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My frustration with the word "custom".
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<blockquote data-quote="Huggy" data-source="post: 2088415" data-attributes="member: 101145"><p>It is all about marketing and the expectation that there is (hopefully) FAR more money to be garnered with a "custom" lable attached as opposed to a Plain Jane gun someone threw a bunch of aftermarket parts at to create something THEY wanted.</p><p>What surprises me is how a "custom" gun assembler (Sigh) now thinks that just because he/she added $200.00 worth of parts to a rack-grade $500.00 rifle someone mystically improves the gun to the tune $1,000.00 or MORE!</p><p>Cheese and RICE!</p><p>What YOU built is what YOU wanted but that Fiiiiine example of a Shootin' Iron is NOTHING but a collection of parts, so get over it and realize you may not get back so much as you put into it.</p><p>Given today's market, you'd be better off listing the gun (with a modest [!!] markup) and the parts for separately in the hopes someone will want the basic platform and maybe the accessories. </p><p>Guns are difficult to come by right now so higher prices can be expected to be paid but NOT some of the astronomical prices being posted. </p><p>ammo is the same deal. </p><p>It cannot (almost) be had for nearly ANY price, either, and the manufacturers have acknowledged it so the best WE, as shooters and reloaders, best buckle up and hold on because it isn't going to get better any time soon.</p><p>I hope to the Good Man Upstairs everyone remembers current events and eventually acquires modest stockpiles of desired ammunition and/or components to ward off the evil spirits the NEXT time it happens.</p><p>Because, mark my words, it WILL happen again!</p><p>And that doesn't even take into account what may happen given the current administration and their stated claims to cut the legs out from under the 2nd Amendment and those "horrible Black Guns" made only to kill so many innocent people. SMDH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Huggy, post: 2088415, member: 101145"] It is all about marketing and the expectation that there is (hopefully) FAR more money to be garnered with a "custom" lable attached as opposed to a Plain Jane gun someone threw a bunch of aftermarket parts at to create something THEY wanted. What surprises me is how a "custom" gun assembler (Sigh) now thinks that just because he/she added $200.00 worth of parts to a rack-grade $500.00 rifle someone mystically improves the gun to the tune $1,000.00 or MORE! Cheese and RICE! What YOU built is what YOU wanted but that Fiiiiine example of a Shootin' Iron is NOTHING but a collection of parts, so get over it and realize you may not get back so much as you put into it. Given today's market, you'd be better off listing the gun (with a modest [!!] markup) and the parts for separately in the hopes someone will want the basic platform and maybe the accessories. Guns are difficult to come by right now so higher prices can be expected to be paid but NOT some of the astronomical prices being posted. ammo is the same deal. It cannot (almost) be had for nearly ANY price, either, and the manufacturers have acknowledged it so the best WE, as shooters and reloaders, best buckle up and hold on because it isn't going to get better any time soon. I hope to the Good Man Upstairs everyone remembers current events and eventually acquires modest stockpiles of desired ammunition and/or components to ward off the evil spirits the NEXT time it happens. Because, mark my words, it WILL happen again! And that doesn't even take into account what may happen given the current administration and their stated claims to cut the legs out from under the 2nd Amendment and those "horrible Black Guns" made only to kill so many innocent people. SMDH [/QUOTE]
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