🙄 USED Gun Prices — Have you gotten USED to them?

[fwbsport]

Oh I forgot to add the AOA used site shows some huge caliber rifle and a lot of old cheap handgun CO2s which to me are worthless in the first place for that many years old. 

But if you spend on a new HW98 you will NEVER regret it.

[Acapulco]

AoA has a lot of old cheap handgun CO2s which to me are worthless in the first place for that many years old.  Quote from above^^^^

Are you talking about the Crosman 150s?? Boy, you don't know what your missing with the vintage guns.

Yes, I remember the FX Tarantula...I own both the Timberwolf and Axsor.

[anti-squirrel]

It is worth EXACTLY what another person is willing to pay for it.  No more, no less.

Say I have a gun that I want $1000 for it, but you only want to pay $900. If I decide to sell it for $900 then YOU determined the "worth", if I decide to NOT sell it for $900 then I determined the "worth", Agree? if you don't agree then why didn't you get the gun for $900?
Buying and selling is a 2 way street, especially when it is something no longer produced.

It is worth exactly what somebody else is willing to pay.

If you  only offer $900 but another person is willing to pay $1000, then the "object" is worth $1000. 

So the bottom line is something's price is always determined by the buyer.  If no buyers deems a $1000 PCP is worth $1000, then the seller must drop the price or go back to storing the PCP. 

People who are willing to spend the money for an ansked price are the ones allowing those asked prices to be what they are.  If nobody buys at the given cost, then the price drops- simple economics.

[BigBird]

I'd say it is a money laundering scheme?  I always wonder of these almost new or unshot ones are provided by vendors to people for service or marketing and then sold off later.  If you are paid in goods you tend not to use them very much as they loose value.  Who buys a non-collectible airgun and doesnt shoot it?  Plenty of these on ebay.

[fwbsport]

I'd say it is a money laundering scheme?  I always wonder of these almost new or unshot ones are provided by vendors to people for service or marketing and then sold off later.  If you are paid in goods you tend not to use them very much as they loose value.  Who buys a non-collectible airgun and doesnt shoot it?  Plenty of these on ebay.

If one buys used one surely knows what one is getting into.........

[Verminstalker]

Cost of manufacture for the new guns can also dictate used gun prices. It's mostly true when it comes to automobiles, new technology makes them more powerful, more fuel efficient, and more creature comforts. But labor costs go up to meet cost of living demands for workers and the cost of materials also rises as resources are consumed. This also applies usually to mechanical items. If the new product cost increases a certain percentage then the cost of an older model will normally retain more value on resale due to the spread in price from new to used. Electronic devices are the opposite, they become obsolete and value drops substantially once the new model is out.

The ball game changes if the particular older product had some highly desirable feature about it that is no longer available or if quality of newer items have gone down. The older model then has the potential to increase in value beyond what it originally cost brand new if the production numbers were small or if very few remain in good working condition.

As far as airguns and related items go, there are times when used items are posted for sale on various sites and may either be overpriced or might be reasonable depending on how the person cared for their gear and whether or not the item description is truthful. Weighing all the factors mentioned I usually tend to pay fairly close to what a seller is asking for something I'm interested in. I always put myself in the seller's shoes when agreeing to a price since no one wants to be insulted with an obvious low ball offer on something they took really good care of and honestly describes any minor flaws during the sale.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Baby Boomers and younger are finding themselves now with disposable income and want to relive their youth.
 Like it or not, Covid 19 forced sales of "Stay at Home / Outdoor sports" through the friggin roof! I could not buy a Kayak this summer to save my arse!!!!
 Then you have the preppers who recently got a stimulus check and about to receive another.
Lastly is the guys who got Christmas money and are willing to bid up to get what they want.
 Perfect storm for airgun sales..... New ones were non existent due to plant closures (Covid) and so used ones get top money.