Why is your SKS is worth SO much??

[The Kurgan]

I see some ridiculous prices for SKS's, especially since the more collectible ones seem to be drying up... mostly just run-of-the-mill refurbs. I paid a bundle for a mint non-refurbished 1954 Tula from the early 2008 IZH shipment (pin welded follower) and I wouldn't sell it for double what I paid. I also paid a pretty penny for a mint (absolutely like new) 1951 Tula, unfired and non-refurbished with a super cleanly done riveted mag. I wouldn't sell it for double either. So its all about the gun and what the prospective buyer is willing to pay.

Ironically, I paid more than the aforementioned two SKS's combined for a very nice blue-bayo 1952 Tula laminate light refurb -- because along with the rifle (from Ki11ercane) I bought one metal 5-30 round mag, one Tapco T6 stock, one ATI folder stock, and had it professionally parkerized and Arma-coated by Murdoc. If I sold it, I would take a massive loss for it... luckily its a great shooter that will never rust.

 

[gmctech]

Some things cannot be unseen!

FYI: I will be selling the Girlfriends 'PRADA' Version SKS on the EE in the following days. $12,879.00 + Shipping.

 

[Halger280HVMag]

Bit of a ###ist statement....Dontcha think???


as a retired business owner/operator, I have known a great many hard-working women.
I have also met my share of good for nothing men.

Wow, what a rip off, seriously guns are like cell phones, they give the cell phone away for free practically then make money on the "service plan". What you should look for at a gun show is a large wall of "parts" like Tapco mags, stock, etc an a crate of rifles on the side. The cheapest Russian SKS I saw sold (all mint 1950's, made then stored by the factory) for $125.00 IF you bought a box of Norinco non-corrosive ammo for the standard $250 for 1440 round crate. Then of course you would buy all those do-dads an that's where they made their money. They were selling Tapco 5/20 mags for $35.00 each, Tapco stocks for $120.00, etc.

Personally I find that most businesses nowadays do TERRIBLE business strategies, they price their s**t out of the market an the merchandise just sits there collecting dust.

our family ran a store at the trailer park we owned, we would sell home-made sandwiches for $3.50, we made 0.50 profit per sandwich, but we got people/oil workers coming through our doors so they bought other stuff. That store made $50K a month easy.

I had to move so many damn pallets of STUFF per week that a massive pile of empty pallets was outside in the alley, luckily the kids & red necks from the park would snatch them all up to make tree forts and use em for campfire lumber, or sidewalks. Nowadays the new owners of the store sell sandwiches for $5 bucks an I doubt they clear $15K a month simply based on how many empty pallets I see outside every day (which is 1).

The store is run by women, an women hate hard labor, who wants to be restocking shelves all the time an unloading delivery trucks every day.......MEN that's who,

By the pound people, by the pound!

 

[plinker 777]

X2 I kinda thought the same...Whoa there fella, I know a female Diesel Mechanic that can not only out think me, she can out work me too, and I'm no slouch!!!

 

[smithynorth]

Considering you can buy them everywhere for $200, who even cares what they go for on the EE. I wouldn't even think to look there for an SKS. Heck, maybe I'll pick up another one this weekend and give it to my cat.

"Give it to my cat"...lmao!!!!

 

[Curtton]

wow , take a day off from CGN and a hundred posts showed up .

firstly , no where in my post did i say it was used .

secondly , i said "we may break even at best ." which means most likely we would sell for less than what we paid , does that sound better ?

thirdly , EE stands for equipment exchange , same as a stock exchange , same principle applies , no one gonna stop you from placing an off market order on the TSX bcos thats how the system works .

it dont matter if you dont believe in recovering tax and shipping , its not for you to say cos its not yours to sell. for your own SKS , you may choose what ever principles you like and ask what ever price you wish. quality of SKS varies widely so the principle also applies to dealers , your dealer ask $180 , the same quality at another store may ask for $250 why ? bcos thats what the dealer feels he can get so its up to the buyer to shop around .

we get threads like this every month about EE and best suggestion i can make is this , dont like the price? than please press next .

Whats is this talk of "breaking even" on a used gun deal? .

I paid 180+tax for mine, so just over 200 all in. 250 for a used one? Gimme a break

Lol break even. Its like we have some mini gun dealers here.
Breaking even..

 

[sDot]

Wow, what a rip off, seriously guns are like cell phones, they give the cell phone away for free practically then make money on the "service plan". What you should look for at a gun show is a large wall of "parts" like Tapco mags, stock, etc an a crate of rifles on the side. The cheapest Russian SKS I saw sold (all mint 1950's, made then stored by the factory) for $125.00 IF you bought a box of Norinco non-corrosive ammo for the standard $250 for 1440 round crate. Then of course you would buy all those do-dads an that's where they made their money. They were selling Tapco 5/20 mags for $35.00 each, Tapco stocks for $120.00, etc.

Personally I find that most businesses nowadays do TERRIBLE business strategies, they price their s**t out of the market an the merchandise just sits there collecting dust.

our family ran a store at the trailer park we owned, we would sell home-made sandwiches for $3.50, we made 0.50 profit per sandwich, but we got people/oil workers coming through our doors so they bought other stuff. That store made $50K a month easy.

I had to move so many damn pallets of STUFF per week that a massive pile of empty pallets was outside in the alley, luckily the kids & red necks from the park would snatch them all up to make tree forts and use em for campfire lumber, or sidewalks. Nowadays the new owners of the store sell sandwiches for $5 bucks an I doubt they clear $15K a month simply based on how many empty pallets I see outside every day (which is 1).

The store is run by women, an women hate hard labor, who wants to be restocking shelves all the time an unloading delivery trucks every day.......MEN that's who,

By the pound people, by the pound!

Whoa! Bro.. Earlier this week we learned half the people here are liberals, just as we begin to hug it out and get back to guns, you drop the bomb. Remember, women are completely equal.

 

[Dsiwy]

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