Is it just me or...

[black dallas]

anybody else read the classifieds and wonder what the heck people are actually selling? I'm not a big gun guy so I guess that's part of it. some of this stuff is like in code or something. lol

[manwitaplan]

anybody else read the classifieds and wonder what the heck people are actually selling? I'm not a big gun guy so I guess that's part of it. some of this stuff is like in code or something. lol

You are not alone. I scanned today and had to check each one to see what the item was.

[Bisch]

I've clicked on a few ads just to see WTH the title was referring to!!!!

Bisch

[Gerald G]

I've clicked on a few ads just to see WTH the title was referring to!!!!

Bisch

You and me too! I have to click on it to see if I need one.

[Bone Thug]

Yup. Same with me. Lol

[dbaio1]

You are not alone. If I had deleting powers many would disappear like dust in the wind. Especially the infamous "testing the waters" or the like.

[jdavidson]

While I agree with your op…and have absolutely no clue what some of the stuff is…
I justify all the gibberish assuming only the folks looking for the item listed will be able
to decipher the code. When I see all the “code” in the title…I know to just move on

[McClain]

anybody else read the classifieds and wonder what the heck people are actually selling? I'm not a big gun guy so I guess that's part of it. some of this stuff is like in code or something. lol

Maybe I am the dumb witted one here, but I am not sure what you are talking about. I just went through the first 5 pages of the classifieds just now and with the exception of 3 or 4 posts, I knew exactly what they were selling just from the title. On those few I was uncertain about (just like your thread title), where the title was too vague, I had to click to determine what they were selling, but then had no problem understanding what it was they were trying to sell.

[Drycreek3189]

Most of the titles that I don’t understand refer to newer stuff, there are a myriad of pistols, ARs, and long range rifles being made now. Most of them I’m unfamiliar with and have no interest in so I just skip them. I rarely surf the classifieds anyway unless I’m bored, I run across them as I’m reading the new topics. Anything single action I look at, and although I don’t “need” any, I can’t shed the “want”. I picked up a nice Ruger Bearcat at a fair price a couple weeks ago, and although I didn’t need it, I’ve never shot one in all my years of shooting single actions, so I’ll burn a few and give it to our son. I’m amazed at what some folks want for ARs, I guess they have lots of money in them, but the facts are, if you sink a bunch of $ in to a custom AR, you’re not likely to get it back. I have probably overpriced stuff myself out of ignorance, and not checking beforehand what an item is bringing. On guns, I check Gunbroker, and take some off, almost everything on there is overpriced.