Posted: 8/9/2007 12:20:00 PM EDT
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im currently in a debate with my brother over newer polymer designs vs older designs that can be had at great deals. one of our current arguments is something like the Steyr M-A1 vs the HK P7 PSP the MSRP on a Steyr is ~$550 while on CDNN you can get german police trade-ins for PSP in 95% or better condition for around $600 he thinks that because the PSP is an older design that its quality is somewhat worse then the new Steyr. when telling him that a new PSP would probably cost over $1000 he responds that price doesnt mean its better. so how do you argue with these type of people? |
You can't reason with people like that. Tell him you got all the good genes, and that hes simply retarded. |
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one of the major arguments i tend to run into is that said people, often have a phobia against used firearms, even if the firearms is in practically new and relatively unfired condition. is a 20 year old firearms bad? because i could take for example the P7 PSP being sold, and probably once the supply of them from CDNN runs out, turn around to a local dealer or on gunbroker and sell if for a 40% profit. or i could take the same amount of money, but a less well engineered firearms like a Steyr M-A1 and most likely only have it depreciate in value. IMO the value of something like the PSP is still very high because people realize that its a very well engineered peice. why else would people spend 1200-1500 on one, in these days when you could get an equally expensive kimber 1911? so if i had my choice between two guns, one at which i can buy at a 50% discount of its MSRP in new condition ( which it practically is) and in the future most likely sell if for a profit if its not to my liking, or a new product that is swamped on the market. this isnt even getting into the aspect of which is a better combat/defense pistol. just on pure economics it seems this one is entirely one sided. negating the "cool" or choice factor. |
I love my PSP, but I wouldn't expect them to appreciate significantly in value. Up until these imports came around, lightly used PSPs could be had for $800-$900. The Germans have traded in close to 17,000 of these pistols. So far, I have seen over 4,000 of them come in through RSR Group (distributor) since June, not to mention whatever volume CDNN has gone through. They're not exactly rare, and I wouldn't expect the value to appreciate much more than $100, if that, over a few years. That is, unless you plan on pulling one of those Gunbroker stunts.... 
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