chaim
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I have had the S&W M&P 40 Compact on my wish list for some time. Right now, Buds has police trade-ins (most with night sights) from $319-399. The $399 examples are in "unissued" condition (new other than the department stamp), with 3 mags, nightsights, and box. I'll probably go with one of the issued, used condition guns. On one of the tiers (the $349 guns) there are quite a few reviews, one of the 23 is unhappy (1 star), 1 gives only 3 stars, 3 give 4 stars, and the rest give it 4 stars with many comments putting the gun in 95%+ condition. Most have night sights (the $339 tier does not).
I've bought from Buds before, but never a police trade-in. How much better condition will the $349 guns be over the $339 guns, vs. the $319 guns? They also have a $379 tier, but I figure if I do that, I may as well go $20 more and get the unissued guns and basically get a new gun. Other than the unissued guns, the rest only have 2 mags (another reason to ignore the $379 tier, $20 for a basically new gun over a lightly used gun, plus an extra mag).
I'm leaning towards ignoring the cheapest $319 tier (with nightsights) since the guns in the poorest condition would be in that tier and at higher priced tiers, it sounds like most of the guns are pretty nice. I do want nightsights, so I'm looking mainly at the $349 tier or the unissued guns for $399.
Any suggestions?
(Moderators: I put this here instead of the semi-auto section because the question is more about the best strategy for buying police trade-ins from Buds vs. about the S&W M&P).
I've bought from Buds before, but never a police trade-in. How much better condition will the $349 guns be over the $339 guns, vs. the $319 guns? They also have a $379 tier, but I figure if I do that, I may as well go $20 more and get the unissued guns and basically get a new gun. Other than the unissued guns, the rest only have 2 mags (another reason to ignore the $379 tier, $20 for a basically new gun over a lightly used gun, plus an extra mag).
I'm leaning towards ignoring the cheapest $319 tier (with nightsights) since the guns in the poorest condition would be in that tier and at higher priced tiers, it sounds like most of the guns are pretty nice. I do want nightsights, so I'm looking mainly at the $349 tier or the unissued guns for $399.
Any suggestions?
(Moderators: I put this here instead of the semi-auto section because the question is more about the best strategy for buying police trade-ins from Buds vs. about the S&W M&P).