Prices.

I see ammo I bought 3 years ago for twice the price. New guns I don’t follow too much but when I see a new 700 BDL for 1700$…
Looked a new trucks the other day. What an eye opener. They look sharp but way too many bells and whistles. The quality is suspicious too.
I’m at a loss to where this worlds going, and the insane prices of everything. Part of getting older I guess. Old guns cheap are a nice sanctuary.
 
ShrtRnd said:
Yet, i see the opposite. Whereby Ads I’ve saved waiting to see if the seller comes down from an outlandish prive gets recycled multiple times in a week…
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Can buy a Sako rifle in excellent condition there for the price of a beat up remchester here….
 
More Kijiji types over there, low balls and time wasters
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This is why i dont like #######. Reminds me of Facebook back in the day. Guys here are generally more knowledgeable/ collecting oriented. It cuts both ways, you have guys on ####### selling clapped out stuff for whatever they saw it for new on Google, and guys selling valuable stuff for what they paid for it in 1985.
 
There are some crazy prices right now,.308 Barnes vor tex was$109 a box of 20 at a shop the other day,and a customer was buying 3 boxes lol.guns around my area aren't moving off the shelves,still 2ruger sbl and 2trapper rugers on the shelf out of 6 guns that came in only 2 sold.they should have been gone the same day .things slowed for some ,but the ones with good prices are selling stuff faster than ever.shop around I guess.
 
buck knife said:
There are some crazy prices right now,.308 Barnes vor tex was$109 a box of 20 at a shop the other day,and a customer was buying 3 boxes lol.guns around my area aren't moving off the shelves,still 2ruger sbl and 2trapper rugers on the shelf out of 6 guns that came in only 2 sold.they should have been gone the same day .things slowed for some ,but the ones with good prices are selling stuff faster than ever.shop around I guess.
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After a certain price point things don't move as quick, people I think are also reconsidering owning 4 rifles in the same caliber, for eg do I really need a Ruger, Remington, Winchester and a Browning in 270 Win ?

Id love one of those short 45-70 guide guns, but I dont need it for anything, if it was $1000 maybe but $2000 and up is a hard pass
 
I think a lot of people when posting a gun for sale try this tact

First posting stupid prices to see if any people with more money than sense will buy it.As time goes on if the person really wants to sell it then they bring the price down to what it is actually valued at.Now some people though will put an outrageous price on a gun out of sheer ignorance of it s real value or just plain greed.These are the hardest people to deal with as they will very rarely come down in price and will list a gun forever to try to sell it at their price which is probably twice what they bought it for
 
chasseur said:
I think a lot of people when posting a gun for sale try this tact

First posting stupid prices to see if any people with more money than sense will buy it.As time goes on if the person really wants to sell it then they bring the price down to what it is actually valued at.Now some people though will put an outrageous price on a gun out of sheer ignorance of it s real value or just plain greed.These are the hardest people to deal with as they will very rarely come down in price and will list a gun forever to try to sell it at their price which is probably twice what they bought it for
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As has been discussed here on CGN ad-nausea over the years, it’s a free market per-say.

Both seller and buyer have their limits as to what they’ll sell or pay for an item. Yet both take risks on either getting top dollar or more and/or losing out on an item they actually require ‘cause someone else is willing to pay for it.

Reality is…Doesn’t matter if it’s 10rnds or 500rnds fired used is used and a smart seller knows how to price accordingly and recognizes that once you walk out of a store/online purchase it depreciates to some degree.

Whether it’s here or on GP, folks need to understand that the new/used landscape is shifting or balancing out again with the start of lower prices (to some degree). Supply is starting trickle in, albeit still at a slow pace but it’s starting. The COVID/C21 craze is over also, we’re starting to see those impulse buys show up on the market.

We’ll see how it all pans out.. if at all.
 
I look at it this way if you put a stupid high price on a gun and someone buys it good for you.We are all grown ups and and in the end it s up to the individual if you want to pay a high price for gun you want.You might end up having some buyer’s remorse later on but look at it as a learning curve
 
Those guns coming from Sweden are the best deal going. For $1000 a guy can get himself an excellent Big Game Rifle, a Shotgun and a 22.
 
1000$ Us cost 1400$ just the exchange then the wholesaler puts 20-25% then the retailer puts 25-30% that's how it works
If shun sells new in the us for 1000$ it's sells here for 1899$
 
FatCatsDad said:
After a certain price point things don't move as quick, people I think are also reconsidering owning 4 rifles in the same caliber, for eg do I really need a Ruger, Remington, Winchester and a Browning in 270 Win ?

Id love one of those short 45-70 guide guns, but I dont need it for anything, if it was $1000 maybe but $2000 and up is a hard pass
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Exactly.
I bought my ported 1895G brand new in 2001 I think it was, if memory is correct $670 seems to pop up..... I love the gun, but would I pay 2K+ for the same thing today? Nope. Now they are selling for 4x what I paid.... I get inflation and all, but 4x????
 
chasseur said:
I think a lot of people when posting a gun for sale try this tact

First posting stupid prices to see if any people with more money than sense will buy it.As time goes on if the person really wants to sell it then they bring the price down to what it is actually valued at.Now some people though will put an outrageous price on a gun out of sheer ignorance of it s real value or just plain greed.These are the hardest people to deal with as they will very rarely come down in price and will list a gun forever to try to sell it at their price which is probably twice what they bought it for
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I always look at how many times a post has been bumped, sure some are rare or have a much narrower market, but lots are overpriced. I have also noticed ads marked sold only to reappear a few days later, worded exactly the same...
 
I think people need to realize that their “add on’s” aren’t really increasing the value. If I can buy a new, stock rifle for less than what you are asking with your add on’s, I am buying the new rifle and doing what I want to it, not what you’ve done.
 
The whole 'shopping experience' should be based on knowledge of what you're looking for and what you're 'looking at'. Some of the 'add-ons' may increase the value, but only if they suit your needs. ie - a Timney trigger set could increase value . . . unless you don't 'want' a lighter trigger. Many plastic 'add-ons' would detract value IMO
Further, one needs to be able to trust the description - "Not a lot of rounds" can have different meanings. I shoot 'not a lot' thru my SKS . . . usually under 100 rounds per range trip. But only 5-10 rounds thru my Rem 722-308.
 
conor_90 said:
This is why i dont like #######. Reminds me of Facebook back in the day. Guys here are generally more knowledgeable/ collecting oriented. It cuts both ways, you have guys on ####### selling clapped out stuff for whatever they saw it for new on Google, and guys selling valuable stuff for what they paid for it in 1985.
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I do not spend much time on GP, but I suspect some of today's sellers are folks that recently inherited something and just want to turn it into cash - not really "gun people" at all - A recent example, that I bought - was advertised as "all matching" - it did not even have a magazine box in it - Seller claimed not to know it did not have one, or that there was supposed to be one there. And "all matching" - yes, bolt, receiver, rear sight and barrel had the same serial number - but the receiver was made by Remington, the full length stock by Winchester (clearly marked and why I bought that thing), various other parts by Eddystone, Winchester and the odd Remington part - clearly was a "put together" thing at some point, but sold by a person that just demonstrated how little that he knew about it - but of course, he did sell it, and I did buy it. So, says something about me, also.

I do not care how common Winchester made P-14 long stocks used to be in the 1970's - another guy and I have looked for years - vendors in USA and Great Britain - for various reasons, a deal to buy was never made - until this one - for the markings on the stock - was of value to me - probably did not mean much to the Seller.
 
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