a lot of people here & in turn hit the dealer banners above....
Throw a premium on using the EE & it will be tact on to the selling price. Buyer may not pay tax, but will eat any fee levied on here. If the CGN membership stays up, there's money made in advertising. IMO of course.
 
While I do think you should be able to price your EE items as you see fit, it would also be nice to think that there is enough knowledge and respect between the milsurp crew here, that people actually do some research into what they're firearm might currently be worth (happens a lot in milsurp forum already). You don't have to wait long for an educated and experienced member to give you great info on any questions.

If people involved in milsurp trading here are just out there to make a profit and capitalism is the name of the game ....then they might as well just call it the EE-Bay, and we can start the bidding.
 
DANCESWITHEMPTIES said:
The EE brings a lot of people here & in turn hit the dealer banners above....
Throw a premium on using the EE & it will be tact on to the selling price. Buyer may not pay tax, but will eat any fee levied on here. If the CGN membership stays up, there's money made in advertising. IMO of course.
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I'm against fees, too, I just throw it out there as a solution if people really see "private" dealers as a problem.
 
If a guy is asking $3000 for a Garand rifle you should be asking a lot questions, (stretched out over a long period of time) & for A LOT of high resolution pics before you purchase... Common sense would dictate that: That particular rifle must be made of a precious metal not commonly found in the manufacture of said rifle....
They ask... I get a good laugh...
 
supply and demand, the commies lost, remember? The ads don't drive up the price, people willing to pay the high price does. If they are willing to pay the high price, that is what it's worth. I would love to be able to buy a sniper "T" for $400, but expecting that someone should sell me one for that price is not the way it works.

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the more I think about it, it looks to me that there are a few old guard that want to still be able to regularly find those nuggets on the EE that are way underpriced, and are upset that they can't take advantage of novices so regularly.
 
The same also happens in inflated real estate markets like Vancouver or NHL free agency before the lockout. You may think the asking price is ridicules but someone is always willing to pony up the premium dollar to seal the deal.

The bottom line is: Leave the free market alone and let the competition determines what the FMV is.
 
macadoodle said:
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the more I think about it, it looks to me that there are a few old guard that want to still be able to regularly find those nuggets on the EE that are way underpriced, and are upset that they can't take advantage of novices so regularly.
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Was thinking along the same lines. Funny nobody squeaked when FR8s guys squirreled away ten years ago suddenly jumped past $600 in the fall...

Pricing by popular acclamation. Huh. Whodathunkit.
 
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