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Miscellaneous => Classifieds -- For Buying or Selling => Topic started by: STAINED-STEEL on February 06, 2011, 05:11:20 PM

Title: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: STAINED-STEEL on February 06, 2011, 05:11:20 PM
I would like to apologize to the forum for not replying with haste concerning the sale of the three ELITES. We suffered the loss of a loved one and it has been difficult to be near the computer. I AM NOT FROM READING, PA and I have only one screen name. I have never sold on gunbroker or any other site. I purchased these ELITES as investment pieces. My listing is legit and there is no funny business going on. I can provide phone number and more pics to serious buyers if necessary.
** Serious buyers please PM **

Three for sale- Will divide- Never fired- blank warranty cards- still the way they were shipped to me-new in box with all the standard included items. These pieces are exquisite works of art and ingenuity.

** PRICE $2500 each **



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Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: jokerdev on February 07, 2011, 09:42:28 PM
Good luck with the sale.
If these sell, it will be a heck of a ROI
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Chief-USN on February 08, 2011, 07:27:19 AM
Yes, the guy from Reading, PA on gunbroker has been trying over a year to sell at this range.

Chief

Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: STAINED-STEEL on February 15, 2011, 11:09:04 AM
UPDATED PRICE     **  $2350  each **
Any takers?
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: cadillacguy76 on February 18, 2011, 10:58:16 PM
Why cover serial numbers with the tags on all 3?
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Jack_F on February 18, 2011, 11:44:14 PM
What makes an Elite worth so much?
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: tracker on February 19, 2011, 12:05:29 AM

Supply and demand but they are only worth the sold price, not the sales price. There is a lot of info on this forum that describes their refinements compared to a stock R9. To my knowledge they shoot the same as one off the shelf but P.T. Barnum said it best..........
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Chief-USN on February 21, 2011, 08:10:31 AM
 The differance is (According to Maria) mostly cosmetic. (Polished sides) The original retail price on these was $1295. Or, $100 more than the Stealth model.

 Chief
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Z on February 23, 2011, 01:27:19 PM
They are worth what someone is willing to pay for them.
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: kjtrains on February 23, 2011, 03:46:39 PM
Not really.   Not setting the woods on fire in sales.    ;D
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Z on February 23, 2011, 03:53:49 PM
Very true.
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Chief-USN on February 23, 2011, 04:28:08 PM
Yup, one can ask anything they wish. The guy from Reading PA has been on Gunbroker for a VERY long time asking this kind of money for his.  Still for sale and probably been 1 or 2 years.  Might be cheaper to send you stealth off to have the Sides polished though.

Chief
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: STAINED-STEEL on February 23, 2011, 04:50:52 PM
The guy from Reading, PA is asking $2900- Big difference in price. Also, I believe the difference between the ELITE and R9S is more than cosmetic. As far as polishing the slide on a regular stealth... That won't make it an ELITE. I guess for that matter you could paint the bezel on a Rolex to look green like a limited edition.
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Paindoctor on February 24, 2011, 06:49:28 AM
It is my understanding that the trigger on an Elite is somewhat more precise, and "machined" differently. Anyone with any additional knowledge? ???
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: dano on February 24, 2011, 07:09:01 AM
Here it the production info: "The R9 STEALTH Elite has a Diamond Black DLC® coated slide with the sides sanded by hand to reveal the stainless silver color. The trigger and magazine release are glass-beaded to produce a satin look. The extractor is also hand-sanded like the sides of the slide, to further enhance the look of the gun."
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Chief-USN on February 24, 2011, 04:33:00 PM
As Maria (From Rohrbaugh) told me . all cosmetic. That was why I opted for a Stealth and not an elite. Being an Engineer I Lean towards form follows function. Figuring if I wished to get the other stuff done I could. Or one could just send the gun off to Robar and tell them to go at it :)

  Chief
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Paindoctor on February 24, 2011, 10:30:12 PM
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Here it the production info: "The R9 STEALTH Elite has a Diamond Black DLC® coated slide with the sides sanded by hand to reveal the stainless silver color. The trigger and magazine release are glass-beaded to produce a satin look. The extractor is also hand-sanded like the sides of the slide, to further enhance the look of the gun."


As they said on Hawaii 5-0..."B O O K  'E M - DANO!"
You were right on with your verbatim clarification on the trigger issue, I remember reading months ago...thanks.
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: dano on February 25, 2011, 07:55:44 AM
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As they said on Hawaii 5-0..."B O O K  'E M - DANO!" You were right on with your verbatim clarification on the trigger issue, I remember reading months ago...thanks.
You are welcome. (http://www.websmileys.com/sm/fingers/fing10.gif)
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: Phsimone on February 28, 2011, 09:09:09 PM
Although the Elite is basically a Stealth with the flats of the Slide Polished along with a couple of other small parts being cleaned up and polished with no benefit to operation I do regret selling my Elite. It was an aesthically pleasing piece but I was leaving the country, I thought for one year to 18 months but unfortunately for health reasons I had to come home. They are still trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I hear my next test may be a bone marrow biopsy. Anyway, there was only so much room in my safety deposit box and I had to thin the load. Would I buy another, sure thing but not for the prices I have seen on GB or heard about otherwise. Its to bad. Maybe I will just send a Stealth off to Cogan, who knows.
Title: Re: WTS: -- ELITES -- UPDATED
Post by: kjtrains on February 28, 2011, 09:18:10 PM
Phil.  Have you shot the Robar yet, or will it remain NIB?   Sorry to hear of your health problems.  Sure hope everything turns out fine.