I challenge you to ‘splain this one to me!

[gregintenn]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/925161550

Edited March 8, 2022 by gregintenn

[KahrMan]

He will not get paid. I bet that gets relished in a week. 

[gregintenn]

Somebody was bidding against the winner.

I guess I’m out on gunbroker.

[Moped]

I think KahrMan is right.

[gregintenn]

I’m beginning to think that site is a money laundering operation. I wish I had a better opinion of mankind.

[hipower]

4 hours ago, gregintenn said:

I’m beginning to think that site is a money laundering operation. I wish I had a better opinion of mankind.

A single man can sometimes be good. Mankind as a whole sucks.

[Mowgli Terry]

I'd bet alcohol in the evening hours may have lubricated this deal. A NOS condition rifle does not have mud in the screw holes in the but plate. This will make a colossal case of buyers remorse. 

[Handsome Rob]

I still don't understand how Chinese SKSs are selling for a grand. That 336 price is well above my mental pay grade!

[TripleGGG]

Oh my, I need to get some of mine listed. 

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, Handsome Rob said:

I still don't understand how Chinese SKSs are selling for a grand. That 336 price is well above my mental pay grade!

I hadn't seen that. wOw!

[Moped]

2 hours ago, Handsome Rob said:

I still don't understand how Chinese SKSs are selling for a grand. That 336 price is well above my mental pay grade!

Cause people are idiots.  You can get one at Bud's for $399 right now.

[gregintenn]

Looks to me like this was a legitimate buyer. I’m seeing more and more things I simply do not understand.

[KahrMan]

8 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

Looks to me like this was a legitimate buyer. I’m seeing more and more things I simply do not understand.

You may be correct.  I was going through the things he has bought on Gunbroker and all I can say is wow.  That dude has spent some money.  He has bought a lot from very reputable sellers.  He may be one of those guys that has more money than he will ever spend and just buys whatever he wants no matter the cost.

 

Edited March 8, 2022 by KahrMan

[MP5_Rizzo]

10 minutes ago, KahrMan said:

That dude has spent some money.  He has bought a lot from very reputable sellers.

The seller in this transaction doesn't appear to be a slacker either. He's moved some guns over the years.

[Ronald_55]

2 hours ago, KahrMan said:

You may be correct.  I was going through the things he has bought on Gunbroker and all I can say is wow.  That dude has spent some money.  He has bought a lot from very reputable sellers.  He may be one of those guys that has more money than he will ever spend and just buys whatever he wants no matter the cost.

 

Well for some of this stuff, they are not gonna make any more.... Just gets harder to get good examples at a decent price every year. 

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, Ronald_55 said:

Well for some of this stuff, they are not gonna make any more.... Just gets harder to get good examples at a decent price every year. 

Right, but a 336 Marlin may well be the most common firearm in America. There will be millions of them stuck back in closets unused since new.

[Ronald_55]

20 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

Right, but a 336 Marlin may well be the most common firearm in America. There will be millions of them stuck back in closets unused since new.

I honestly did not dig too deep into that item.

Well there is always my other theory of stuff like this... money laundering. Same for crazy prices stuff on eBay. 

[Handsome Rob]

4 hours ago, KahrMan said:

You may be correct.  I was going through the things he has bought on Gunbroker and all I can say is wow.  That dude has spent some money.  He has bought a lot from very reputable sellers.  He may be one of those guys that has more money than he will ever spend and just buys whatever he wants no matter the cost.

 

It.... it was you, wasn't it Bill?

[gregintenn]

7 minutes ago, Ronald_55 said:

I honestly did not dig too deep into that item.

Well there is always my other theory of stuff like this... money laundering. Same for crazy prices stuff on eBay. 

That’s all I can figure.

[KahrMan]

30 minutes ago, Handsome Rob said:

It.... it was you, wasn't it Bill?

Please, my tastes are a little more high end than that common 10k Marlin.  

 

[Flinglead]

I don't think it can be explained. 

This buyer has spent over 70k...just since the beginning of the year on gbroker...WOW!

[DurtyHarry]

Wished I had about 500 of those and could get that for them,,,lol

[10-Ring]

I understand being able to find one person that could be convinced that this is a $10k gun because what a single person is capable of never really ceases to amaze me.  But to find multiple people who continued to bid after the price of this gun was well above "market value" is what blows my mind.  But then again I need not to have to look back further than the 2020 presidential election to find large groups of people making poor choices.  

[jeff43]

I know this is the long gun section , but this is on the same topic I guess. I thought it was interesting since I have one.

[No_0ne]

3 hours ago, jeff43 said:

I know this is the long gun section , but this is on the same topic I guess. I thought it was interesting since I have one.

Do you have one that's NIB, with the original box in mint condition as well?  Although I don't play in these circles, often times the box is a really big deal with collectors of mint guns, sometimes worth as much as the gun itself, seemingly.  It's not my cup of tea, but each to his own ...

I'm sure there are people here who would be shocked at what I, and especially others who are more well-heeled than I, have paid for some beat up old milsurps too ...