The Rohrbaugh Forum
Miscellaneous => Classifieds -- For Buying or Selling => Topic started by: BlueC2 on February 09, 2012, 04:30:21 PM
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Great Price for a brand new gun with black CF grips, original Deer Park old English text and a blank warranty card. No relation to seller etc.
I also like the dark gray frame on these older deer parks, compared to the new two tones that have a black frame.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=273106485
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This is a great buy; even at the Buy It Now price.
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Taking into account the economy it is refreshing to see someon asking a realistic decent price for this gun. I always scratch my head when I see the $4400 Rohrbaugh that has been for sale on GB for a few years now. He apparently expects to get over a 250% profit.
Chief
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Chief,
I very much agree with what you said.
Here are my thoughts on the $5k Special Forces (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=273235751):
I'll preface this by saying that these are just my thoughts and I am not a big time collector so please don't get offended by anything I say. (Flame suit on)
I don't see any of the coated editions ever being as collectible as Farmingdales or even some of the factory engraved or limited edition models. I think the coated guns are more about function as a weapon. Yes they only made 24 of the SPF, then they made ~80 Robar, and now they are releasing the Coyote. These are all great guns and I would say they probably even have some mild functional advantage over a regular production R9 but where they have had several different coated editions from a collectability standpoint it just doesn't interest me. The $5k he is asking for the SPF I think is more than the elaborately engraved R1000 went for (correct me if I am wrong), it is a lot more than silver framed Farmies go for, of which there are only 14, more than Elite Premiums go for and those were designed as a limited run and numbered as such. I just don't see it, a very nice carry weapon yes, a high value collector piece, not for me.
-Ryan
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SOLD via buy it now. Hopefully it found a good home with a forum member.
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This was an excellent buy, for sure! :)
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I did not expect that to sell so fast. :-\
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I saw it when it was first listed and was debating buying it now, but at the same time I didn't have an appreciation (understanding) for what it really was, being a newbie and all. Ugh, should have done the buy it now over the weekend. I also didn't know how the warranty registration would go down, since it was obviously old stock - lower s/n, and also since I wasn't buying it from a dealer and all and the warranty card has a field for where it was purchased from.
I have been doing a lot of reading on the forum recently in an attempt to educate myself on all things Rohrbaugh. How come many of the links to old threads do not work - they seem to bring me back to the index page?
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I saw it when it was first listed and was debating buying it now, but at the same time I didn't have an appreciation (understanding) for what it reall was, being a newbie and all. Ugh, should have done the buy it now over the weekend. I also didn't know how the warranty registration would go down, since it was obviously old stock - lower s/n, and also since I wasn't buying it from a dealer and all and the warranty card has a field for where it was purchased from.
I have been doing a lot of reading on the forum recently in an attempt to educate myself on all things Rohrbaugh. How come many of the links to old threads do not work - they seem to bring me back to the index page?
Will. Welcome to the Forum. The Forum's software was recently updated, so the old links are now not the same. The old posts were preserved however now have a different place in the Forum; click on search will help; just put in what you want to look for. Again, welcome.
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As I understand it some of the entire threads were deleted by the O.P. and could be related to this question.
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Will,
With your respect to your question about the warranty. I asked Maria (customer service for Rohrbaugh) about submitting a warranty card even if I did not buy the gun from a dealer. She told me that the warranty goes to whoever sends in the card regardless of where or when they bought it. If you do end up with a used gun without a warranty card more than likely you will be all set as despite what gets talked about here I dont think that many actually make the trip back to the factory. Any slide cracking is taken care of even if you dont have a warranty, and if you need to send the gun in for something else you can buy a lifetime warranty for $150.
-Ryan
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Will, welcome to the group. ;D
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Will,
Also, welcome to the forum! Great group of folks here that are more than willing to help with all questions Rohrbaugh.
-Ryan
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Welcome also. KICKING MYSELF for not buying it this a.m. :'(
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My brother was actually thinking about bidding on it so chances are it would have turned in to a bidding war so the BIN was probably the way to go. I wonder how close the hidden reserve was to the BIN price.
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My brother was actually thinking about bidding on it so chances are it would have turned in to a bidding war so the BIN was probably the way to go. I wonder how close the hidden reserve was to the BIN price.
Ryan. The way I saw it, was a no reserve auction.
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Ken,
I haven't actually done GB auction before so I am still trying to figure out the details of how things work, so if you know please fill me in. Specifically I was trying to figure out if/when the Buy It Now option will disappear once a bid has been placed.
My current understanding is that the seller can configure a "hidden reserve" at which if the bidding reaches that price the Buy it Now option will disappear and the item will just go to whoever is willing to pay the most and in some cases items have sold for a lot more than the BIN was originally. Alternatively, if you want to try and get a deal you want to bid just enough to meet the hidden reserve so someone cant come along and do the buy it now.
If someone has sold something it would be interesting to hear how it works.
-Ryan
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Thanks for the welcome guys. I finally joined a few weeks ago after lurking for some quite some time.
Anyway with reference to the auction (and subject at hand), late last night ( I think it was - or early this AM - can't remember which) there was one bid placed and the buy it now was still showing when I checked. So possibly the next bid is what made it disappear. This was a no reserve auction.
I am new to GB also, which was another reason why I was hesitant to bid. I had confirmed with the seller that they would be transferring it through and FFL local to them, as my FFL stated that sometime people bypass an FFL on the sending side and he would not accept it unless it came from an FFL. I also asked the seller to confirm that they accepted paypal and without any additional fee. The seller only replied to my first question. I replied back asking about the second question but never heard. For me I want to feel confident when purchasing online, and since I only got half of my question emailed I was even moreso hesitant to bid/buy it now. Oh well...
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Ryan. I really haven't heard of what you describe; not that is not the way it could be. I have bought, as in this auction, where some bids were placed, and I bought BIN. Would be interesting to know if there is a hidden reserve.
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I think I figured it out. Basically where this was a no reserve auction that BIN option would have stayed unless someone bid the same or higher as the BIN (only someone very dumb would do this). If there had been a reserve (same as hidden reserve) the BIN option will disappear once that has been met. I was confused and thought that a reserve price and hidden reserve were two different things. It would be very annoying to be bidding with the BIN option still active. Anyway, sorry to get off topic.
Will, there will be more nice Rohrbaughs for sale and taking your time learning about the different variations and figuring out what fits your needs best is something you wont regret. Enjoy the hunt, it is my favorite part.
-Ryan
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Thanks Ryan. Also thanks for info with regards to the warranty card, etc. - very helpful and good to know for next time.