I was hoping to join the MEC 600JR users club this weekend when in Southams sale they had one in .410, apparently complete offered with 14 kg lead 7 shot and 1000 plus 209 primers.
As the estimate was £50 to £100, current retail NIB £365 and the primers and shot would retail at about £100 it was clearly a no-brainer to bid well over the upper estimate.
It was on a timed online sale, and on the morning took off like an Atlas rocket closing at a hammer price of £340 plus 24% so £421 to the buyer.
They did a good job for their vendor, and I hope the successful bidder is happy with his purchase, but I wonder at the wisdom of paying almost 90% of retail for a used second hand machine when a new one seems to be readily available.
