Guns You Over Paid For

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Another thread got me to thinking.
What guns have you over paid for?
I bought a 1956 M&P amd paid $420 for it. That was about $70 too much but I have one in my collection and I love it. No regrets.

How about you?

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I've only paid too much when l thought it was something l absolutely "had to have"... but experience has shown me that if l will be patient, the same model will eventually show up for sale here or somewhere else at a more reasonable price. Oh well... it's only money! :eek:
 
Paid too much for my Ruger LCP .380.
It was one the only time I didn't wait.
Now if I really liked it then it would have softened the blow, but to add that I hate the damn thing is like salt in the wound.
 
I don't think I overpaid for any gun I own or formerly owned. What you have to give for a nice example of a quality gun might seem excessive today but in a few years, you'll be patting yourself on the back for making such a wise investment.

Ed
 
The US currency is becoming more worthless as we go deeper into debt. If you have to pay too much for a fine S&W revolver, in a few short years, you found a real deal. And they are not making them like the good ole days. Get em while you can. Tedog.
 
If I want it "REAL BAD", I don't care what it cost.

10mm, when you care enough to send the very best.
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My list is long as well. In California which carries a premium anyway for handguns, what other places consider over priced, is the "normal" price here.

The ones I bought were "few and far between" showings, a M16-4, Lew Horton 24-3, 38/44 Outdoorsman and so on.

The way I figure it, time is the great equalizer and value will eventually catch up with what I paid.

Also, just like buying stocks over an extended period of time, when you dollar cost average the total number of what you have, the highs and lows you paid usually averages out to a lower cost per gun than what you paid at the time... with that in mind, I just buy what I like when it presents itself.
 
OH yeah. Back in the 1990s I'd been tracking a M57. I finally bought it for $2000. OK, no one said I was all that smart. After over a year of looking and beating the seller over his head, he finally came "down" to $2 grand. So I bought it. He didn't make anything on the deal, so I'm not the only stupid buyer. Just the last in line.

Worse, its factory engraved and it has one of the nicest sets of elephant ivory grips I've ever seen. So I just think I'll keep it.
 
Geez, where to start? With the exception of one M28-2, I overpaid on a M29-2, M27-2, M57, M58, M19-3 (twice), ...you get the idea. However, some of the ones I overpaid to have, now look like good deals. Time makes the deal look better. Plus, I have enjoyed having the ones I overpaid to have.
 
I over paid for a S&W Model 18 with box and all the goodies giving $700 for it. It was suppose to be unfired but is was shot very little but it was shot. That said the market has caught up to what I paid so I guess I just bought it early.

I have made a few smoking deals that swing the balance to other way. By the way you have a better chance being right about the gun's value it you have a want list and do your research on those revolvers and then set an upper limit on what you will spend. That works well until you see one you weren't wanting but is to nice to pass up and then it's a C**P shoot and you may win or lose.
 
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I bought a 5906 that was listed as NIB, never racked,perfect. When recieved it had damaged finish with wrong mags and sights on it. The seller refused to take it back and I filed a fraud claim with GB and postal dept but got no help. I marked it up to expierence. I still have the gun which is worth 200.00 less that I paid.
 
flightsimmer said:
If I want it "REAL BAD", I don't care what it cost.

10mm, when you care enough to send the very best.
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Welcome to the forum, flightsimmer. I have the same mindset. Life's too short to worry about a few bucks.......
 
In the California market, nice S&W's that are not in current production bring a premium price and can be hard to find.

I had been looking for a nice 2 1/2" model 19 for a couple of years and finally found one that is pristine. I paid wayyyyyy too much for it compared to the market price in the rest of the country, but I am happy. It is a nice specimen that if I keep it nice will still bring way too much if I ever decide to sell it.
 
The bedrock of my Smith collection (small as it is) are two K frames from my granddad when he died. I would say I overpaid for them, and he would have agreed... On the other hand they where my dad's (he's never been a pistol guy, more into rifles) so he passed them on early, and is still around to say "you paid how much for that...." so in the big picture, the price could have been much higher.
 
I have paid more than I would like for several of my guns, and like Art says, in some cases I have come out a little better than I expected, so things do tend to even out - a bit.

In the bigger picture, compared to the money I waste in a year on sodas, coffees, newspapers, desserts, etc. - the extra few dollars spent on a gun I really "need" ( :rolleyes: ) is probably the money I spend that does me the least harm.

If I can stand to write the check, once that is over, I never give it another thought. :)
 
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