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99% condition......Someone needs glasses

MOONEDMOONED Member Posts: 936 ✭✭
edited July 2011 in General Discussion
Check out this auction. Seller claims pistol condition is 99%. Really??? On what planet?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=238122998

The link below is to a 1903 I picked up a few months back...in the box. I would have trouble calling mine 99%.....

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=496416
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    jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,666 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    looks like 98% to me[:D]
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    bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,356 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe he meant 9.9%
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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    Bubba Jr.Bubba Jr. Member Posts: 8,201 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wish mine was that nice.
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    n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Errrr. Uhhhhhh.
    Yeah.......

    You'd have to be a NIT WIT to belive that.
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    n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MOONED
    Check out this auction. Seller claims pistol condition is 99%. Really??? On what planet?

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=238122998

    The link below is to a 1903 I picked up a few months back...in the box. I would have trouble calling mine 99%.....

    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=496416


    plus, your box ix in MUCH better shape, and it looks like you got the papers too.

    very nice example MOONED.
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    Alan RushingAlan Rushing Member Posts: 9,002 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bullshot
    Maybe he meant 9.9%
    That would be closer to reality perhaps.
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    mark christianmark christian Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 24,456 ******
    edited November -1
    The guy has a pair, that is for sure calling that pistol 99%! I wish he was around to grade these two old M1s; I could have made a bundle selling them as unissued!
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    RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Colt1903.jpg
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,964 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Picky, picky, picky, 70% is almost 99%...
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    perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,390 ✭
    edited November -1
    99% condition and 99% blue are two entirely different things when it come to value . I a have a civilian early 4 digit model 1911 serial C130X it is 95% blue however the other 5% is deep pits where it was stored in a holster . The front sight is almost completely eaten off[:(!]95 % BLUE means 20 times more surface area is bright original blue then that that has no blue. Mine fits this description but because of deep pitting on other 5% Condition as to value is at best 20% of value of a 95% "condition" pistol. I agree the pictures of this pistol is worth at best 40% of a 95 % CONDITION pistol.
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    LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,143 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stevie Wonder is a big name but he really should not be appraising gun conditions.
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    skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431 ✭
    edited November -1
    I have been watching for one of those myself.
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    Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,700 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jwb267
    looks like 98% to me[:D]Hmmm, 98%, that number sounds familiar!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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    CyclonusCyclonus Member Posts: 2,825
    edited November -1
    I dont know about you guys but Id call 99% pretty much mint condition with only a few fingerprints and perhaps one microscopic scratch in the grips that is more like 55% Oh and Mark Christian Id love to restore those M1 Garand barrelled recievers for you.
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    susiesusie Member Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And this is about half way through his description, "There is no clip. I cannot find it!"

    So, you are bidding on a pitted, rusted, worn, firearm that has no clip and a box that looks as if you touch it, it will dissolve into dust?

    What amazes me is he HAS bids!!
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    NavybatNavybat Member Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wow...I have no knowledge compared to those on these fora, however even I know that this is NOT 99%! And even the wood grips, which ARE in good shape, are NOT 100%!

    Well, if he has bids, buyer beware...but I thought "truth in advertising" was required here on GB?
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    woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 25,785
    edited November -1
    Hey Its Selling Aint it And The Peoples Can See What they Are Getting,
    If You Can See it........ All Flaws Etc. At least he Aint hidin' Nuttin' So What Will Be Will Be[:I]
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is a good test for the BBGV. The latest edition notes a $1250.00 price at 100% condition, plus a 30% premium for the box (picture 100% condition), and we have an estimated value of $1625.00. Now let's take a 50% deduction due in large part to the degree of pitting (including the freckling), and we are now down to a "ballpark" figure of $812.50, without considering the cost of a magazine. This, before transfer costs are figured in.

    Looks as if the BBGV and the bidders were pretty much in line where market value is concerned, once cost of magazine, tranfer and shipping fees including insurance:

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=238122998
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    jeffie076jeffie076 Member Posts: 1,965 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It must be the finger prints and dust on the camera lens that have made those pesky distortions of his 99% pistol.
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    dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,969
    edited November -1
    Originally posted by MOONED


    The link below is to a 1903 I picked up a few months back...in the box. I would have trouble calling mine 99%.....

    Just sold one in the same condition in original box with two original mags last week for $750.
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    Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,493 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I appears to me that 99% of the parts are on that pistol.

    I really don't know what you guys are bitching about.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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    dakotashooter2dakotashooter2 Member Posts: 6,186
    edited November -1
    I suspect the guy is a teacher......... They are used to grading on a curve...............[:D]
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Originally posted by Don McManus
    I appears to me that 99% of the parts are on that pistol.

    I really don't know what you guys are bitching about.
    [/quot[:D]
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks as if the BBGV and the bidders were pretty much in line where market value is concerned, once cost of magazine, tranfer and shipping fees including insurance were considered:

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=238122998
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    SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    very fair price with the box, but obviously the seller needs an eduction in rating guns,,,,,,,
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by tplumeri
    very fair price with the box, but obviously the seller needs an eduction in rating guns,,,,,,,


    Agreed. And although we hear that a simple statement from the seller noting that the pictures show the condition might not sit well with some people, this is a prime case where they did just that and very, very well.
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    Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,700 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It was closer to being described accurately than several recent offerings by, well, uh, never mind!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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    SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    agreed
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