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Ive been watchin this a bit... I'm an old gun collector myself... When it comes to gently used, lovingly cared for guns; it all depends on the " willing buyer - willing seller " relationship. Gunbroker, nor any other source of info can't tell ya anything other than ballpark numbers on used firearms. It all hinges on the buyer-seller thing. Some folks like Smiths, and will give a premium for em. Some folks like Colts and will give a premium for em. It all depends on the buyer n seller. Ya can find out about glocks, sigs, CZs and the other soulless junk on gunbroker... Ya need to go other places for " real " collectable pricing... My favorite place is Cherry's Fine Guns. They are a great place to start the hunt. Thus endeth the lesson. leroy

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Something a little different for the SD (and Johnny Cash) fans...

Always a good idea. I have found many companies or individuals will price something incorrectly and then just stop going or stop doing quality work hoping the customer goes away. My in-laws have experienced this. They had a very good reputable guy who started doing it after I told them I didn't want any part of it anymore. I recommended him. They let him go to save $10 a cut and the new guy just stopped showing up except for when he was hurting for money. The customers he acquired after them he quoted them more and will now their yards no matter what. You honestly get what you pay for. It sounds strange but most people understand this. I found that when pricing a yard most people were ok letting you price it for a one time service to get an accurate feel for what it will take. Example: John Doe stops me and asks what it would cost. I would walk around and ask what they were paying their last guy and who it was. There were red flags I looked for. If company abc was doing it, and they aren’t happy, I know me and this customer will never work out. If company xyz is mowing it they are looking for the absolute cheapest price. I will tell the customer I am happy to cut it today for the $60 he was paying his last guy if I believe it’s a reasonable price. If I think I can save him some money I will know after the first cut. Truthfully, five or even ten dollars isn’t going to make or break anything. I have found the ones you price too cheap you will pay dearly for. They will be the first to owe you for several months or move and not pay you. Those that you mess up and price a little too high are hardly never late and never seem to bug you or blame you for something you didn’t do.

I will not talk you out of it. I would do it again before I starved. Some things you probably haven’t thought about. It’s hard to collect payments out of people, and when they pay late it messes up your whole scheduling. If I collected every dime I was ever owed I would still be in business. Three or four days of rain will get you weeks behind with people saying if you can’t get here today I will get someone else. Probably the third biggest gripe is broken and stolen equipment. I have pulled up on a lawn and had my blower missing; I have no clue to this day what happened to it. I have been in the back corner of a huge lawn and had my front caster on the walk behind break; just a fluke. Talk about a messed up day. Some customers want one company to do every task and it isn’t worth you getting licensed for pesticides, buying every piece of equipment for pruning, and learning about irrigation. The things you have probably thought about and are an issue. People undercutting you. My average lawn was probably $40 but the guy next door will do it for $30 and he probably can and make money too. People pop up every day and do it for a year pricing everything at $30. They last a year, exhaust themselves, wear out their equipment, and two new under-cutters pop up to replace them. Everyone wants to know why you want $40, but they won’t listen to their own gripes about the guy that don’t care doing it for $30. Don’t anticipate finding good help. People making $10 per hour without any benefits will leave you high and dry. I drove across town to pick a guy up to work for the day and he said, “I will not have to work this week because my brother’s student loan check came in.” However, I have had days where everything went right and made money.

love people that don't sit around and wait for someone to help them out!

Virginia should secede from NoVa and rejoin West Virginia as I am told is legally acceptable in their State Constitution and let the greater Washington DC metro become one state. In fact, maybe they can just expand District of Columbia to include NoVA and they can have their happy little socialist police state led by their former Klansman Governor. https://wset.com/news/local/vexit-west-virginia-extends-158-year-old-invitation-for-va-localities-to-join-state

No way I'd let some uninsured friend cut trees that are already close to the house. Some jobs are best done by pros.

My name is Ryan, I am a Firefighter/Paramedic coming in from . . . . . . . . . . . California (shamed to say). Don’t worry, I never had that mentality, nor will I be bringing any glimmer of it with me. I am moving to TN (Spring Hill area) for my family, to raise them up the right way. I already have my carry permit as it was the first thing I did. I enjoy shooting 3-gun and other pistol competitions as I like the challenge to add stress to shooting scenarios. I also reload. Hopefully, I get the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of hunting as that is a skill that I have not had the opportunity to learn and then pass down to my children. Thanks for having me, I do hope to learn a lot then pass the knowledge to others. I sure am excited to shoot without having to modify my weapons to make it CA compliant.

Hey my name is Ben, 27 y/o , I’m originally from Israel but live in the US for 5 years now! I love shooting & I own 4 gun SW MP9 SW MP15 - AR pistol IWI Jericho 9MM IWI Galil Ace 7.62x39 Pistol Let’s be friends

What rifle

Me too Brother..! Got a pile of em of several flavors... They are like a hammer or handsaw ta me... Useful, but utilitarian n expendable... HEHEHE... Smiths, Colts, n Rugers are where its at..! The " soulless " stuff needs usin too... HEHEHE... Hammerin leroy..,

Exactly. Or it will get you an offer. Also, it’s not unusual to see a range like $400-$600 or $800-$1200 for the same gun, in the same condition. Condition is a big factor. Another forum member and I were talking about a gun that was described as “excellent” that was anything but. That’s why unless it’s a current gun that’s “like new” I try to use quality pictures. Just because a gun old, doesn’t mean it can be in crappy condition and passed off as “excellent” because of its age. I was a very good-looking young man, but no one describes me as “very good looking for his age”. If you have a guy that wants a blue S&W Model 19 because that’s the gun he carried when he first became a cop, or a Model 15 because that’s what he carried as an MP, he’s going to value that at a value higher than most forum members would be willing to pay. If you have a guy trying to pass off a 686 Post lock for $800 because that’s what pre-locks are bringing, he may get it if he finds someone that doesn’t know that is more than new, and the prices he is checking it against are pre-locks. I figure that if my gun doesn’t sell within 2 weeks on here; my price is too high. So, I pull them or reduce my price. GB adds a lot of cost with shipping and transfers. Not much was selling prior to this virus, it was a real buyers’ market.

She said she built that web site in a couple days. She is quite talented. I hope this works so she can stay on her feet.

It should not be assumed to be a false negative. It is all in the context of the situation. Rarely do we (humans) make a decision based on a single point of information. The test is just one point of information. Symptoms, disease activity in the area, timing, and yes our own experiences all combine to form a picture. Do we get the picture wrong sometimes? Absolutely! However, when you see this number of deaths congregated, most likely you have a common cause. Have some of these deaths been from something other than covid. Probably. “Tens of thousands” is highly unlikely. Stay safe. A high percentage of us on here (older, male, other medical issues) are at greatest risk with this thing.

I agree with DaveTN. Like I posted previously, the 9 is worth more but most would just assume have a 357. IT may be a Ruger Revolver collector that will pay the most. It’s not collector grade, in fact far from it, but it’s a 9mm which the collectors like. Most collectors want NIB. Many do like shooter grade. The average gun buyer and shooter will prefer the Speed Six in 357. Now the 9mm is les scommon and really worth more but the 357 or 38 sells faster and for even less money. I see it bringing $600 on Gunbroker very easily. I see 500 very easily as a private party sale on this forum or armslist.

Once again, I wouldn’t talk anyone out of it. I did it because I grew up around it and studied horticulture in school. My dad did it and actually still does turf grass treatments. If you have a low stress job making more then $35k a year with benefits I would not mow full-time. For some people it makes sense. Like if they really want a justification to have a nice truck and they already need a good commercial mower for their own lawn. If I didn’t have a desire for the truck or already need a 48 or 60 inch mower for my own lawn I would deliver pizzas and make more money. Speaking of which get ready for the 18 or 19 yo something who’s mommy and daddy bought them a new truck and new equipment to go out and compete with you. You know, the store bought rednecks. He gets to keep all the earnings for profit. These guys last two summers and get a real job or disappear.

Narrator on the vid: "Why did he come by himself? He should have brought backup" Me: "Officer RuffNStuff looks like pretty good backup."

Cop: * gets punched in the face * Cop: F this. Release the hounds!

Treated for minor dog bite. I thought the dog was going to tear his arm off

Welcome to TGO and TN

Love the T-3

Most will aim for $35-40 per man hour labor for mow, trim, and blow. That is assuming it’s a legitimate business. Understand that may vary depending on location to other jobs and or difficulty of lawn. I once had a lawn in the middle of three other stops that it just made sense to do it for the same $50 as the other three despite it being bigger; it just worked logistically. I had a much smaller lawn across town that would have cost me to mow for $50. You will make the most money off of other projects they ask you to do. Why you ask?

Welcome neighbor! Nashville Armory (Southwinds Dr maybe) in Franklin and in Nashville (off Kenilwood?) get most of my money. There is another shop in Franklin that shall remain nameless but is nice for window shopping. There are a couple in Columbia south of us by a few miles also, Ted's and Kings.

It all depends if I am buying it from you or selling it to you...

If you post here what you're interested in valuing, we could take a crack at it. A million monkeys, with a million type writers, and 30 seconds. We'll get you numbers, for sure! Seriously though, you could also call your local shops and see if they'd be willing to help you out with finding a reasonable valuation.

What he said^^^

What’s the saying we love to employ around here for when folks are looking at buying stuff and thinking about cheating out on gun parts? Buy once, cry once. Tree removal is a job for the professionals, and the professionals only.

I would generally agree with this statement but there is a small flaw in it. The way our political parties work, they reward extremism and employee purity tests. The country isn’t split evenly between Republicans and Democrats. You increasingly have the Republicans on one end, the Democrats on the other, and then a whole mess of folks bigger than either of those other two groups stuck in the middle. It wouldn’t be completely out of the realm of possibilities for the right person to come in and gather up those people under the umbrella of “those other folks are bloody lunatics!”

That is the first thing that came to my mind also.

busted a gut in this one, soulless junk Yes I do have a few pieces of " soulless junk" but it is my junk and I know what it is worth.

Gunbroker may be the favored market value standard, BUT it depends on if/where you plan to list and sell them, or if you just want insurance values. If its non sale valuation, GB all day long. But if you plan to sell, where and what it is determines how you'll do compared to GB value. Unless its very desirable, rare, or hard to come by, generally you tend to only get GB values when selling on GB. Listing locally or an online forum, you will likely mean a modest discount factor like the mentioned blue book. Online forum folks tend to be....shall we say... cheap bargain hunters

Those suits were more likely inflated by a diet of beans, rice and canned chili.

The higher pressure inside the suit would actually keep contamination out. If the air used to fill it was properly filtered, it would work.

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