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Why are custom rifles so Pricey??
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<blockquote data-quote="jeremiahgus" data-source="post: 558701" data-attributes="member: 28638"><p>Hey I just wanted to say a few things to the people who have been commenting on here. I just wanted to indicate that from my view this had 5 pages already. I just wanted to input what I have observed from this. It started off from a person who is a bit perplexed by why the rifles would cost so much when the parts are just a small part of the total cost by his calculations. It (the thread) seemed to have been taken over by a lot of gunsmiths arguing over whether he had been quoted a decent price or not or if they may have been able to offer a better price or not. </p><p>I used to be a mechanic and all my career have listend to stories about how shops rip off consumers and badmouthing that went along with the tv shows. </p><p>I now work a desk job and have been for almost 10 years and most of my coowrkers know that I used to be a professional mechanic. They come to me when they had to take their cars in for reparis and they think the 1200$ bill was to rip them off. WHen I look at it and tell them the that half was for parts and the other half was a reasonable time for the repair they start to calm down. I usually tell them that it would probably take that much time or more to acutally do the job the seem to like it a bit more. People just need to be told they didnt get ripped off. That is it. I think that dodgefreak just wanted to know what the money was going to. on page 4 it seemed like he or she was happy to get info on why they would cost that much and seemed happy to pay the money for one at that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeremiahgus, post: 558701, member: 28638"] Hey I just wanted to say a few things to the people who have been commenting on here. I just wanted to indicate that from my view this had 5 pages already. I just wanted to input what I have observed from this. It started off from a person who is a bit perplexed by why the rifles would cost so much when the parts are just a small part of the total cost by his calculations. It (the thread) seemed to have been taken over by a lot of gunsmiths arguing over whether he had been quoted a decent price or not or if they may have been able to offer a better price or not. I used to be a mechanic and all my career have listend to stories about how shops rip off consumers and badmouthing that went along with the tv shows. I now work a desk job and have been for almost 10 years and most of my coowrkers know that I used to be a professional mechanic. They come to me when they had to take their cars in for reparis and they think the 1200$ bill was to rip them off. WHen I look at it and tell them the that half was for parts and the other half was a reasonable time for the repair they start to calm down. I usually tell them that it would probably take that much time or more to acutally do the job the seem to like it a bit more. People just need to be told they didnt get ripped off. That is it. I think that dodgefreak just wanted to know what the money was going to. on page 4 it seemed like he or she was happy to get info on why they would cost that much and seemed happy to pay the money for one at that point. [/QUOTE]
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