AMAZING deal on GB

Zamo · 05-30-2009, 12:38 AM

Very interesting description. I bet this guy used to get high marks in his Creative Writing classes. $1700 for a mismatched shooter...I think he must think his eloquent discription must be Pulitzer Prize material if he thinks it's worth that much!
Poor guy.
"I giff yoou half ven vee sell it, neh?"
Maybe that's why he's so grossly overpriced...

rolandtg · 05-30-2009, 12:46 AM

It looks rusty too.....

alvin · 05-30-2009, 08:41 AM

A Borchardt like pistol:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=130160695

What's MGI?

SteveM · 05-31-2009, 08:50 AM

Mob Guns Inc..., that is the name that this seller goes by.

Zamo · 06-01-2009, 09:08 PM

Huh? Where's the URL in my original post? Did I forget to add it? Did I break a code of conduct? What the heck? Am I (further) losing my mind?
I'll try it again:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=130060834

rolandtg · 06-01-2009, 10:51 PM

Your original link is the first smiley.

Zamo · 06-02-2009, 01:47 AM

"Oh...", he says, feeling more than a bit behumbled.

alvin · 06-02-2009, 04:42 AM

Zemo -- I just read the ad in the link. The seller did not cheat anything (did he?). The asking price is not low, but that's not guilty by itself, IMO.

phatrick88 · 06-04-2009, 04:35 AM

To me, if it's not the original part that was manufactured with the gun, it's not matching.

Zamo · 06-06-2009, 02:21 AM

Exactly. My point was more along the lines of his attempts at "used car" style salesmanship, talking up a tired old donkey, as if it were a pedigreed race horse. It's a mismatched shooter plain and simple, and yet he embelishes it with yarns about how the sideplates were thrown away, and how the sideplate has been "sanitized", and how you need to take your rings off...Not to mention the poetic prose of Gunter the dead offizer...I wasn't suggesting this guy was trying to cheat anyone, so much as he sure is embelishing what is there. A "Buy it now" price of $1750 is quite a stretch.

alvin · 06-06-2009, 09:45 PM

I understand the frustration. Economy is bad these days, there are fewer buyers, and fewer interesting items, some high priced shooters are relisting endlessly. A little bit boring.

tomaustin · 06-06-2009, 11:18 PM

buyers have no interest in buying the piece. 'nuff said...you guys are beating the dead horse..........

05-30-2009, 12:38 AM	#1
Zamo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	AMAZING deal on GB Very interesting description. I bet this guy used to get high marks in his Creative Writing classes. $1700 for a mismatched shooter...I think he must think his eloquent discription must be Pulitzer Prize material if he thinks it's worth that much! Poor guy. "I giff yoou half ven vee sell it, neh?" Maybe that's why he's so grossly overpriced... __________________ <INSERT WITTY SAYING HERE> My collection: http://home.comcast.net/~gunspotz/guns.htm

06-01-2009, 09:08 PM	#5
Zamo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Huh? Where's the URL in my original post? Did I forget to add it? Did I break a code of conduct? What the heck? Am I (further) losing my mind? I'll try it again: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=130060834 __________________ <INSERT WITTY SAYING HERE> My collection: http://home.comcast.net/~gunspotz/guns.htm

06-02-2009, 01:47 AM	#7
Zamo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	"Oh...", he says, feeling more than a bit behumbled. __________________ <INSERT WITTY SAYING HERE> My collection: http://home.comcast.net/~gunspotz/guns.htm

06-06-2009, 02:21 AM	#10
Zamo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Exactly. My point was more along the lines of his attempts at "used car" style salesmanship, talking up a tired old donkey, as if it were a pedigreed race horse. It's a mismatched shooter plain and simple, and yet he embelishes it with yarns about how the sideplates were thrown away, and how the sideplate has been "sanitized", and how you need to take your rings off...Not to mention the poetic prose of Gunter the dead offizer...I wasn't suggesting this guy was trying to cheat anyone, so much as he sure is embelishing what is there. A "Buy it now" price of $1750 is quite a stretch. __________________ <INSERT WITTY SAYING HERE> My collection: http://home.comcast.net/~gunspotz/guns.htm

06-06-2009, 11:18 PM	#12
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 522 Times in 201 Posts	the seller can ask whatever he wants...our educated buyers have no interest in buying the piece. 'nuff said...you guys are beating the dead horse..........

05-30-2009, 12:46 AM	#2
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 471 Thanks: 363 Thanked 255 Times in 111 Posts	It looks rusty too.....

05-30-2009, 08:41 AM	#3
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	A Borchardt like pistol: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=130160695 What's MGI?

05-31-2009, 08:50 AM	#4
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	Mob Guns Inc..., that is the name that this seller goes by.

06-01-2009, 10:51 PM	#6
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 471 Thanks: 363 Thanked 255 Times in 111 Posts	Your original link is the first smiley.

06-02-2009, 04:42 AM	#8
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Zemo -- I just read the ad in the link. The seller did not cheat anything (did he?). The asking price is not low, but that's not guilty by itself, IMO.

06-04-2009, 04:35 AM	#9
phatrick88 User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: MN Posts: 54 Thanks: 7 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	To me, if it's not the original part that was manufactured with the gun, it's not matching.

06-06-2009, 09:45 PM	#11
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I understand the frustration. Economy is bad these days, there are fewer buyers, and fewer interesting items, some high priced shooters are relisting endlessly. A little bit boring.