Ha! $400 for a Hi-Point?!?!

silentknight · 10-11-2005, 10:55 AM

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=38391277

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The newest and most popular combo on the market

What is this guy smoking?

Big Dog · 10-11-2005, 12:03 PM

Take one $130 pistol, add one $3 rattle can of green paint - "voila!" A 'one of a kind' collector item! Cool.

Sad thing is, some fool will buy it.

troylaplante · 10-11-2005, 06:44 PM

Of course his description is bogus. Look at what he called the orange three dot sights..."bright orange nite sights". He also said, "light wgt., very accurate, great conceal carry". Accurate, yes. Light weight and great CCW...no.

ash · 10-11-2005, 07:10 PM

I wan't some of what he's smoking! Or baybe he just inhaled a little to much paint in his lame attempt to pretty up the gun.

Calvin · 10-11-2005, 07:20 PM

BD is right- someone will buy it because either they honestly don't know better or they have WAY too much time/money to burn.
Hey, a buddy of mine just sold a 1985 penny he pulled out of a suspects pocket for $1.50 on Ebay just a few minutes ago! Nothing at all special about the penny, but someone did buy it.....

SPOCAHP ANAR · 10-11-2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by troylaplante

bright orange nite sights".

Now Troy, be fair. He might have gone out and bought a $0.99 can of glow in the dark orange paint.

But you do have to admit; it does look better?

troylaplante · 10-11-2005, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SPOCAHP ANAR

Now Troy, be fair. He might have gone out and bought a $0.99 can of glow in the dark orange paint.

But you do have to admit; it does look better?

The Hi-Point does already have orange dots, maybe he could have been inventive enough to get some Testors glow in the dark paint. Yeah, right.

The old P.T. Barnum concept at work.

I dunno, amigo, I think it looks hideous with the green.

MAX7.62 · 10-12-2005, 10:02 AM

As I sit here and snikker I'm accusing myself of being too easily amused :P

Troy · 10-12-2005, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by troylaplante

I dunno, amigo, I think it looks hideous with the green.

i agree it looks awful. i also agree that for sure someone will buy it. if you wait long enough you will find the person willing to pay what you are asking for whatever you are selling.

ruger22com · 10-12-2005, 04:36 PM

Wow! Now when I go to a gun show and sell them for $160, I can tell the buyers they go for $400 on gunbroker!
Geee Thanks Gunbroker!
Bob

Uncle Red · 10-13-2005, 12:45 PM

At the bottom of the page this yahoo's other auctions are listed and among them are the exact same gun (except w/ a black grip frame) listed at the LOW, LOW price of only $99!! A $300 paint job??? I'm in the wrong line of work!! -UR

SPOCAHP ANAR · 10-15-2005, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ruger22com

Wow! Now when I go to a gun show and sell them for $160, I can tell the buyers they go for $400 on gunbroker!
Geee Thanks Gunbroker!
Bob

There's always a bright side isn't there BOB?

10-11-2005, 12:03 PM	#2
Big Dog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 12,920	Take one $130 pistol, add one $3 rattle can of green paint - "voila!" A 'one of a kind' collector item! Cool. Sad thing is, some fool will buy it. __________________ "A bold spirit embiggens the smallest man!" Jebediah Springfield

10-12-2005, 10:02 AM	#8
MAX7.62 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Classified Posts: 934	As I sit here and snikker I'm accusing myself of being too easily amused :P __________________ The Second Amendment, it ain't about DUCK HUNTING! I feel more like I do now that I did when I first got here!

10-12-2005, 04:36 PM	#10
ruger22com Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mobile Alabama Posts: 757	Wow! Now when I go to a gun show and sell them for $160, I can tell the buyers they go for $400 on gunbroker! Geee Thanks Gunbroker! Bob __________________ Visit CheapGunParts.com today! Over 150 10/22 accessories!

10-13-2005, 12:45 PM	#11
Uncle Red Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 630	At the bottom of the page this yahoo's other auctions are listed and among them are the exact same gun (except w/ a black grip frame) listed at the LOW, LOW price of only $99!! A $300 paint job??? I'm in the wrong line of work!! -UR __________________ "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"--Amendment II, Bill of Rights "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."--Thomas Paine "He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one." - Jesus, Luke 22:36

10-11-2005, 06:44 PM	#3
troylaplante Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Selma, NC Posts: 2,220	Of course his description is bogus. Look at what he called the orange three dot sights..."bright orange nite sights". He also said, "light wgt., very accurate, great conceal carry". Accurate, yes. Light weight and great CCW...no.

10-11-2005, 07:10 PM	#4
ash Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: En route Posts: 930 Images: 3	I wan't some of what he's smoking! Or baybe he just inhaled a little to much paint in his lame attempt to pretty up the gun.

10-11-2005, 07:20 PM	#5
Calvin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,072	BD is right- someone will buy it because either they honestly don't know better or they have WAY too much time/money to burn. Hey, a buddy of mine just sold a 1985 penny he pulled out of a suspects pocket for $1.50 on Ebay just a few minutes ago! Nothing at all special about the penny, but someone did buy it.....