maf@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Mark A. Foster) (03/20/91)
From: bbx!therev!maf@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Mark A. Foster) [Note - I don't think this really belongs in rec.hunting, but I'll make one public pass at it. I've directed follow-ups to e-mail. Of course, that doesn't guarantee that the news software lurking out there follows the rules. Mark] In article <383@erb1.engr.wisc.edu>, cbl@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu (Chris Luchini) wrote: > > I do know that the Mini Mark X can be had for $250 out of Gun > List. (call 715 445 2214). I have noticed that there is a larger > and larger difference between the MSRP and the real price as > time goes on. . . any clue as to why? > OK. "HERE, 715 445 2214. C'MON BOY!!!!!!" Damn. Never could get that to work. You wanna give it a try??? The issue of Gun List (out of date!!) I checked out shows one Mini Mark X in .223 for $259 - used. Most of the listings I've looked at in Gun List are for used guns; MSRP is for new. I'd tell you what the RedBook says, but A) I can't find it, and B) It seems to have little bearing on or contact with reality. No flame intended, Chris - I've got nothing against Gun List or used guns. (Which is fortunate, since ALL the guns I own are used, and I've seen some really good prices in Gun List. Oops. I lied. I sold myself a new gun.) As a retailer, I can't get a new Mini Mark X from a distributor at that price, unless I can come up with the cash to buy in 100 or 1000 lots. In fact, I can't even get the barrelled action for that little. I can think of one good reason [hmmm. Make that a rational explanation. I'm not sure I'd call it good or reasonable] for the drift between the MSRP and the actual retail price over time. (It's amazing I can think of ANY reasons, since I have no idea what Universe the manufacturers pull their MSRP's from - certainly not the universe in which I reside. B-) In order to get ANY kind of reasonable price break from a distributor, I have to order a *buncha* guns. My initial resale price for them would start out near the MSRP, as I try to make back the many kilobucks I had to spend to get a decent unit price for the guns. As the guns fail to move out of the store, I start dropping the price as an incentive to customers. (The technical term for this in retailing is 'desperation.') The longer I hold onto the guns, the more it hurts me as a retailer. The only thing that will keep me in business is maintaining an acceptable cash flow - good values in inventory won't pay my rent or my insurance. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark A. Foster -> maf@therev.UUCP -> {backbone}!unmvax!bbx!therev!maf or -> bbx!therev!maf@unmvax.cs.unm.edu National Gun Control - vote NO, vote NOW Call Bush at 202-456-1111, CongressCritters at 202-224-3121 Defeat HR-7, S-257, HR-19, HR-282, HR-436, S-51, HR-750, et al. "Are you so old that you've no childhood? Is your time line so unreal That all of your sunsets come in the morning? Baby, tell me, how do you feel?"