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Amazing - but I amaze easy

PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
I very rarely search through the items for sale on the GB site. I guess there is just not anything I am really lookin' for.Tonite I decided to browse a bit. I am beginning to understand why some folks post complaints about the way some auctions are run.I picked three auctions at random for a small semi auto 25 cal pistol.The first was being sold at a reserve. In the picture you could see what appeared to be rust in the muzzle. What distressed me about this auction was that the seller wants $20 shipping and "handling". Most any little 25 can be shipped anywhere in the US via USPS Priority with delivery confirmation and ins for about 8 bucks 10 tops.The second was also being sold with reserve and in the auction header it states that the buyers pays a fixed shipping charge. However, the seller did not mention the amount of this charge in the auction. Could we be in for a 'big' surprise?The last one was also a reserve but it had a "buy it now" of $109.95 + 14.95 shipping. This is for a used gun that wholesaled new for less than 40 bucks. The ad states the gun was discontinued in 1998. Reckon it suddenly became a collectors item? NOT!!!At any rate, it's been a while since I ticked anybody off so I just thought I'd throw this out. 'sides, I was amazed.
"Audemus jura nostra defendere"- - - - - - - - - - - - -It is hard to make a comeback if you have never been on top.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well Pelican, you raise a good point. It's quite a bit like a TV remote control where you just "switch" to the next auction or wait for something better to come up. Then again, I usually do a lot of asking and a lot of searching through auction sites and gun stores before I make a final decision on a prospective purchase anyways. I am currently weighing about five different options for my upcoming tax return. With regards to the shipping and "handling" fee, I can see this as being justified in certain circumstances. I work from 8am - 9pm Mon-Fri and from 9am - 6pm on Sat generally speaking. This precludes a stop at UPS and I'd never arrange a pickup from the driver because he is a loudmouth that knows my father. I'm not hiding anything from my father but I am discreet when it comes to my firearms. Call me paranoid. This leaves me with FedEX which requires me to ship overnight. The last pistol that I sold to someone out-of-state costed me $22 to ship. The gentleman purchased it from me at one hell of a deal and I absorbed the shipping cost because it had served the purpose for which I bought it and then I moved on to something different. I sold it at a loss and way below its honest value but my circumstances dictated that I go through FedEX. He also got it on the business day after I shipped it.
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  • b00merb00mer Member Posts: 975 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pelican please see post about shooter
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Pelican,You ever get up to B'ham?
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  • dakotashooter2dakotashooter2 Member Posts: 6,186
    edited November -1
    Or the guys who list the same item 20 TIMES!!!!!!!!
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for letting us know bOOmer. Talked with shooter once on the phone. Real pleasant feller. Hate to hear it.simonbs: Was in Bham last summer. HealthSouth - back surgery. Loved it.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Caveat emptor eh?
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    They're just hoping someone totally new to shooting will see it and think "Only a hundred bucks? Everything else is four, five hundred! Must be a great deal!" and buy it.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Yeah, I'm sure you did. Hope you're doin' well now.How's Ronnie's wife doin?If you head this way, let me know.
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    simon, actually I did love it. No more 24/7 pain.Gale is doin' fine. She has finally started dating a feller. I think she was a little shy to let me know but I told her she was pretty young woman that needed to get on with her life. I don't think Ron would have expected her to join a convent.If I see I'm comin' that was I'll give ya a shout ahead of time. If schedules permit mayhaps we could do lunch.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Glad ya'll are doin' well.I'm payin'.
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well then, lets go some place REALLY expensive.
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Pelican, Give me a shout before you go to B'ham and I will go along as your nearest living relative. That way I can eat too. Don't get to many expensive resturants that have truck parking, so I am about due. Agree with you on the overpriced junk, but always like it when I am selling it and getting those types of prices (but I don't sell guns, so I am at a loss around here) Sandman2234
    Have Gun, will travel
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What type of .25 are you in the market for?
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    I agree with the redundant sales - how bout all the Merkles and cobrays and the guys who put 15 of the same item on and don't use DUTCH AUCTION - My God admin don't you look at this stuff - oh that's right who cares as long as they pay the fees......
    IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    While ya'll are in B'Ham, go see my friend Bill Dollar over at Jo Jo's Pawn and Gun. He always gets me a good price!
    Eat healthy, exercise, avoid smoking........Die anyway. will270win@aol.com ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Here is a sample Admin. Look up "winchester 22" say you want to find a .22 by winchester.There are 57 ads for winchester 22 ammo by the same guy. and only 3 different types of ammo. Can't you tell him to use DUTCH AUCTION ???????????????????????????????????????????????????
    IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Here is a sample Admin. Look up "winchester 22" say you want to find a .22 by winchester.There are 57 ads for winchester 22 ammo by the same guy. and only 3 different types of ammo. Can't you tell him to use DUTCH AUCTION ???????????????????????????????????????????????????
    IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    I like Logan's.Will, where is JoJo's?
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yo Sanddude,Yea, you can be my "older" brother .Just lookin fer anything cheap for resale. Usta be an outfit ran a bunch of cheap stuff on AA, a pawn shop in Oklahoma. Bought quite a bit off their auctions before the general public found out about it. Hell, I'm like everybody else, just lookin' fer a bargain.Keep the shiny side up buddy.
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