What do you do to make sure you are not paying to much?
What do you do to make sure you really want the gun to own, more than the superficial dopamine rush of buying?
I though I’d share what I do, maybe it will work for others. I’m looking to spend as much as $1200 on a used revolver. What other gun could I buy with that $1200? What guns are other people buying for $1200?
To try and answer those questions, I use sites like Gunbroker to look at some data and guns to satisfy price, gut and sanity checks. In my case there are 6803 guns for sale right now on Gunbroker for prices between $1100 and $1300. About 200 “Featured” guns have more than 5 bids. About 100 non-featured guns have more than 5 bids. The vast majority of those 6803 guns in my search are overpriced and nobody seems to want.
In my case, scrolling down the results grid and seeing the guns and prices for my select 300 guns gives me a good sense of what I want and what other people are willing to pay for what they want. I know listed prices for non-finished auctions are not sale prices. However, this process satisfies my price, gut and sanity checks. Either I’m not insane, or lots of people are insane.
What do you do to make sure you really want the gun to own, more than the superficial dopamine rush of buying?
I though I’d share what I do, maybe it will work for others. I’m looking to spend as much as $1200 on a used revolver. What other gun could I buy with that $1200? What guns are other people buying for $1200?
To try and answer those questions, I use sites like Gunbroker to look at some data and guns to satisfy price, gut and sanity checks. In my case there are 6803 guns for sale right now on Gunbroker for prices between $1100 and $1300. About 200 “Featured” guns have more than 5 bids. About 100 non-featured guns have more than 5 bids. The vast majority of those 6803 guns in my search are overpriced and nobody seems to want.
In my case, scrolling down the results grid and seeing the guns and prices for my select 300 guns gives me a good sense of what I want and what other people are willing to pay for what they want. I know listed prices for non-finished auctions are not sale prices. However, this process satisfies my price, gut and sanity checks. Either I’m not insane, or lots of people are insane.
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