New Norinco M14 Shipment Coming In!
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$639.95 OUCH!.
Nice work on Frontiers part for getting them in though, but looking at the "enlarged picture" I noticed two things...
1. The Camo is hideous
2. I didn't know they made left hand M14s
About time..
Then you really need to learn to read...
Really
Your posts have been directed at Frontier, Marstar and anybody else who sells at more then you figure they should
Actually you have not put up yet.. You said you'd be buying them at $200 please let us know when you have..
John is the gentleman from Marstar... Who is trying to tell you your talking out of the wrong place on your body... He knows what it costs to get things out of china...
And negative comments... Pot Kettle Black...
So since you are such an expert... What is the "VALUE" of a new M14????
Do you have any idea what the overhead to run a shop is? If you ran a business you would be out of business becuase you wouldn't be able to cover your expenses.. I wouldn't buy anything at your store since you seem to think people are sheep...
Here is a hint about value.. It's worth what someone (anyone) is willing to pay.. Not what you arbitrarily think it's worth...
Pop quiz... What's a M1A sell for? What is a Coonan B worth?
Are those the same questions??? for different guns...
What you are referring is an estimated wholesale price I gave a few posts ago. I am not surprised at this disbelief. Go into any Walmart store friend and THINK; everything there has a 100%-300% markup, even if it is priced at only a $1.12. Everything is like that from China friend. M14s are likely in the $250 range and sold in Canada for $499-$599. Not too complicated.
John owns Marstar. I don't know why he is participating except in regard to the comment I made about the mixed up communication between myself and his employee. No problem there. We worked it out.
It would be better if you did not type.
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Guys this has been fun but........IBTL!
nope, its not.
by the time you get shipping, any import export taxes, customs, internal shipping and all the rest out of the way, it isnt like that at all.
Clobbersauras
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Mods please do not lock this thread.....
LMFAO!!!
It's like a blind man trying to teach Michaelangelo to paint.
LMFAO!!!
It's like a blind man trying to teach Michaelangelo to paint.
Jamie Frost
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$579 with the black synthetic stock? that doesn't sound like all that much to me. I paid $500 for mine used and I'm quite happy with it. any that ive seen on the EE has been around $500 as well. if that number is too high in your opinion then you're in luck... you don't have to buy one. wait and surf the EE and in a couple months, maybe you will find a cheaper one. I guess it depends how quick you want it in your hands. I know anything Ive ordered from frontier has shown up a.s.a.p. So to me, the extra $80 bucks for a new one at your door in 3 days, over a used one you wait for 6 months for, seems like a good trade off just to get the new one right away.
Yeah Seems like a waste of time with some like you...But sometimes you just have to stand up to the internet bullies or those that are full of hot air....
The more you type to more I wonder when your mommy is gonna come along and tell you to get off the computer... You have no clue who you are talking with and about... You have no concept of what is involved with what you are talking about.. Your business sense; well I'm not gonna bother...
You can speculate all you want.. BUT you made a statement that you were gonna get $200 rifles... let me know when you get them or is it all hot air?
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1) holy [bleep] that camo is ugly.
2) Going to be interesting to see what the provenance on these is; I was hoping that the Chinese had started building them again and that we'd see more of them than just five rifles, though.
2) Going to be interesting to see what the provenance on these is; I was hoping that the Chinese had started building them again and that we'd see more of them than just five rifles, though.
GLO 7;
You can't win for losing....
We catch hell if we don't participate, we get reproached if we do....
Oh well, I'll make certain to ask your permission BEFORE answering any further questions....
And who said we did not have any socialists in Kanada....?
John
You can't win for losing....
We catch hell if we don't participate, we get reproached if we do....
Oh well, I'll make certain to ask your permission BEFORE answering any further questions....
And who said we did not have any socialists in Kanada....?
John
Business school 101...
You are trying to compare apples and oranges...
a tonne more complicated then you seem to understand. Your walmart numbers may well be accurate but don't apply to an order of Rifles from Norinco...
1) Walmart buys in bulk... They have multiple container loads coming from China. On a given day 250-400 Containers arrive in North America destined for Wal-mart..Ordered by walmart in the fall (pre-christmas) if can be as high as 800 a day for 2-3 weeks.
2)Wal mart designs and builds to order in china.. They have companies they all they do is prepare stuff for them....
3) the things walmart sells don't require the export and import controls that small arms do.. Walmart has a traffic office that all they do is control the shipments, imports etc...
So since Walmart controls the manufacture and buy transport, export and import
Your order from Norinco aint gonna qualify for this bulk pricing profile.. Your unit overhead to get it here will not be 25% it will be more like 100%.. And your speculation; Just becuase John managed to buy up a bunch of "old" parts at a bargain and get them made up into rifles does not mean that the new ones will cost the same...
As I said before you business acumen is somewhat suspect..
squid1230
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Meow I'm no business major, but it would seem to me what works in Longueuil might not work in Prince Albert. Who knows how many employees Frontier has, how much the lease is on their building, the cost of their overhead. If they have to mark up their product more than someone elsewhere in the country to survive - so be it. If it's too rich for your blood then shop elsewhere. My two cents plus GST.
saskgunowner101
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If I have to look at this thread one more time.....I might have to get one.
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