In a year that everything that is for sale has been sold, those numbers may not mean what we think. I'm not picking on Glock here, Their popularity may be twice what we see and only limited by how many guns were available, or may be inflated because they had more guns on the shelf ready to be sold. The used numbers may lean either way also. Is it that when sellers saw a chance to thin the herd the Glocks went first, or was it consumer demand that brought prices high enough to get those guns back on the market? Or, were they always on the market but had not sold?
I use that data to price guns myself But during panic buying times like these, but for me data that is collected during unstable times is only good during those exact unstable times. Is only a snapshot of what is happening now. not really useful in long term trends.
Just for example, because there is nothing on LGS shelves to be sold I put out several less desirable guns and got sales at 3 to 5 times what they are worth. These were Ring of Fire guns Saturdaynight Specials, Single shot shotguns etc... If you were watching data those guns would normally sit on a shelf for several days or weeks and sell for little or nothing. But because of the panic buying they sold as fast as they were put out and at unheard of prices!
I would not want to use that data as post panic pricing! Or even to show how popular those guns are! DR
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