I was just talking to someone in PM about buying a 10TR off of EE. And I noted that one guy was only willing to pay the cost of the rifle $599 plus shipping. Another person was offering $100 on top of the $599 plus he’d cover shipping.
I see a lot of griping about the folks who are marking them up. The way I see it is, the rifle is $599.99, plus GST, plus shipping to the original buyer, so you’re looking at about a $655 cost to the original buyer. Then you have to factor in the time they spend getting it from the retailer to themselves, then to you.
Cops make about $35-50 an hour, depending on seniority and if it’s an overtime shift, so basically they’re investing at least an hour or two to do this for you (taking the time to order it, exchanging info and e-mails with you, bank info, transfer of funds, relabeling it, drive it to the post office, and send it off). By the end of the day, they are probably going to lose money doing it. It's not because they're greedy that they want more money, they make plenty of money. It's just that who wants to go to all that trouble and time for a complete stranger and lose money?
I’ve seen them go on EE for at least $850 plus shipping, and personally, I think that’s fair. I ordered one for a guy at my unit who’s waiting for his PAL. He’s a buddy of mine, but even then I think it’s a pain the @$$. Why the *uck would I want to go through all that trouble to order one for some total stranger?
Anyway, there are options:
1. If you have to have one right now, and you’re not Le/MIL, pay what the market dictates and don’t moan about it,.
2. Wait out. I think Savage will open it up for everyone eventually
3. Wait for one with higher “mileage” to pop up on EE.
4. Get one from irunguns...works out to about $775 or so with the crappy exchange rate, gst and shipping.
5. You can always apply for the job.