wojownik
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So, a local gunboard has a posting from a chap who is selling his CMP 1911 for $1850. It was shipped to him in the first week of April, so he's had it in his hands for just under two weeks at most, and paid $1050 to the CMP.
This got me thinking of a number of issues:
- what do you guys think of this kind of flipping? CMP certainly does not encourage it (hence their warning that once can be banned from further CMP purchases for "an indefinite period."
- it is a pistol I absolutely would want - but I just can't stomach the idea of handing $800 in profit to a flipper. Heck, he even posted a picture of his CMP receipt, which shows what he paid, and the ship date.
What is a realistic market price for a CMP pistol in what seems to be very good condition (he's posted more pictures of the box and his CMP papers than of the pistol itself)?
Or more specifically, might a reasonable counter offer be to this seller, assuming he's willing to listen to a counter offer?
I didn't make the cut for the CMP sales, and no idea if or when they'll have another round of pistols. I've heard CMP is concerned that info about this kind of reselling/flipping may cause second thoughts on allocating them additional 1911s.
This got me thinking of a number of issues:
- what do you guys think of this kind of flipping? CMP certainly does not encourage it (hence their warning that once can be banned from further CMP purchases for "an indefinite period."
- it is a pistol I absolutely would want - but I just can't stomach the idea of handing $800 in profit to a flipper. Heck, he even posted a picture of his CMP receipt, which shows what he paid, and the ship date.
What is a realistic market price for a CMP pistol in what seems to be very good condition (he's posted more pictures of the box and his CMP papers than of the pistol itself)?
Or more specifically, might a reasonable counter offer be to this seller, assuming he's willing to listen to a counter offer?
I didn't make the cut for the CMP sales, and no idea if or when they'll have another round of pistols. I've heard CMP is concerned that info about this kind of reselling/flipping may cause second thoughts on allocating them additional 1911s.