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why are shockers so hard to sell

Jacko

On the prowl again
Sep 16, 2005
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well, you are trying to sell a ND shocker which im sure you paid £500-700 pounds for dependin on the Xchange rate, SP has far too many PL version of there guns, some they own the rights to, some they dont, and the ones they do have just dropped in price from $1000-$1200 to $800. Therefor your gun is now worth £400 new. I was trying to sell my NXT which hasnt dropped in price, and mine is only £50 less new than a PL Shocker. So all those sites that sell shockers will soon be lowering the price and srewing over all the people who paid a lot more money only a short while ago. I would say the max you could get for you gun is around the £375 mark, whereas i would probably get the same for a stock NXT with a qlock. It depends how much you want to lose and how much you want to sell the gun. Remember some guns lose 30% of there value straight away, EGo7's going for £500 is sign, though this could be in prempt of the new releases of the guns in october at world cup.
that is going on the us doller,if you look on smart parts europe the nd shocker is still going for over £600.and i think i have the only one on here,
so its not like the second hand market has been flooded by them.
 

ION_CRAZY

Upgrade your Game
Jul 11, 2005
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In regards to Dusty, what i paid for my gun with the ups, £400 is a 30% hit actually.

Jacko, yeh you are right. I think a lot of people, including myself, look at the USA prices first. Though genrally shockers are a funny thing, an NXT went on here for over £350 for just havin a qlock and freak kit, yet there was an Evil shocker that went for £350 with a ton of ups, so i think if you hold out you will find a buyer.
 

Lucky

Platinum Member
Sep 1, 2004
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Simple!
Regardless of what anyone think's it's just that there are so many great guns for sale that a lot are not being sold.
This goes back to the lack of new players entering the game and therefore hoovering up all the s/h markers.
No new players, no balance in the sales hierarchy.
Besides what does the 07 do, that the 06,05,04 didn't....so why change?
 

mikey601

F orum Battle Organiser
Nov 23, 2005
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Simple as UK buyers are either full of s**t or so tight they even give the Scottish a run for their money.

Lets stay on topic of shockers.

If i put my Hybrid Shocker up for sale here in the UK, id be lucky to get £300-400.

Sell it in the states and i could be looking @ £500 plus.

If you wont to sell a high end gun, quickly and with no hassle go sell it on the Swedish boards.

Oh sh!t did i just let one of my secrets out the bag ;)
 

Jacko

On the prowl again
Sep 16, 2005
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Simple as UK buyers are either full of s**t or so tight they even give the Scottish a run for their money.

Lets stay on topic of shockers.

If i put my Hybrid Shocker up for sale here in the UK, id be lucky to get £300-400.

Sell it in the states and i could be looking @ £500 plus.

If you wont to sell a high end gun, quickly and with no hassle go sell it on the Swedish boards.

Oh sh!t did i just let one of my secrets out the bag ;)
i wouldnt know where to start buddy.
 

HUSH HUSH

Menace2Society
Feb 11, 2005
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I think it’s not Shockers but all markers in general. So many people on here buy a new marker like it’s their weekly food shop and then sell on their previous marker.
There is a very limited second hand market at the moment and brand new markers are getting cheaper by the minute.

My advice is buy something your going to be happy with and stick with it for a couple of years. Then if you choose to sell it you can expect a stupidly low ball offer.
There are so many fully upgraded Ions out there that a newbie can pick up for silly money and compete straight away, don’t get me wrong I would rather the ND shocker over and Ion but some people cant afford the prices asked for.