Is there a mental block on paying over a $1000?

[MountainMan]

Having started this thread I always thought the R9 was undervalued.  Now I'm a guy who carries a handmade knife that I could probably sell for $1000 and has three Seecamps - so I'm crazy to begin with - therefore I'm probably not the average gun buying Joe. When I meet the Rohbaugh gang at the NRA convention and held the gun two years ago I was very impressed.  My mind kept coming back to it and I couldn't take it anymore - so here I am talking to you guys and waiting for my Irishguard Tom R9s to arrive in a few months - I hope.

[R9SCarry]

Logical - re the $1,000 being a ''mental block''.  Many years back it might have been but - even tho we all see crazy pricing, like $999.99 just to ''look better'', those of us who appreciate quality and also realize what goes in to the whole thing - probably are less ''block'' oriented - more of a ''what it takes'' approach.

Sure there will be some who baulk at even one cent over a grand!  

So, long and short - no I don't think this is a true barrier in this kind of market.  Look at all the ''loaded'' 1911's and ''race guns'' and how there it is easy to spend $1500, up to near $3k!!  Folks want certain things and enough are prepared to pay.

[MountainMan]

When a friend of mine received his R9S several weeks ago that was purchased at the old price I told him I would give him $1300 for it unfired (Tom - you didn't see this - I still have your quote) if he decided it wasn't the gun for him.  Why - because I wanted to compensate him for his wait and I thought the gun was worth at least that.  Well he still has it.

[Brenden]

Logical - re the $1,000 being a ''mental block''.  Many years back it might have been but - even tho we all see crazy pricing, like $999.99 just to ''look better'', those of us who appreciate quality and also realize what goes in to the whole thing - probably are less ''block'' oriented - more of a ''what it takes'' approach.

Sure there will be some who baulk at even one cent over a grand!  

So, long and short - no I don't think this is a true barrier in this kind of market.  Look at all the ''loaded'' 1911's and ''race guns'' and how there it is easy to spend $1500, up to near $3k!!  Folks want certain things and enough are prepared to pay.

I know it is NOT a barrier to me..And I am not a big wage earner-Just a "Gun Nut"  

I have # 2 coming-looks like middle of July..

I have fell into the M4 thing lately and if 1000 K was the barrier, EBRs would be impossible..

I do believe that the R9 will stand the normal test of time concerning pricing..

Quality = demand = "cabbage"  

[dmobrien2001]

For me, since I had a PM9, the R9S wasn't that much smaller, nor "better" for the money.  It is incrementaly smaller, higher quality (for sure), but the value equation for me would have broken down had the R9S been >$1000.  It would not have been worth it to me to get the incremental value (smaller, higher quality) at a much higher price point.

(I know, I know, the list price for a Kahr PM9 is around $700 so just a few hundred dollars more..., but! it is possible to find a PM9 significantly discounted in the $550 range.  The same cannot be said of the Rohrbaugh.  So we are talking 1.5-2X the cost.)

[outlawyr]

See my post under the $$$PRICE$$$ thread - I don't think you have to pay over $960 anymore and that should even come down further.