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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby gyrfalcon on Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:33 pm

plblark wrote:Want better money trading in a gun? Shop it around. Try Gander.


Actually I've been pretty happy with consignment... Gander is not very cool, you could take a $400 used gun out the front door turn around walk back in and they would try and tell you they could only give you $150 for it, even though you just wanted store credit to buy a more expensive firearm.

m4andxdisbliss wrote:I'm sure your the type that would argue about the color of the sky too... Someone needs a life...


I'm talking donations. :D
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby plblark on Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:37 pm

Experiences vary. At some Ganders, since their retail prices were higher and their margins similar, you would get more for a Used gun than from smaller shops. YMMV.
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby m4andxdisbliss on Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:37 pm

gyrfalcon wrote:I was told lowballing would be a better term... Anyhow it would be funny to walk in with the 31st Edition Blue Book of Gun Values which they use minus 30+% to estimate how much they'll give you for a firearm, then compare their floor prices to the same book.


Since you said this same thing in one of my for sale threads I'm now deeming you "THE PRICE NAZI"... Well done. :D
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby m4andxdisbliss on Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:38 pm

Also I'd love to see you at a Car Dealership, with a trade in! HAHAHAHA!
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby ComradeBurg on Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:45 pm

m4andxdisbliss wrote:By far the dumbest conversation/argument I've read on these forums.. and I bet I'm half most peoples ages on here. :roll:

Totally pointless...


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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby m4andxdisbliss on Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:50 pm

ComradeBurg wrote:
m4andxdisbliss wrote:By far the dumbest conversation/argument I've read on these forums.. and I bet I'm half most peoples ages on here. :roll:

Totally pointless...


You don't frequent the politics sections much do you?


No... I'm not a fan.
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby gyrfalcon on Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:34 pm

m4andxdisbliss wrote:...Since you said this same thing in one of my for sale threads I'm now deeming you "THE PRICE NAZI"... Well done. :D


Yes I'm kinda a cheap bastard, but I'll still buy something at the Gunstop each time I swing by... even if I have to roll my eyes at the pricetag on a 100 round bag of used 9mm brass. :roll:
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby EJSG19 on Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:20 pm

gyrfalcon wrote:
m4andxdisbliss wrote:...Since you said this same thing in one of my for sale threads I'm now deeming you "THE PRICE NAZI"... Well done. :D


Yes I'm kinda a cheap bastard, but I'll still buy something at the Gunstop each time I swing by... even if I have to roll my eyes at the pricetag on a 100 round bag of used 9mm brass. :roll:


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then after a good long cry, you'd have a blanket to take a nap with and wake up right as the rain. 3 pages of complaining ought to do it otherwise... this horse died a long time ago, put the stick down.
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby rtk on Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:24 pm

EJSG19 wrote:
try quilting. then you'd have a bunch of other old hens sitting around with you to bitch and moan with.

then after a good long cry, you'd have a blanket to take a nap with and wake up right as the rain. 3 pages of complaining ought to do it otherwise... this horse died a long time ago, put the stick down.



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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby gyrfalcon on Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:34 pm

EJSG19 wrote:try quilting. then you'd have a bunch of other old hens sitting around with you to bitch and moan with.


Dude do you have any idea how expensive quilting is... I might as well just burn my cash to stay warm. :D
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby JJ on Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:21 pm

rtk wrote:
EJSG19 wrote:
try quilting. then you'd have a bunch of other old hens sitting around with you to bitch and moan with.

then after a good long cry, you'd have a blanket to take a nap with and wake up right as the rain. 3 pages of complaining ought to do it otherwise... this horse died a long time ago, put the stick down.



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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby 45Badger on Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:38 pm

gyrfalcon wrote:I won't agree that the system works all the time, but I'll agree with the rest of it... Not too long ago a number of comments were posted on the topic of inflated or unfair prices at gunshows by many vendors. Apparently most of the people replying here believe that there can be no such thing as making too much, or having too high of a profit.


Two things here-

1)There is (inherently) NO SUCH THING as an inflated or unfair price. It's just a price. There is absolutely a price point that I will buy or walk at. We each have that price point on EVERY purchase we consider. That point is different for each of us. Remember in the fall of 2000 when AR's went from $600 to 1000 to infinity and .223 went to $.50/round? I think folks who paid those prices were fools, but it was their money, their choice, their price point. The world settled down, the economy tanked, and hIgh prices cured high prices.

2) There is NO SUCH THING as too high or too much profit. Really, let's not be silly here. Price points (noted above) are pretty self regulating, and put an upside cap on profit. How does a business increase earnings (do you employees want a raise this year?) when its upside sell price is limited or capped? Reduce costs (buy things for less, pay people less, etc).

If you disagree with these points, you should consider moving to a socialist or communist economy so you won't have to fret over these mean people who sell things I like. On a happier note, picked up a cute Ruger .22 for my son at Gunstop for $219. Great deal, but they probably only gave the original owner $69.50 for it :P
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby Squib Joe on Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:40 pm

45Badger wrote:On a happier note, picked up a cute Ruger .22 for my son at Gunstop for $219. Great deal, but they probably only gave the original owner $69.50 for it :P


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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby 1911fan on Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:47 pm

Just to put the $500 into context. I recently bought a mid sixties commander from Larry for $600. It's no safe queen but it was all original. Maybe 50% finish on the frame but that's it, so I don't give a rats a&$ about it getting wet or banged around when I am working.
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Re: Heartbreak at Gunstop today

Postby gyrfalcon on Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:01 pm

45Badger wrote:2) There is NO SUCH THING as too high or too much profit. Really, let's not be silly here. Price points (noted above) are pretty self regulating, and put an upside cap on profit. How does a business increase earnings (do you employees want a raise this year?) when its upside sell price is limited or capped? Reduce costs (buy things for less, pay people less, etc)...


So if your company had a legally protected cure for a certain type of cancer, and you spent 10 million developing it and in other fees. How much do you charge per pill?
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