You guys all seem to have done better price-wise than me. Like I said above, I paid about $380 or $390, if I remember correctly. (Will have to go fish out the receipt, but that sounds about right.)
USMCRotrHed said:
If they charge more than $380 for a 642, I will not seriously consider buying a firearm from that store unless there is no other alternative.
In my case, it was almost the only game in town. There is another store here, but ... guess I'm just kind of 'stuck' on the one I bought my 642 (and most else) at. Good folks, usually get quite good deals.
I could have driven a couple of hours to Portland and maybe gotten it a few bucks cheaper, but with the price of fuel for my diesel
I'd have come out worse.
As for the price of the gun here, several of the gun shop folks - that I trust, as they seem like people of integrity to me - told me that gun right now is far and away the #1 handgun in this market for new gun owners buying HD guns. They claim they can't keep it in stock. They get in five, they sell them very quickly.
Is that price gouging, to put a slightly higher price on it because it sells well? Me thinks not, just reasonable business. If the gun is that good, the price should reflect it. They don't seem like "rich" folks there (compared to some other gun stores I've been in, where there's a whiff of aristocracy in the air), and they're very courteous, helpful and ever so patient with me and my questions. (And anybody who's hung out in other threads with me knows I never have an end to questions...
)
Word's out on our little friend 642.
Nem
