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09-17-2013, 06:18 PM | #1 |
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Jackson armory dealings
Has anyone dealt with them? How is there customer service. Just inquiring. They seem to have a lot of Lugers for sale.
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09-17-2013, 06:35 PM | #2 |
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They have a big inventory of various weapons. I bought a Interarms 6" 06/73 from them a couple years ago. It was listed on Gunbroker at a below market price. I had to pick up a piece of furniture for my wife so I stopped by their shop on the way back home and picked up the Luger for me. That was my experience. As always, "Caveat Emptor".
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09-17-2013, 07:09 PM | #3 |
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I did purchase quite a few axis pistols and one luger. Had no problems with anyone. I negotiated a bit on the Luger and the boss man dropped two-hundred off.
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09-17-2013, 10:41 PM | #4 |
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I have been in Jackson Armory numerous times, very nice shop with many fine collector items. Have purchased several nice Lugers from them. They have always been friendly, informative and willing to deal.
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09-18-2013, 09:42 AM | #5 |
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What I've observed is that J.A. puts high prices on their stuff. For example, they have a listing on Gunbroker for a Beeman P-08 (Erma KGP69) which is a .22. It's sat tight for a couple of rounds when it was priced at $650. This time around, it's listed at a $599 start price. Although these Beeman variations are set up nicely with grips of their own specs applied by Beeman, and relatively more rare to encounter than the straight factory offerings, I think it is overpriced by at least $200 in the current listing. I acquired one a few months ago, NIB, with all but the loading tool (even the Erma stick pin) for $450 shipped. I consider this top end price for a top condition gun.
I once called J.A. to see if they would negotiate, or entertain an offer below their asking price--but was told, "No." Their online offerings do not always contain pics that are clear/useful. Their descriptions tend to be overblown, sometimes inaccurate. Sorry, I can't cite specific examples since it has been a while, but this is the impression I have come away with, and I usually scoff at whatever they have set as a start price for whatever gun, wondering just WTF they are thinking when they list them. They may have a significant turnaround in Lugers, but I think their experts are not as expert as those at Simpson Ltd. I guess it doesn't hurt to initially throw overpriced stuff up for sale, as an inexperienced/ill-informed buyer might just jump on it, but in general, their pricing is ambitious--if not silly--and a bit insulting to the collector communities.
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09-24-2013, 12:14 AM | #6 |
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I agree - Jackson Armory overprices all their guns, and the pictures are usually blurry. I will not risk buying a gun on the internet from anyone if they can't take clear pictures, unless it's really cheap. It's not that difficult to get good pics these days - a $100 digital camera will do it, if not a newer cell phone...
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I have not bought anything from J.A. yet.
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09-24-2013, 11:11 AM | #8 |
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I have had good dealings with JA. Bought an AEG snail drum from them. I would not hesitate to deal with them again. Like any dealer..they occasionally have something of interest.
You could say many of the negatives posted here about Simpson's or several other dealers. Dealers are dealers..NOT collectors for the most part. Merchandisers. Pick and choose and only buy if everything is going your way..particularly check out and nail down any return policy.
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