Let me tell you how I got mine. On some of these guns there is no bid. Just "starting price" set by the seller. There is a "buy now" option for about $100 more than opening price. I set my auto bid at exactly what the opening price was. No one else made a bid, so I got it for $1040.00 plus shipping. Gun broker is flooded with these rifles right now, so u should be able to get one fairly easy for less than $1200.