Some more Sunday craziness on Gunbroker

[Peak53]

Another example of more money than brains.

and now the buyer has neither

 

[Art Doc]

Collector grade, NiB. They bring huge money these days.

 

[jubela#4]

It appears the buyer has deep pockets, check out their recent purchases from the same seller within the past couple weeks.

 

[tops]

The buyer paid more than some of you think it is worth but he has the gun and you don't. It's apparent that he wanted the gun more than the money so I bet he is the happiest kid in the neighborhood this morning and I am happy for him. Larry

 

[H Richard]

I was at a gun auction this last Sat. and a 19-3, 6" in about 95%+ went for $575. I thought most all guns at the auction went on the low side.

 

[Kelpatt]

Fifty years ago my Father gave me my first guns and taught me a life lesson as to never mix alcohol with cordite. I will pass to my grandkids not to mix it with the Internet.

 

[sturtyboy]

and now the buyer has neither

Now...there's the best analysis yet!

 

[SLT223]

It appears the buyer has deep pockets, check out their recent purchases from the same seller within the past couple weeks.

That is the worst buy-in to a collection I think I've ever seen. What in the world could be the reason?

 

[Kelpatt]

The seller has a strong wall street following. They are not so much gun guys as they are investment guys. NIB like Smith's doing better than market recently. My opinion.

 

[raylan007]

What I found interesting was the looser who had previously lost in an earlier auction for a model 30 for $1000 bidding against "Machine Gun Johnny" also lost a M64 2" for a little over $2000 and the big fish the 19-4 2.5 NIB for over $4000. The main competitor that lost all three but kept them alive only had 4 prior transactions under his belt the last won auction dating back to Feb. 2015. Where do these people come from? It's anybody's guess.

 

[jjbrewst1]

The seller uses schills. Look at all his auctions. Same 4-5 bidders every time. Gunbroker don't care. It's been brought to there attention a hundred times. I feel bad for the guy who keeps falling for it. But oh well. Also funny to watch seller relist the same guns 90 days later. And then no feedback ever left.

 

[Kelpatt]

I stopped bidding on his auctions when he ignored, refused to answer
the tough questions a collector would be concerned about but ignored in
description. Getting too picky in my old age I guess.

 

[jjbrewst1]

I stopped bidding on his auctions when he ignored, refused to answer
the tough questions a collector would be concerned about but ignored in
description. Getting too picky in my old age I guess.

Ur not getting old. Seller is a crook

 

[BigBill]

Bigbill's rules to engaging auctions.
Set your bidding max limit before you bid write it down.
Don't get caught up in the bidding.
Don't get sucked into the hype of a bidding war.
This isn't a game when you over bid yomu don't win you lose.
This isn't like throwing baseball cards at school playing leaners when we were kids.
There are schrills who bid to pump up the prices for the seller sometimes. The one shrill raised his bid three times with no one bidding against him. That's really stinking fishy.
Please bid what you can afford. Be careful,

If it's too good to be true back off.


$4,001 for a m19? Your kidding me.

 

[jubela#4]

The seller uses schills. Look at all his auctions. Same 4-5 bidders every time. Gunbroker don't care. It's been brought to there attention a hundred times. I feel bad for the guy who keeps falling for it. But oh well. Also funny to watch seller relist the same guns 90 days later. And then no feedback ever left.

I was wondering about this too.

 

[DD357]

I was wondering about this too.

Same here.

 

[Point 357]

A couple guys really had their hearts set on that one.Maybe there was liquor involved [emoji1]

Thats exactly how I got mine! The gun only but just as nice at less than a quarter of the price. Mr. Jack Daniels thanks me.

 

[Kelpatt]

I asked what information he had to back up his claim a pre war Browning HiPower was a "Nazi SS capture" as serial number was pre invasion, no proof marks, no capture papers. Response - Crickets! ya say what now?

 

[KEN L]

I look for my Gunbroker moments in exactly the opposite direction, in the basement, not on the rooftop so to speak. I just paid about $100 less than the going rate for a nice .38 Spl. Victory model because the seller apparently didn't know what he had, apologized in the description for lots of honest wear on the bluing (which of course was never there in the first place) and mistook the nicely preserved wartime phosphate finish for heavy patina. Due to mislabeling and unexciting photos, nobody else seems to have noticed, and for five days I was and remained the only bidder. That's MY kind of Gunbroker craziness.

So where is your own thread with pics and what you paid, hmmmmmm??

 

[brucekime]

I bought a model 36 square butt with a 3" barrel off of gunbroker a few weeks ago fo $301.99 & no shipping charge. Looked it up & it was made in 1971. I was a sophmore in high school. I have been trying to snap up 3" guns when I can. I have four of them now.