Just like pickup trucks, houses, and groceries. I've seen used trucks for example selling for thousands more than when they were first bought. It's life. Everything costs more now fjb.
If you think prices are high here...go look at other places. 5 boxes of 30-30 ammo selling for over $100 / box. 525rd bulk boxes of .22LR selling for over $100 / box. Not every single auction but a lot of them. Something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Right or wrong, that's...
I'm selling all three of mine for $40 a piece = $120 total. That's what my local gunstore charges for them plus tax. Mine are 33rd mags. Nobody should pay $100 a piece.
Was you ever a noobie? Would you want to be bulked into a negative category unfairly if you were a good noobie? I don't think it is noobie or not. It comes down to you are either a good person that keeps their word or you are a peice of $!-+ that doesn't. I've delt with a few "non-newbies doing...
I am pretty new to this OTD. And I see all the points that have been made. And I can see several perspectives that make sense. However, there is another part of the equation that has not really been mentioned. This would include Bud's Gun Shop examples. That is the way prices are now at times...