The problem with that is they don't do it at the grocery store or with utility companies, etc, etc, so why insult/waste the time of a gun seller?
I think your perspective is a little twisted up. What they do at the grocery store and with the utility company is irrelevant, this is the gun market and this has been the gun market for decades and it’s ludicrous to pretend you don’t know that. I’m certain you know that.
A 1006 with no box and 9 mags isn’t likely to sell for $2,000 regardless of how much of your money is tied up in it and I think we can detail why…
There’s two different buyers that want two different parts of this package specifically. While we hardcore S&W Forum and especially the 10xx pistols lovers know the market for these magazines is nutbar, we do not pay those prices. We don’t, and almost without exception, we NEVER have.
The only guys who pay north of a hundred for a single S&W 10mm magazine are the guys who recently lucked in to a pistol and had no idea the magazine prices went batspit stupid years ago.
Do you want to turn what you have in to $2,000? Sell the 1006 and one magazine, depending on the weather that day and if you have ugly adjustable sights and how nice the finish is, you could pull $1,200 for it.
That leaves you with 8 magazines that you could sell for $100 a piece and guys would trip over themselves to get them.
Or sell ‘em at $125 a piece and do even better.
Grocery store, for real? What about a used car or a motorcycle. How bout fancy used watches or antiques. Do you wait for the weekly flyer and try to get double coupons when you take your shopping cart to the used car market? Hoping for a $10 mail in rebate after you send in the receipt?
Genuinely… taking offense at offers lower than you’re willing to accept is letting nonsense live rent free in your head. Those offers will never end because our market is loaded with folks who haven’t got half a clue what Dad’s old gun was worth when they take it to a gun show. And this is exactly how the used gun market works and this is what keeps the market hopping. We find great stuff at prices we are willing to pay because somewhere up the chain, someone simply wanted it gone and wasn’t sitting at the table with a calculator and an amortization schedule.