Targa
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New Colt Python on gunbroker with a minimum bid over $3000....https://www.gunbroker.com/item/851531586
Have people lost their minds?
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Old Dog
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Yes.
Someone's just determined to be the first guy on the block to have one.
Proof that there's folks with more money than brains.
Someone's just determined to be the first guy on the block to have one.
Proof that there's folks with more money than brains.
No, they just didn't find much value to their minds, so they purposely discarded them. There's a lot of profiteering on the interwebs,
apparently, it pays handsomely. Remember the folks hawking bricks of 22LR, for 75$, a couple years back ?
If you think the person asking 3K for a 600$ pistol is nutz, how do you regard the person buying the gun?
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Targa
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I was referring to the person buying the gun...
. I fully expect a seller to try and get whatever they can out of it.
. I fully expect a seller to try and get whatever they can out of it.crestoncowboy
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The people I know that throw around money like that are far from dumb. Likely wouldn't benefit from my financial advice, either.
Ive seen people pay 150 bucks for a single shot of liquor. 3k to them is like spending 3 dollars to me.
Ive seen people pay 150 bucks for a single shot of liquor. 3k to them is like spending 3 dollars to me.
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I on the other hand like to see this
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What are 3 pythons made in 61, 63, and 67 worth?
Alaskan Ironworker
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Yes, have you watched the news the last 3 years?
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Look who is bidding it up, the person is a NR, new registered, smells like shill bidding to me. Also the seller doesn't have much feedback and is also ONLY selling the new just released Ruger and the Colt. Someone is fishing hoping to hook a sucker. This what happens because gun broker doesn't charge a listing fee so no lost money by putting up ad and not selling.
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Sometimes a couple of people get together and decide to make some money. They see a gun that they think they can make money off of. They put it up for sale on an auction site at let's say 1 penny, just like this new Python. The other fella than bids it up to let's say $3,000. This can create the impression that the gun is rare and desirable. The hope is that some sucker will bid $3,001.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/851531586
In this case the MSRP for the new Python is less than $1500. So why bid $3,000.?
https://www.colt.com/detail-page/colt-python-425
I don't know if this is the scam on Gunbroker with this Python. But I know that it is a scam that some folks play on others.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/851531586
In this case the MSRP for the new Python is less than $1500. So why bid $3,000.?
https://www.colt.com/detail-page/colt-python-425
I don't know if this is the scam on Gunbroker with this Python. But I know that it is a scam that some folks play on others.
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You are spot on. I agree it's a joke.
ArchAngelCD
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I like Colts but that person likes them 3x as much as I do!
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Depends on condition, barrel length, and finish.
They won't bring what they did several years ago.
Steve Milbocker
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looks like the new ones are only in stainless...too bad. Nothing more beautiful than deep bluing and fine wood in a revolver to my eye
gotboostvr
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I would LIKE to have the option of blued, but if I only had one, my "working" guns are all SS. I have some range queens (no safe queens) that are blued.
You can always polish it up to look like nickle at least.
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People pay silly prices for new stuff. Shill bidding is a thing too.
Just give it some time. In this particular case, I wouldn't buy from Gunbroker, I'd just order one from my LGS, and when it comes in, it comes in.
Just give it some time. In this particular case, I wouldn't buy from Gunbroker, I'd just order one from my LGS, and when it comes in, it comes in.
CraigC
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`Tis the cost of being first in line. I'd rather see someone pay $3000 for a $1500 Python than $2000 for a $200 video game console.
Trey Veston
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I don't own a revolver. My first carry gun was a 686 with a 4" barrel, so I'm not opposed to them.
But lately I've been thinking I should add a classic revolver to the stable, and the new Python would be perfect as a range toy. It is very well done and a beautiful pistol. But $1500 is a bit out of my price range. If they had offered them at under $1000, I would have bitten.
As far as GB is concerned, I see stupid prices there all the time. Such are the hazards of a free market system.
But lately I've been thinking I should add a classic revolver to the stable, and the new Python would be perfect as a range toy. It is very well done and a beautiful pistol. But $1500 is a bit out of my price range. If they had offered them at under $1000, I would have bitten.
As far as GB is concerned, I see stupid prices there all the time. Such are the hazards of a free market system.
Trey Veston
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I can see some merit to that line of thinking. On the other hand, there is always the issue of new guns having issues that the R&D guys missed, such as the case with the Sig P365.
But, when I was hired on at Ruger, the SR1911 was their newest offering, and only the best and most experienced CNC guys were allowed to work the line. After a year or so, then they let the new guys like me work it.
George Dickel
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There are people who have to be the absolute first ones to get a hot new product. Remember when the Mazda Miata and Chrysler PT Cruiser came out. Dealers were charging premium prices for them and people who just had to be the first to have one were paying the marked up selling price.
Wow, I had forgotten about that entirely. A quick google search confirms you are correct. That seems impossible, but it was true!
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