Comments on: The Gun Buyback May Not Come Back

By: Pertzborn Fox 2

Pertzborn Fox 2 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:43:31 +0000

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By: Sarah Anne

Sarah Anne — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:30:55 +0000

They’re only buying them back so they can insert those super technology chips that make it so crinimals can’t use guns.

By: David Stokes

David Stokes — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:52:35 +0000

There is absolutely a way to get more than breakeven money for your guns thanks to the buyback. Let’s say you bought a Walmartk shotgun a decade or so back for $100, which is the low end of the price range. Now let’s say you went hunting a lot, shot skeet a lot, and didn’t clean or maintain the gun quite as much or as well as you should have – good enough for it to be safe and workable, but not enough to be in good condition. Well, over time, that gun is going to be worth less than $50. But even though the market says it may be worth $30, now you can get %50 for it.

And your last comments are funny and true. Studies have shown that a significant number of guns gotten in buybacks are extremely old or broken.

By: vroman

vroman — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:55:06 +0000

“The department had been planning to pay $50 for revolvers and shotguns and $100 for “assault-style” weapons.”

so in other words, unless you stole the gun, theres no possible way this is breakeven money for you.
however there is a longshot arbitrage opportunity here, if mosin nagants can somehow be classified as “assault-style”, you can pick them up for ~$80. I wonder what slpd would think if you rolled up w a pickup bed overflowing w WWI rifles.