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You looked at gunbroker and used the same price as all of the same items there that have zero bids, but say "It's going on gun broker for $xxx.xx".
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You looked at gunbroker and used the same price as all of the same items there that have zero bids, but say "It's going on gun broker for $xxx.xx".
You state that you paid three times what it was worth and figure that someone wont mind paying two times its worth because you were an idiot!.
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Yes unfortunately some still would not get it at all !This thread should be required reading to post an add
Nothing is ever overpriced. Some people just do not appreciate the rarity and uniqueness of the item being sold.
Because some people here snap their suspenders and are happy with what they gots? by design? never knowSome fine guns on here are under priced and way undervalued and still don't sell go figure.
I always remember the Elmer Keith saying that a new Colt revolver and or a good horse was $20 back in the day.Most likely not what you paid for it in real terms if the last 30 years is any indication. Lets us a 10/22 as a model If you went out and paid full retail for base one in 1964 it would have cost you about $55. The same rifle today sells for $279.00
If you use the governments official CPI numbers the 1964 rifle would have cost $422.70 in 2014 dollars. The truth is inflation is much higher than the government numbers.
In comparison lets say rather than a 10/22 you took your paper dollars down to the bank and traded them for 110 1964 Kennedy half dollars since you knew it was the last year they would have silver content. Even after three years of crashing silver prices you could trade them for $770 federal reserve notes. And Silver is not an investment, rather just a better store of value than fiat money (what I am really trying to say is that 10/22 really cost $770 in today's money if you looked at what the silver would buy)
Guns are much cheaper these days in real terms than in the past as are a lot of consumer goods.
If it makes you feel better to think they are as good as money in your IRA then more power to ya. We all justify our vices somehow.