[Bigcat]

I believe those of us who currently hold extra AR's should sell on the market at as reasonable a price as we can stomach.
Throw in a couple extra new factory wrapped PMags and some Ammo to boot.

Today I did just that.

To make money?

No, but to

- create more owners of so called "Assault Rifles", who now have a vested interested in resisting the soon to be attempted New Gun Grab.

- to spread out the tools of physical resistance to protect America

- to make our own small contribution to relieve the shortage

- To stick it to the man!!!

 

[partdeux]

You mean sport utility rifles?

 

[Bigcat]

remember I did use quotation marks..

 

[dog2000tj]

I believe those of us who currently hold extra AR's should sell on the market at as reasonable a price as we can stomach.
Throw in a couple extra new factory wrapped PMags and some Ammo to boot.

Today I did just that.

To make money?

No, but to

- create more owners of so called "Assault Rifles", who now have a vested interested in resisting the soon to be attempted New Gun Grab.

- to spread out the tools of physical resistance to protect America

- to make our own small contribution to relieve the shortage

- To stick it to the man!!!

or ..... we could just "acquire" the tools of physical resistance from those who would wish to oppress us

 

[silverado113]

Or that person will flip it to make money.

 

[Bigcat]

Or that person will flip it to make money.

make it expensive enough that flipping is not worth the effort. or make sure its a decent guy and sell it w/ the understanding he wont flip.

Come on guys this is a non brainer:

There is no reason for some of us to sit on a small hill of AR's, while our fellow citizens are handwringly emptying out their savings to what are basically scalpers.

I really thought this to be a common sense no brainer social service.

But I felt it was important to do my small part to help alleviate the glut the enemy caused , create political allies and make fellow americans more effective at fighting tyranny.

Its a win-win-win all around.

 

[Bigcat]

or ..... we could just "acquire" the tools of physical resistance from those who would wish to oppress us

One more reason to make sure as many peopleas possible own AR's so they are familiar enough to make good use of captured equipment.

 

[silverado113]

make it expensive enough that flipping is not worth the effort. or make sure its a decent guy and sell it w/ the understanding he wont flip.

Come on guys this is a non brainer:

There is no reason for some of us to sit on a small hill of AR's, while our fellow citizens are handwringly emptying out their savings to what are basically scalpers.

I really thought this to be a common sense no brainer social service.

But I felt it was important to do my small part to help alleviate the glut the enemy caused , create political allies and make fellow americans more effective at fighting tyranny.

Its a win-win-win all around.

I'm a dealer so I conduct this social service on a daily basis also if a person pays 2k for what used to be a 800 AR on an auction site what's the problem?

 

[EagleDreamer]

I believe those of us who currently hold extra AR's should sell on the market at as reasonable a price as we can stomach.

I have tried to convince 2 guys I know with several ARs to sell me one reasonably. One of them is selling his for $14-1600. The other is just going to sit on his.
Last week my LGS got several Windhams in while I was there, asking price was $1,399. This week for those same ARs $1,650. I told them they are just like the gas stations that raised gas prices on 9-11. I also told them I remember which stations did that and still don't fuel up there. Much like I won't stock up on anything from their shop.
Look I get supply and demand and the whole 9 yards but this whole thing is ridiculous. It won't stop as long as people shovel out the money for them though.

 

[silverado113]

I have tried to convince 2 guys I know with several ARs to sell me one reasonably. One of them is selling his for $14-1600. The other is just going to sit on his.
Last week my LGS got several Windhams in while I was there, asking price was $1,399. This week for those same ARs $1,650. I told them they are just like the gas stations that raised gas prices on 9-11. I also told them I remember which stations did that and still don't fuel up there. Much like I won't stock up on anything from their shop.
Look I get supply and demand and the whole 9 yards but this whole thing is ridiculous. It won't stop as long as people shovel out the money for them though.

I have 30 suppliers and I cannot get an AR or lower right now. Thankfully my business is not my only source of income but for those dealers who feed their family from AR sales what do you expect them to do? I have had a ton of people who just want something at MSRP or less so they can flip it. Think about it from the other side of the counter when you don't know when your next shipment will be and therefor you don't know when you'll just not have enough money to feed your family.

 

[nitestalker]

You see people in C stores paying $10 bucks a gallon for water which is free. They stand there pouring it down *****ing about the price of gas. It cost a hell of lot to produce gasoline. The guy is filling water bottles from a tap off a city water system.
The people who did not want a Black Rifle when they were $500 bucks now expect some one else to offer them price protection. If you bought a Handy Gun at Walmart instead of a Colt AR 15 last year. Congrats you saved money.

 

[charlesmar]

make it expensive enough that flipping is not worth the effort. or make sure its a decent guy and sell it w/ the understanding he wont flip.

Come on guys this is a non brainer:

There is no reason for some of us to sit on a small hill of AR's, while our fellow citizens are handwringly emptying out their savings to what are basically scalpers.

I really thought this to be a common sense no brainer social service.

But I felt it was important to do my small part to help alleviate the glut the enemy caused , create political allies and make fellow americans more effective at fighting tyranny.

Its a win-win-win all around.

I am sick that I didn't get one before all this happened. I went in the gun store, bought a pistol I could afford, was set to get ar next, money's tight, thank you dear ex wife .

So, I went to store weekly, they told me no more layaways. I started looking at 800 dollar ak, was gonna save, knew the colt ar was out of reason in my budget.

Then the prices went nuts, so 600 for an ak pistol Was what it was gonna be, then Christmas hit with my little boy, so 300 dollar beat up Chinese sks started looking good, etc etc.

This whole thing sucks.

Is what it is I guess, so I'll continue to try and save to get whatever I can prior to these idiots pushing this ignorance down on us.

Anyhow, I imagine there are many in my position that just didn't quite get one before the glut buy skyrocketed prices.

 

[nfafan]

Kinda agree with the OP - but only for someone I know really well, and well enough to know and understand why it is that they do not already have an "EBR" and would appreciate the chance to snag one at pre-2013 prices.

Anyone else - sorry, you had the same opportunities I had to spend on what you wanted - and you chose to buy whatever else you did instead.

I am under no obligation to now save you money. Especially after reading posts of AR buyers BRAGGING over gobbling up handfuls of Wallymart 6920s and immediately flipping them for twice what they paid.

 

[Bigcat]

Maybe I should clarify what I meant by "as reasonable as you can stomach" :

I did not mean pre bubble prices (unless a close freind)
Just attenuated current prices.
the rifle I sold was at about 80-90% of current bubble price

The favor, was not so much a super low price (it wasn't) but the fact that I was selling when I didn't need the money at all.

Just for the reasons as outlined above : do my small part to put one more in circulation, ...creating another automatic enemy of the administration ,....spread out the tools of physical resistance to protect America ... etc etc



PS:Frankly dealers have been holding the line pretty good on prices as far as I am concerned... their guns rarely reach double the pre bubble price whereas private party sales routinely exceed double the pre bubble value.

 

[John_Deer]

If I sell a gun it is to buy another gun. I am going to get full price for the gun. If I wanted someone to have a gun so bad I would give them a cut rate price I would just give them the gun outright. I don't get the OP's point. If no gun bans pass there will be so many $400 kits bouncing around it's not funny. This person that you "helped" is going to say "hey you ripped me off"

The odds of any earth shaking legislation passing through congress is pretty low. There are a lot less left wing democrats in congress than you think. We have a lot of blue dog democrats in NC who get an A+ from the NRA. Several are on committees that will shoot stupid laws down before anyone outside of the committee even reads the law.

Just because Feinstein spent a year crafting a law doesn't mean anyone is going to support it. Why should they support her solitary effort? The president has assembled a committee to find a way to stop gun violence. I don't think anyone is going to let a nut job like feinstein get them run out of office. They are going to wait on Obama's committee so they can hear a plan that will work and get public support.

 

[HOSSFLY]

Maybe I should clarify what I meant by "as reasonable as you can stomach" :

I did not mean pre bubble prices (unless a close freind)
Just attenuated current prices.
the rifle I sold was at about 80-90% of current bubble price

The favor, was not so much a super low price (it wasn't) but the fact that I was selling when I didn't need the money at all.

Just for the reasons as outlined above : do my small part to put one more in circulation, ...creating another automatic enemy of the administration ,....spread out the tools of physical resistance to protect America ... etc etc



PS:Frankly dealers have been holding the line pretty good on prices as far as I am concerned... their guns rarely reach double the pre bubble price whereas private party sales routinely exceed double the pre bubble value.

Glad your a nice guy & all that but as been said over 'n over if anyone felt no need for a AR a month ago don't need one now anyway--
And don't give me that "But theres goin to be a revolution & we will have to shoot all the politicions" crap----Do it with the JC Higgins single shot 410 you had before

 

[Bigcat]

Sigh,

fellas "as reasonable as a price as you can stomach" does not mean pre bubble prices.

I have a couple guys answering " but I cant stomach selling at pre bubble price its thier own fault etc".
Nowhere does it say or imply, you should sell at pre bubble price!.

Its at as low a price as you can stomach, which may be 1900 dollars, knowning that with some effort you can get 2200.

One thing I am finding more and more as a denizen on internet forms is that people will read into a post all sorts of things you haven't written, so they can disagree with it.

 

[HOSSFLY]

Sigh,

fellas "as reasonable as a price as you can stomach" does not mean pre bubble prices.

I have a couple guys answering " but I cant stomach selling at pre bubble price its thier own fault etc".
Nowhere does it say or imply, you should sell at pre bubble price!.

Its at as low a price as you can stomach, which may be 1900 dollars, knowning that with some effort you can get 2200.

One thing I am finding more and more as a denizen on internet forms is that people will read into a post all sorts of things you haven't written, so they can disagree with it.

Double sigh---
Question is WHY sell any gun you don't want to or planned on selling anyway before this crap started? ---To be nice

 

[Bigcat]

Question is WHY sell any gun you don't want to or planned on selling anyway before this crap started? ---To be nice

Please acually read the orginal post.
Its spelled out very simple and in bullet format even.

 

[HOSSFLY]

I believe those of us who currently hold extra AR's should sell on the market at as reasonable a price as we can stomach.
Throw in a couple extra new factory wrapped PMags and some Ammo to boot.

Today I did just that.

To make money?

No, but to

- create more owners of so called "Assault Rifles", who now have a vested interested in resisting the soon to be attempted New Gun Grab.

- to spread out the tools of physical resistance to protect America

- to make our own small contribution to relieve the shortage

- To stick it to the man!!!

Please acually read the orginal post.
Its spelled out very simple and in bullet format even.

I read it-
Did you understand what you're asking others to do