October 14, 2011, 04:41 PM | #1 |
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ruger old army
stumbled upon this being listed at:
https://floridaguntrader.com/index.php?a=2&b=125773 too rich for my blood though i know they are popular so i'm passing this on.... S.M.
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October 14, 2011, 06:45 PM | #2 |
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Way too high priced for me! I bought one a few months back for $250! What makes this one special?
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It's my experience most buyers well make a offer 10-20% less than asking price. I price with that in mind. |
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October 15, 2011, 05:57 PM | #4 |
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Gunbroker is overpriced on a lot of items. I know of two that I could have for $300 each right now.
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I agree that the majority of guns listed on Gunbroker are listed at to high of price. The key is the look at completed auctions. You see what actually sold at what price. Opening bid price, reserve price is meaningless, the selling price is what you want to see. |
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October 17, 2011, 10:26 AM | #6 |
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That's about $150 too high. Fixed sight models are bringing that much, but the adjustable sight versions are much easier to come by and don't command a price like that.
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October 17, 2011, 12:12 PM | #7 |
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riverwalker76 and Jbar4Ranch - would either of you care to provide a source for these $300 ROA's, please? You can PM me if you prefer.
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October 17, 2011, 12:28 PM | #8 |
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I find them mostly on gunbroker - $500 minus "about $150" equals "about $350", not $300.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=240984539 sold for $355 http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=241623787 starting bid, $300, no reserve, no bids, relisted. There are others in the $375 range, $25 above my "about price" above, with no reserve and no bids. I have several ROAs, the last of which was purchased on gunbroker less than a year ago for $330 - fixed sights, new & unfired, but w/o box or papers. Here are a few of them.
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October 17, 2011, 12:58 PM | #9 |
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Jbar4Ranch,
You've about got the market cornered there! |
October 17, 2011, 02:26 PM | #10 |
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Anybody....
....who needs to have nine ROAs.....
.....is my kind of guy!
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October 17, 2011, 02:30 PM | #11 |
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Anybody with only 8...
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As for your Gunbroker examples, perhaps the reason the first one sold for less is because of what the listing said: "This gun as you will see has pitting on the metal due to the previous owner's lack of proper cleaning skills...This gun has a 7.5" barrel and the bore is pitted pretty well...there is some pitting on the frame of the revolver and inside the area where the cylinder sits." And the second one is not stainless steel; it's blued and "has had some use", a description that would scare anyone away. They hardly compare with a stainless gun shot less than 30 times. $500 for the gun described in the OP's post is high, but not out of the market. Your examples define the low end, poor condition below market guns or guns that are simply not the same configuration - apples and oranges. |
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Rob
...Anybody with eight is my kind of guy too......for what it is worth.
I only own one and I am not quite my kind of guy. In fact I am thinking about leaving this forum because I am not sure I want to belong to a club that would have me as a member. (With apologies to G. Marx, 1936)
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October 17, 2011, 07:38 PM | #15 |
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Well, if the $355 ROA doesn't do it for you, how about A $100 WINCHESTER 1897?
I've paid between $235.00 and $412.50 for my ROA's, and wouldn't even give a used adjustable sighted model @ $500 a second look, it's just too much, plain & simple.
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