Most ridiculous mark up you've seen?

Back in 1994 i listened to a dealer at a show, push his wares,telling us of the politicians who wanted to take it all away from us.I asked him if he knew the difference between him and the politicians?He was the one across the table trying to get $77.00 for a M9 mag instead of the $7 from the month before.
 
A few years ago, a Gander Mountain near me had a Ruger MK II, NRA endowment edition (with the white grips), no box or papers AFAIK. The gun had some white crayon or something like it rubbed into the rollmarks. The price $599.00. :eek: :rolleyes:

I had bought one for my wife, NIB, from the very same store, not two months before, for $219.00. :D
 
The most extreme one I've seen was a Phoenix .25ACP pistol selling for $450. The guy claimed it was bought during the early 09' craze and that's the only price they could sell it for and still make any money back for it. But even in those days, much better guns were available for much less, so I am thinking they were trying to scam in the uninformed.
 
Seen or paid?

I bought a Ruger LCP for $330, which was $10 over MSRP during a Ruger factory rep sale. It was when they first came out and you couldn't find one and I knew I was paying too much but damn I wanted it.

I don't regret buying it either. Great little gun.
 
Since my last post was a duplicate of the first reply, which I somehow missed...

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Back about 03-before the big jumps in ammo prices.

Treeible WM --Blazer 45acp- just under $10. Lots of discussion about shopping at the Ma/Pa places so I stopped on the way home..

$24.95 from Pa. I continued shooting from WM.
 
Gander...a marked down box of 9mm Remington fmj. $48! I have bought these for $10. The guy at the counter could not explain or admit a greivous error.
 
I actually paid $26 for a 50 round box of 9mm target ammo sometime around '08. The range I used to belong to charged you after you shot and they failed to mention they had raised prices $13 a box since trhe last time I had been there.

Left such a bad taste in my mouth I never went back.
 
Wrong again dude. The forum rules stipulate the thread must pertain to firearms. Not that each individual post must be gun related.
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"A place for general discussion and Member hob-nobbing. Posts must be Firearms related."

Try again.
 
Three things come to mind:

1) The great .380 drought when cheap practice FMJ was selling for over $1 per round. I don't own a .380 so I don't know if this has ended yet.

2) The great primer scare of 2008-2009

3) The great semi-auto scare of 2008-2009.

Seriously people, you didn't learn the lesson from between 1994-2004? As soon as the AWB sunsetted I bought a gazillion full capacity mags for every gun I own, and a couple of AR's with evil flash hiders and bayonet lugs. We had four good years to save our pennies and learn from the past, but once the Barackalypse came AR's were right back up to selling briskly at preban prices.

Buy it now if you think you'll ever need it. Buy it now.

Seriously-buy it now.
 
They must of thought that sp2022 was a steel sig. I want to get one but I thought $508 was too much, so I'll be shopping around. But over $800? I feel lucky now. I've seen them online for $360
 
The cost of 380 ammo everywhere.

The only things that make me madder are Exxon,bankers and congressmen.

At least I can choose to not deal with the 380 ammo and I won't ever pay those robbery price hikes for it.

Someone at the 380 ammo factory must be smoking crack.
 
I saw a FEG PA-63 for sale at a local pawn shop the other day for $259. One mag, no holster, 60% condition on the finish and the guy proceeded to tell me how rare they are. I pulled out my Driod and proved him wrong, he wasn't thrilled.$175 all day long with extras in much better shape and he was offended with my $150 offer.
 
Everything at Gander Mountain or Bass Pro. Every new firearm I've seen there is at minimum $100 higher than any local gunshop. Sometimes it's much higher than that. Their ammo prices are equally ridiculous. I fail to grasp how they sell anything. Try trading anything in there and hilarity ensues when they offer you a hundred bucks for a $400 dollar rifle. It's a joke.
 
"A place for general discussion and Member hob-nobbing. Posts must be Firearms related."

Try again.
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That one was not firearms related.



After the 1994 ban, all magazines that held more than ten rounds were selling for absurd prices. People still bought them.

2008, prices went through the roof again on anything firearms related. People still bought them.

Just like the housing market, prices eventually come back in to line and the people that did the panic buying are stuck. Buyers should know what they are buying.
 
There's a guy with a used Glock 19 on a certain AR-related forum that's asking $900....plus shipping. It's stock with 2 magazines.
 
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