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See I've tried using gunbroker but have found people pay a lot more than what it's worth.
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First point, Gunbroker is an auction site.
You aren't paying what the item is worth, you're paying what ever it takes to buy it over other people doing the same thing.
As to the Blue Book, its a useful reference because it lists so much and so many variations,
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The values are, and always have been only guidelines. Always at least a year or two out of date. Some what useful as a standard back in the days before the internet put gun prices on a nationl basis. Factory MSRP was one thing, but new and especially used guns sold for different amounts in different places due to regional demand, popularity and availability.
A used bear rifle is worth more in bear country than a pocket pistol. And the reverse is true in urban situations. Prices (pre panic-demic) reflected the different values in different areas.
the only problem with the Blue Book is those folks who think the "book price" is the actual value, when it often isn't. And where people think their gun is very good or excellent and worth that, when in fact it may just be "good" or even "fair"....
The prices have always been considered guidelines by gun traders, not holy writ, and its always been known that they lag behind current pricing, and do not reflect regional differences.
Being able to shop and buy from anywhere in the country has leveled the playing field a fair bit, but not completely, and the seller with the product in hand able to deliver it right then still gets to set what price his market will bear, no matter what the book says.