Now that I have your attention,
I have been following the posts in this forum since I started my membership here. I estimate I have done somewhere around $100,000, maybe more, in buying and selling on here. Lately I have noticed a trend that if someone posts up an item at current market prices, a slew of people jump right on the thread , throwing all kinds of names, insults, and other assorted profanities towards the OP as if he were some sort of child slavery peddler.
For your consideration: I know that the situation we are in makes you angry. I am angry too. Mostly about the attack on my right to keep and bear arms that brought this about, but also the drastic supply drought it brought about. I have a new PS90 I would like to shoot, but not at $1.10 a round.
However, it is extremely flawed logic to attack those listing items for the current value of them. A lot of posts are throwing around the word "profit" like it is profane or insulting. This suggests to me an almost socialist point of view, which is flawed, because none of those suggesting it are stepping up to insure anyones losses when they buy an item and the market won't bear the the price the seller paid.
This is a website of what, 70,000 members? Chances are the seller doesn't know the buyer. The seller has no personal obligation to sell an item that anywhere else would bring $70 but they only paid $15 so they should sell it for that. The end result is, three possible outcomes if someone lists a PMag or other hot item:
1: They list it at market price, catch hell from the usual suspects, and the item sells anyhow.
2: They list it at pre December 2012 prices, it sells in 1 minute, and the buyer either keeps it at a steal, or lists it on gunbroker for a quick profit.
3: The seller decides that the item is worth more to him than what he paid but isn't willing to risk the ridicule here so he sells it on gunbroker for what its worth instead.
Moral of the story- 2.5 million PMags are on backorder. You should have bought them when you had the chance. I should have bought gold for $300 an ounce but I didn't. If I had, you can bet your ass I wouldnt be selling it for $300. No one is selling them at pre December prices, and if they are, someone faster than you already bought them.
As a final note- I would like to call out anyone who has been thread bashing and invite them to PLEASE list up all of their magazines, ammo, and AR's, for what they paid for them, to set the example for what you believe in. Because while I have seen a TON of bashing, I have seen very little "leading by example."
I have been following the posts in this forum since I started my membership here. I estimate I have done somewhere around $100,000, maybe more, in buying and selling on here. Lately I have noticed a trend that if someone posts up an item at current market prices, a slew of people jump right on the thread , throwing all kinds of names, insults, and other assorted profanities towards the OP as if he were some sort of child slavery peddler.
For your consideration: I know that the situation we are in makes you angry. I am angry too. Mostly about the attack on my right to keep and bear arms that brought this about, but also the drastic supply drought it brought about. I have a new PS90 I would like to shoot, but not at $1.10 a round.
However, it is extremely flawed logic to attack those listing items for the current value of them. A lot of posts are throwing around the word "profit" like it is profane or insulting. This suggests to me an almost socialist point of view, which is flawed, because none of those suggesting it are stepping up to insure anyones losses when they buy an item and the market won't bear the the price the seller paid.
This is a website of what, 70,000 members? Chances are the seller doesn't know the buyer. The seller has no personal obligation to sell an item that anywhere else would bring $70 but they only paid $15 so they should sell it for that. The end result is, three possible outcomes if someone lists a PMag or other hot item:
1: They list it at market price, catch hell from the usual suspects, and the item sells anyhow.
2: They list it at pre December 2012 prices, it sells in 1 minute, and the buyer either keeps it at a steal, or lists it on gunbroker for a quick profit.
3: The seller decides that the item is worth more to him than what he paid but isn't willing to risk the ridicule here so he sells it on gunbroker for what its worth instead.
Moral of the story- 2.5 million PMags are on backorder. You should have bought them when you had the chance. I should have bought gold for $300 an ounce but I didn't. If I had, you can bet your ass I wouldnt be selling it for $300. No one is selling them at pre December prices, and if they are, someone faster than you already bought them.
As a final note- I would like to call out anyone who has been thread bashing and invite them to PLEASE list up all of their magazines, ammo, and AR's, for what they paid for them, to set the example for what you believe in. Because while I have seen a TON of bashing, I have seen very little "leading by example."
