I bought a new MKII about a month ago. It was my first pcp and first air rifle. There had been a few Impacts listed while I was shopping, trying to decide what to buy but the asking prices were all too close to retail, which is what I paid. IMO the Impacts currently in the listings are all priced too high but I've felt that's been true since I started looking months ago and this oddity of used pricing does not seem confined just to FX stuff. I think my MKII is now worth about $1500 to somebody who would be happy with the last of there MKIIs. By the way, that person is probably me so I'll keep it and work on my skills. Perhaps if I was selling I'd ask a bit more than that and be prepared to negotiate down from there but when you actually do need to sell something, cash is king. One thing for sure is that I never saw this gun as an investment except in pleasure for me.
I like the M3 and appreciate that they resisted raising the price too much. . It looks like a great platform and I'd buy one if they make a rifle version of the thing. My Impact II is fun to shoot from a bench but a little 'bony' in the hands although as ya'll know, it's not heavy (my scope is tho'). For me it's more a bench/ambush gun than some kind of generalist but as a neophyte my opinions are subject to immediate and radical change at any time. I'm wet behind the ears but to me used airgun kit seems expensive and the good stuff seems rare, at least in the online classifieds. Certainly that's because good quality new equipment is expensive. But I think just because things are expensive they aren't necessarily investments. Used asking prices here on the forum seem to be too optimistic in general.
Regarding having a change of heart, I don't know the details of this trade but maybe a person should be allowed to change their mind if they become aware of circumstances that make a deal unattractive. Details matter of course and words matter too but that's between buyer and seller in this case. Within reason if a person gets cold feet on a deal, they should probably listen to their own advice. If no goods and money have changed hands, what's the real harm? Nobody has been cheated and the market has spoken. It's fun when when you're shooting it but it's just business when you're selling it. No need to get too annoyed about something that didn't happen.
I like the M3 and appreciate that they resisted raising the price too much. . It looks like a great platform and I'd buy one if they make a rifle version of the thing. My Impact II is fun to shoot from a bench but a little 'bony' in the hands although as ya'll know, it's not heavy (my scope is tho'). For me it's more a bench/ambush gun than some kind of generalist but as a neophyte my opinions are subject to immediate and radical change at any time. I'm wet behind the ears but to me used airgun kit seems expensive and the good stuff seems rare, at least in the online classifieds. Certainly that's because good quality new equipment is expensive. But I think just because things are expensive they aren't necessarily investments. Used asking prices here on the forum seem to be too optimistic in general.
Regarding having a change of heart, I don't know the details of this trade but maybe a person should be allowed to change their mind if they become aware of circumstances that make a deal unattractive. Details matter of course and words matter too but that's between buyer and seller in this case. Within reason if a person gets cold feet on a deal, they should probably listen to their own advice. If no goods and money have changed hands, what's the real harm? Nobody has been cheated and the market has spoken. It's fun when when you're shooting it but it's just business when you're selling it. No need to get too annoyed about something that didn't happen.
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