Beeman How often do you pay an inflated price for a rifle or don't make such purchases at all, only buy good deals?

[Zelig]

Buy quality. With many things one can buy an older well made item with more hand finishing and better materials for less than or the same as a newer, inferior item. This applies particularly well to airguns. I tend to older springers and newer PCPs. Although my 15 year old (?) Royale shoots as well as anything of current production. Matches my ghost for accuracy, so I ask myself why are we spending the money for the latest thing, I guess I can bolt more doodads on the ghost.

To maybe answer your question; buying new guns you will see more depreciation when you come to sell them, buy smart with used guns and you will get close to your money back, or maybe a little premium.

 

[Zelig]

And another thought, you should take good care of yourself, if you can buy what you want and not go into debt to do it, what is so wrong with that.

 

[Ievgen721]

Having carefully read this topic and a similar one "Holders" on Flebay forum, I immediately bought a Beeman Webley Hurican pistol that I absolutely did not need, only because of its ex condition, in its original case with owner manual and with a Beeman pellet seater included. From which I concluded that I was hopelessly ill.

 

[WoodWelder]

Businesses hate guys like me?

I purchase what I want when I want it but only for the price I'm willing to pay.......I wait for sales only, I like money too? LOL

 

[Ievgen721]

Or as my mom so elegantly put it: "Even a bargain costs MONEY!"

I've been on both ends of it: bought cheapies I didn't need, but also spent silly amounts on ones I really wanted! The longer you hang around this hobby the better sense you get of such things though.

My dad used to say, "You don't need pockets and wallets in a coffin." I'm used to listening to my parents and often buy unnecessary things, like in this case, I just couldn't pass by.

 

[beerthief]

I do not care what i pay for something i want . Good deal ? Money is only something you trade for something you want , if both seller and buyer are happy it is a good deal .

 

[Steve Milbocker]

I bought a couple of FWB 150 rifles over the last couple of months, inflated price, probably a lot, but they did not make that many, and they do not come up for sale very often. Will they hold their value, especially after the cost of resealing and respringing, plus all the shipping costs involved in that. I think the airgunsmiths price was just under $300, then shipping around $100 round trip

I probably did something similar. When I bought my FWB 300S I paid a little on the high side. Shortly afterwards I had to send it for a rebuild that cost me half what I paid for it with shipping. I have never owned a more accurate rifle and to me it was worth every cent. The vintage tack drivers must all be saved!!

 

[Toxylon]

Buying quality used is the way to go, for me. Like Zelig said upthread, you can get your money back or more by going that route. I made 50 bucks selling my D48, for instance.

For a decade of airgunning, I always looked for deals. That only got stronger with the recent ridiculous price hikes combined with lowering of quality (just ask Ron): 595 for a HW95 that likely has serious issues?!?

Now that I've gotten most of my dream springers, and my tastes have evolved / sharpened to a point, I find I can no longer look for deals. The couple guns I still want I have to get for any (reasonable) money, when they turn up close enough.

I bought my Walther LGV new for 400 in 2020, and now see them going for up to 1 000, used. That's appreciation right before our eyes.

 

[beerthief]

I usually sell for what i paid or sometimes less .

 

[Ievgen721]

FWB 300 is a good rifle, I especially like 300U and 300 junior, I had all the models of the 300 series in quantity, at the moment I do not have it. But somehow a friend with whom we were engaged in shooting in a shooting club asked me to find him A380, which I did, but for some time this rifle was with me. And this is the best rifle in the world and it is in my list under number 3!

 

[pjstreng]

I have never regretted buying something I really wanted, even if I had to pay a premium price for it.

I have often regretted passing on something I really wanted just to save a few bucks.

 

[Pellets&Pistons-(Razor62)]

My dad used to say, "You don't need pockets and wallets in a coffin." I'm used to listening to my parents and often buy unnecessary things, like in this case, I just couldn't pass by.

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LOL..... I just bought one of each of these same guns at the Carlisle PA airgun show.

 

[Pellets&Pistons-(Razor62)]

Being a lefty, when a left hand springer that I don't own comes along, I'll snap it up provided the price isn't ridiculous.

 

[Odogster]

I completely hate when that happens

 

[jkingrph]

I bought my second FWB 124d sometime in the last half of last year. I probably paid close to 4 times as much as I paid for my first back in 1975, and saw others going for more. I was looking at a chromed FWB 150 a couple of months ago until the price got north of $1200, probably around 60 years old. I wonder what they sold for new.

 

[beerthief]

I bought my second FWB 124d sometime in the last half of last year. I probably paid close to 4 times as much as I paid for my first back in 1975, and saw others going for more. I was looking at a chromed FWB 150 a couple of months ago until the price got north of $1200, probably around 60 years old. I wonder what they sold for new.

you have to remember how much money was worth back then .


a more accurate way to figure out what someone paid for something "back then " is how long did they work for that item . A guy works a 49 hour week . He gets paid $12.00 in 1924 . how long did he work to pay for that item . How long do you work for that same item .

 

[Avator]

I buy what I want and pay for it based on it's value to me.. I really don't care what others think it's worth.
If it ain't worth to me what another is asking for it, I simply move on. Same with selling.. I ask what I think is a fair price for me.. if it ain't worth what I am asking to you.. move on.

 

[jkingrph]

I probably did something similar. When I bought my FWB 300S I paid a little on the high side. Shortly afterwards I had to send it for a rebuild that cost me half what I paid for it with shipping. I have never owned a more accurate rifle and to me it was worth every cent. The vintage tack drivers must all be saved!!

Likewise, One of the FWB150's looked like the visible seal was not good, one of the old beige/tan ones, so sent it in. Resealing, new springs and trigger job was close to a third of what I paid for the gun. Good thing, considering the quality of the gun and new seal material it will probably be around long after I am gone.

 

[Steve Milbocker]

Likewise, One of the FWB150's looked like the visible seal was not good, one of the old beige/tan ones, so sent it in. Resealing, new springs and trigger job was close to a third of what I paid for the gun. Good thing, considering the quality of the gun and new seal material it will probably be around long after I am gone.

Accurate rifles like these are a treasure to me how can you not fix them. Up until I owned the 300s my most accurate rifle was a Cooper model 36. It will shoot cheap Federal 22s under a dime at 50 yards and that wowed the heck out of me. The 300s is even more accurate within appropriate distances and when the seals went bad I felt obligated to save her no matter what!!