Over $900 for a GP100NIB???????

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I was not saying the person is scamming people because the price is reached $900, I was just wondering if "someone" was bidding the price up on behalf of the seller like others have suggested. I find it hard to believe that many bidders are just missing the GPs that are selling for $200-350 less than that one.
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"Shill bidding" is a possibility, but it's a risk for the seller, because if one if his "shills" pushes it too far and ends up being the winning bidder, then the seller has just wasted his time. Plus, wouldn't the seller still be responsible for the listing fees? (I don't know if GB charges fees to the seller, but I imagine they do).
 
FUD you!...

My cousin explained to me the FUD principle; Fear Uncertainty Doubt. :(

It's lame but as the other enlightened forum members & "old salts" know, it will all cool down in a few months.

Clyde
 
Greed is, and has been the driving force of civilizations. It won't change any time soon. Build a bridge and get over it. Buy, or don't buy, but accept the givens and move on.
 
If you knew you could get another one now would be the time to sell, the problem is that no one knows. I'm for sure not buying anything at today's prices but I'm not selling either.
 
A quality revolver is a pretty safe bet for a citizen who just figured out they might want to buy a gun while they still have that option. It isn't a "high capacity semi-automatic weapon of war," and the gun grabbers haven't been able to identify it's inherently evil quality just yet. If they try to outlaw guns, then they might, but one can reasonably expect revolvers to be legal as long as guns are. I am an instructor, and I am getting a lot of new shooters. They almost all seem to be picking revolvers for their one and only handgun. If that is going on all over, that has to be driving prices up.
 
My last purchase was a 22/45 for pretty much what you'd expect to pay before all the nonsense. I would have never paid the prices I've seen recently, no matter how bad I wanted it.
 
The best way to proceed, in my opinion, is not to make any hasty buying decisions.

I realize that supplies are tight all over the place at this time, with some people fooled into believing that if they don't "jump on it", they may never get another chance, or have to wait for months for store shelves to be restocked.

I am also interested in getting a GP100, 6" SS model, but refuse to play the game as far as the current prices being demanded for them is concerned.

Once the dust settles from the proposed AWB bill, which will likely not get past the full senate, this madness will stop.
 
I feel everyone's pain

I have been in the market for a 6" Smith and Wesson 617 and there are none to be had within 80 miles of me so I have been looking online. I figured I would luck out and get one at or a little below MSRP of $829 after shipping and transfer fees but with everyone going brain dead and totally bat**** crazy like this I guess I will just have to cool it for a bit:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=332140869
I realize I should not expect a great deal with the current conditions but this is ridiculous! the 617 has been on my list to buy for a long time and I have saved a bit and got my income tax refund burning a hole in my pocket. I refuse to pay these prices as I have NEVER paid full MSRP for any firearm, including the other 3 Smiths I own. It'll cool down eventually and I will just have to be content to shoot what I already own even though it still ticks me off.
 
Turners had a new GP100 SS 6" for (I think it was) $649. $50 more than I paid two years ago for the exact same gun, so not too bad.
 
I think the people complaining about high prices are mostly people who want to buy something cheap and flip it for a profit.

I sold all the guns I didn't want when I decided I didn't want them. Anything I am selling now I want and will replace down the road. If someone wants to pay 2-3 times what I bought it for they can have it. I'll calmly wait a year and buy one again. If they don't want to pay multiples of what I paid they can look elsewhere. Some people call this a "free market."

Why should a dealer sell something for $600 so the buyer can turn around and sell it on gunbroker?
Why should a manufacturer sell it for old price when the dealer is going to charge an extra $500?
 
That is a simply amazing price. Fear will make people do greedy, and stupid things. Those prices will eventually break and return to normal.
 
I hope so. In the meantime I have bought 2 Nagant revolvers for less than $250.00 total in the last 2 months. It's not a Ruger but I have owned 3 of them and I find them nothing special. I sold all of them because of that. I think they are over hyped. Been there, done that, yawn.
 
And that is one of the reasons why I don't buy my guns on-line. Two weeks ago I picked up a very nice pre -war Colt Official Police for $400.00. The dealer did have $450.00, but he dropped down to $400.00. Now I know that much of what is going on is regional, but the Internet doesn't seem like a good place to buy guns right now.
 
In a country that votes for Democrats, makes the Kardashians and Honey Boo Boo famous, is it any wonder that gun sellers see "low-hanging fruit" to sell to? Is it any wonder that these clueless buyers will bid far more for a firearm than it's worth? I wonder what the next insult to common sense will look like?
 
The chance for new gun legislation on the national level is zero.

Unfortunately, at least for anyone wanting to buy a gun at the present time, some of the public thinks new draconian legislation is imminent. As long as the media talks about it crazy prices will prevail. This is all going to go away in a year or two, maybe sooner.
 
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