N/A Best Resale Value
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It may be how and where I was looking but it seems like everybody is asking full retail on ebay. So i just bought new.
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So tempting to modify and tinker with airguns, not to mention being lax about filling with moisture-saturated air, no wonder used sales are soft. Of course, doesn't help asking prices are close to, or slightly higher, than new. WM
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The market is slowing i think because sellers are posting "near new cost" prices and unwilling to deal even just shipping cost split . How many items do you see with no change in price even after 6 months or longer on the forum ?
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I'm an odd one I guess but, I never worry about resale as I never sell anything......I never purchase used and if I do, it is never sight unseen and I'll only pay 2/3rds or less of new.
I like money too?
I like money too?
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I would say that must attractive air rifle in general is the BRK Ghost.
It is a very complete rifle (powerful, caliber change, light weight, accurate).
That would be my bet.
It is a very complete rifle (powerful, caliber change, light weight, accurate).
That would be my bet.
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In regards to post #6 I understand their are many people that do not have what is termed disposable income and must make the most of what they do have to spend . In my younger days , i had to volunteer to work 4 hours an evening three night a week @ regular pay for more than a year to buy a camera i wanted .
HMMM? that just read the same as " as a kid i had to walk to school 4 miles one way , UP Hill both ways !! In the snow all year .
HMMM? that just read the same as " as a kid i had to walk to school 4 miles one way , UP Hill both ways !! In the snow all year .
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My mom used to give us that sermon, but she added "while carrying a hog under each arm".
They had a pig farm lol
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FX, BRK, Daystate, AirArms, AGT, Taipan seem to sell the fastest when priced well for the market. None of them hold their value well in my experience.
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I think people have such high resale believe they believe they should get everything back they put into a air rifle...its like a ugly paint job on a car im sure the guy who painted liked it a paid dearly for it but its still a 10 year old p.o.s. car...upgrades are not meant im my opinion to up the cost its the cost its the cost of experiememting. And besides ive seen what ive done to my guns and would prolly never buy a used one. Just because you can turn a wrench dosent make you a mechanic lol
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Ebay will yield the highest resale and most exposto your listing. However, they take 15% of the final value, but you do get a deep discount on the shipping.
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Going forward, type 1 original Taipan Veterans, and Mutant's even more so...These platforms are/were so good, especially people who had and sold them in the past, understand just how good they are..."Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone"...Just try to fine a .22 or a .22 Compact Vet/Mutant, not to mention a .177...in pristine condition...Gunna' be harder and harder to come by...Supply and demand...My .02 cents.
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There was a post a year or so back where people argued that if you upgrade or tuned the gun, your investment and time should equate to higher value.
Simply put, it does not. Only way anyone would be willing to pay for those extras is if it was done by an actual gunsmith/company.
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Steyr seems to hold good value. They are pretty stellar in fit and finish and function very well.
Problem is that they are costly to start with and few on most forums aren't willing to pay the price.
mike
Problem is that they are costly to start with and few on most forums aren't willing to pay the price.
mike
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Simple supply vs. Demand?
This happens in any costly, gear intensive activity
As long as makers keep the hype train going w new products, the consumers will consume feeding the supply of used products and potentially saturating the market.
Also as e durable good, it's not like your average airgun needs to be periodically replaced....unlike compressors
Looks like the only answer to this is to never, ever sell your toys
This happens in any costly, gear intensive activity
As long as makers keep the hype train going w new products, the consumers will consume feeding the supply of used products and potentially saturating the market.
Also as e durable good, it's not like your average airgun needs to be periodically replaced....unlike compressors
Looks like the only answer to this is to never, ever sell your toys
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