$3K 66 snub. The epitome of GB bidding insanity.

[jughed440]

Mods please delete if this has been posted already, but i couldn't find it elsewhere..

2 desperate bidders have gone insane. The highest bid from someone with some common sense was $840.
Congrats to the seller.

Smith & Wesson Model 66 357 Mag 2.5in S&W NoRes .01 - Revolvers at GunBroker.com : 884014450

 

[rubiranch]

And to think I gave one of those to a good friend just a couple of years ago.

I had a gun on GB once time and was hoping to get $2500 for it.

Two guys got in a bidding war and I ended up with over $5000.

Don't drink and bid. LOL

 

[Loyaljeeper]

The "winner" has zero feedback.

 

[armorer951]

Sideplate screw slots damaged, rear sight finish damage, sight tang screw damaged, rust on the head of the grip screw, thumbpiece nut damaged.....that's just some of what we can see on the outside.

Wow.....a filthy, cosmetically challenged example from the late 70's. Priceless.

 

[jughed440]

Sideplate screw slots damaged, rear sight finish damage, sight tang screw damaged, rust on the head of the grip screw, thumbpiece nut damaged. Wow.....a filthy, cosmetically challenged example from the late 70's. Priceless.

...and no Combat stocks. Gotta be the 'pinned and recessed' thing

 

[ND Farmer]

Great gun for Gunbroker 35 cent primers.

 

[llowry61]

Don't you all think something is a miss with these things ? These can't be real results. And no reserve .....Jeez Trading in a beat up 66 for a nice down payment on a RM.

 

[40_CALIBER]

I hang out on the K98 forum a lot. it's funny, same thread there, different gun.
you can't fix stupid and it's not limited to SW

 

[diyj98]

I've got one not quite as nice as that one. I want to be up front and say it has some timing issues, but I'd let it for for $2,500 if anyone wants a deal.....

 

[ladder13]

I'll take 2G's for mine and throw in combats.

 

[handejector]

The "winner" has zero feedback.

Really makes me wonder.......
Use the runnerup's feedback to look at what he's been buying-
30-30 ammo at $2.50/rd? 12ga slugs at over $2/rd? An 870 riot gun for $1650? 380 ammo for $2.50/rd? 38 Sp Critical Defense at $3.60/rd? Does he know something we don't?

 

[k22fan]

Dealers run pretend auctions to raise the amount they get out of their inventory. All they have to do is report their shill bid as a non-paying buyer then their scam costs them nothing. Inexperienced buyers are tricked into believing the high price they pay is less than they could resell it for.

 

[KalamazooKid]

Really makes me wonder.......
Use the runnerup's feedback to look at what he's been buying-
30-30 ammo at $2.50/rd? 12ga slugs at over $2/rd? An 870 riot gun for $1650? 380 ammo for $2.50/rd? 38 Sp Critical Defense at $3.60/rd? Does he know something we don't?

Drug dealer!

 

[jughed440]

I've got one not quite as nice as that one. I want to be up front and say it has some timing issues, but I'd let it for for $2,500 if anyone wants a deal.....

I'll beat your price.. how about (2) 66 snubs for $2500..free shipping, and all those spare round butt grips that are collecting dust.
Actually, I've been considering selling sell one of them and stumbled upon that link to GB. Prices are all over the place. Can't imagine how pumped up the seller must be...IF it is legit...but i can't see a shill bidder raising the bid twice after they already have the winning bid...and certainly not in such large increments. If that were the case, they hooked a real big sucker fish.

 

[PPS1980]

You mean I didn't get a good deal!?!

 

[handejector]

You mean I didn't get a good deal!?!

You did, you did. Ask him if he'll throw in a box of ammo for $150.

 

[Old cop]

Wow, two years ago I paid $600 for a 1973 NIB Model 66 four inch.

 

[JM4151]

Model 66

I bought a 66 4 inch new in 1974 0r 1975 for $120.00. Still have it. One of the first such guns in our county at the time.

 

[CALREB]

Well right now there is a 2 model 66s for way less than that, and an NIB 3" for less, so maybe they should shop around. Course Its right up there with the chopped up glock that went for 8 grand a week ago,. I bid up to 1600 a week ago on a 4" 17-6. Like new , I have a shooter one but always wanted a nicer one. This one, the 3 letter serial number was my initials so I went higher than I would have normally, I think it went for 18-19 hundred. Definitely a lot of crazy prices lately. Makes you want to sell a few. But I wouldnt send it till the check clears and then some...

 

[k22fan]

I bought a 66 4 inch new in 1974 0r 1975 for $120.00. Still have it. One of the first such guns in our county at the time.

I bought my first 66 in 1976 for $250, pre-owned but unfired. I presumed the policeman who sold it to me bought it at a LEO discount and made a killing but I wanted it and wanted it without a paper trail, but $120? I got screwed. I should dig him up and demand a partial refund.