Hold off or buy during these times?

leomort · Mar 18, 2021

Hi everyone!

During this crazy times of everything being out of stock and prices high, I'm debating whether it's better to hold off on buying the Ruger Mk IV Lite that on my wish list. They use to be around $500 now I see Grab-a-gun have them in stock for $650! So by time in add in transfer fee, etc. has me debating hold off on the purchase until things calm down. What are you thought?

Bertfish · Mar 18, 2021

Regardless of the times I would not buy if overpriced unless you had to for some reason

4g64loser · Mar 18, 2021

I say wait unless it is a necessity (like you have no ammo for your chosen carry gun or carbine)

IronDuck · Mar 18, 2021

This is the pessimist in me, and on the negative side but.. I have to ask myself, will the price ever drop to pre-current administration, and social hysteria prices, and or will a new law ban it all together. Personally, if I see what I have on my list and its not way out of line with what I consider a reasonable, I buy.

Michigander08 · Mar 18, 2021

leomort said:
Hi everyone!

During this crazy times of everything being out of stock and prices high, I'm debating whether it's better to hold off on buying the Ruger Mk IV Lite that on my wish list. They use to be around $500 now I see Grab-a-gun have them in stock for $650! So by time in add in transfer fee, etc. has me debating hold off on the purchase until things calm down. What are you thought?

I bought mine at x-ring for $549. I'm a DE resident and pay no sale tax. The question is why are you worrying about 100 bucks difference? If that is bothering you, chances are you won't be able to afford any gun.

Huckleberry · Mar 18, 2021

Is it a Need or a Luxury? With this impending economy that Gropey Joe and Kamaltoe are creating, you might want to bank your money until things settle down.

All hell is about to break loose with Covid, UE, High Inflation and the manufacturing of our current immigration crisis on the border with Illegals given free reign.

And now, the GOP is playing into the immigration stupidity and pork barrel politics with earmarks.

Michigander08 · Mar 18, 2021

Huckleberry said:
Is it a Need or a Luxury?

yeah, it is a luxury if a person already has 45 acp, 9mm, 40 sw, or 357 handgun.

It is a need if that this person has none and that is the only thing he can afford. However, I recalled SW Shield subcompact 9mm can be had for around 300+ bucks. It is around 400+ now. It is better choice vs 22lr due to reliability of the round.

welder516 · Mar 18, 2021

Their may be no tomorrow , if you have the means do it .

trickg · Mar 18, 2021

It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

I'm buying when I can and the price isn't too far outside the lines.

johnkn · Mar 18, 2021

leomort said:
Hi everyone!

During this crazy times of everything being out of stock and prices high, I'm debating whether it's better to hold off on buying the Ruger Mk IV Lite that on my wish list. They use to be around $500 now I see Grab-a-gun have them in stock for $650! So by time in add in transfer fee, etc. has me debating hold off on the purchase until things calm down. What are you thought?

Until things calm down? Wait until they hit $850 then buy.........LOL

CletusBluckner · Mar 18, 2021

Day 2 of posting until I can post an ad

Michigander08 · Mar 18, 2021

CletusBluckner said:
Day 2 of posting until I can post an ad

Instead of doing it this way, you should tell 1 joke per day!

Alan3413 · Mar 18, 2021

It'll be $950 once congress gets really working on gun control

Batt816 · Mar 18, 2021

Michigander08 said:
Instead of doing it this way, you should tell 1 joke per day!

He would be better off picking an argument with someone. Hell there are a few on here that love arguing so much, he would have 50 in an hour! :lol2:

MaxVO2 · Mar 18, 2021

Batt816 said:
He would be better off picking an argument with someone. Hell there are a few on here that love arguing so much, he would have 50 in an hour!

****Truth..

trickg · Mar 18, 2021

CletusBluckner said:
Day 2 of posting until I can post an ad

I never looked at my involvement on this board that way. I had been on the board 5 years before I partook in buying or selling anything through this forum.

budman93 · Mar 18, 2021

CletusBluckner said:
Day 2 of posting until I can post an ad

Are you trying to get banned? :sad20:

joppaj · Mar 18, 2021

CletusBluckner said:
Day 2 of posting until I can post an ad

This is the definition of spam. You're suspended. The next one is a permanent ban.

warmachine · Mar 18, 2021

If you have the funds. Who knows what tommorow will bring

Lucca1 · Mar 18, 2021

leomort said:
Hi everyone!

During this crazy times of everything being out of stock and prices high, I'm debating whether it's better to hold off on buying the Ruger Mk IV Lite that on my wish list. They use to be around $500 now I see Grab-a-gun have them in stock for $650! So by time in add in transfer fee, etc. has me debating hold off on the purchase until things calm down. What are you thought?

If you are already debating the purchase then I would hold off and divert those funds to building a sufficient stock of spare parts and standard/high capacity magazines for the ones that you currently own. If online sales of spare parts are banned, they will become more costly and harder to find, especially for anything C&R.

If you already have, then go for it. The prices will likely come back down as they did after 2013, but it could be years.

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