Old 10-11-2005, 10:55 AM   #1
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Ha! $400 for a Hi-Point?!?!

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

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What is this guy smoking?
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Old 10-11-2005, 12:03 PM   #2
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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.
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Old 10-11-2005, 06:44 PM   #3
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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.
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Old 10-11-2005, 07:10 PM   #4
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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.
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Old 10-11-2005, 07:20 PM   #5
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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.....
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Old 10-11-2005, 09:14 PM   #6
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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?
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Old 10-11-2005, 09:23 PM   #7
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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.
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Old 10-12-2005, 10:02 AM   #8
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As I sit here and snikker I'm accusing myself of being too easily amused :P
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Old 10-12-2005, 02:23 PM   #9
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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.
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Old 10-12-2005, 04:36 PM   #10
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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!
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Old 10-13-2005, 12:45 PM   #11
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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
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Old 10-15-2005, 12:58 PM   #12
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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!
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