automag appraisal

bloodwashed · 01-19-2012, 12:36 AM

I'm just looking to know what you all might think this thing is worth....

the seller says it has;
Z-Body, CP barrel and a "Bulldog 3000psi tank"...It also appears to have a Benchmark frame on it, I can't tell what the foregrip is and he hasn't told me what the valve is yet (but it's probably just a classic valve)......any ideas?

Sorry about the cell pic (I didn't take it)

pk5 · 01-19-2012, 12:41 AM

Off hand i'll say it's worth about $200 +/- 20 bucks depending on how long you want to wait to sell it.

Last time I sold my z-body, I sold it for $160. You probably can get another $40 for the frame and $40 to $50 for the classic valve but not much more than that.

The foregrip, barrel, and older tank are more like freebies and will be very hard to sell.

If you want to buy it from him, i'll say the price in this market for that kind of gun is about $180 all together.

Justus · 01-19-2012, 12:59 AM

Chances are that tank has expired its shelf life. Don't consider it at all.

bloodwashed · 01-19-2012, 01:04 PM

Just out of curiosity, how "rare" are the Z-Bodies? I've not seen too many of them, of course I'm not a member of AO, so for all I know they could be a dime a dozen....

pk5 · 01-19-2012, 01:06 PM

The Z body is rare but also is a novelty more than a high collectable item.

You see them pop up once a while, but they are not in high demand.

Greenmtnphantom · 01-19-2012, 01:08 PM

I agree with PK5

ACI hasn't made tanks (or anything else) in about 9-10 years so yeah I'd agree it's a freebie that shouldn't be factored into value.

Body is the most valuable thing there. I don't know how rare but I don't see them often.

Ando · 01-19-2012, 08:07 PM

I wouldn't call them a novelty. Once they come up for sale. They're gone in a couple of days. As long as you have all the bits and pieces, people will buy them no problem. I've seen them go at $150 for the body alone. Again, as long as everything is there, you shouldn't have an issue.

I haven't seen one for sale in well over a yr so you'll have to gauge the market.

Dump the tank. No one's going to want it. The barrel is incorrect for the marker but it'll work. You'll need a large bore barrel like .689+ in order for the marker to "function" properly. You should be able to get $200 no problem in today's market.

EDIT: After cking, one just sold on ebay for a little over $100 but had zero upgrades. I wouldn't use ebay as a market value though.

Robertsr · 01-20-2012, 10:01 AM

Guys, I just got one with a ReTro valve for $170. Don't judge the market by what things were like last year...

01-19-2012, 12:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
bloodwashed BLOODwaSHED Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: the greater-than Rochester, NY area	automag appraisal I'm just looking to know what you all might think this thing is worth.... the seller says it has; Z-Body, CP barrel and a "Bulldog 3000psi tank"...It also appears to have a Benchmark frame on it, I can't tell what the foregrip is and he hasn't told me what the valve is yet (but it's probably just a classic valve)......any ideas? Sorry about the cell pic (I didn't take it) __________________ MCB FEEDBACK>>PTP Picture Thread<< “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.” - C.S. Lewis

01-19-2012, 12:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
pk5 Stardust Memory Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego	Off hand i'll say it's worth about $200 +/- 20 bucks depending on how long you want to wait to sell it. Last time I sold my z-body, I sold it for $160. You probably can get another $40 for the frame and $40 to $50 for the classic valve but not much more than that. The foregrip, barrel, and older tank are more like freebies and will be very hard to sell. If you want to buy it from him, i'll say the price in this market for that kind of gun is about $180 all together. __________________ Feedback http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/f...-feedback.html

01-19-2012, 12:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Justus E-Tac Operator = Join Date: Apr 2010	Chances are that tank has expired its shelf life. Don't consider it at all. __________________ My Feedback

01-19-2012, 01:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
bloodwashed BLOODwaSHED Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: the greater-than Rochester, NY area	Just out of curiosity, how "rare" are the Z-Bodies? I've not seen too many of them, of course I'm not a member of AO, so for all I know they could be a dime a dozen.... __________________ MCB FEEDBACK>>PTP Picture Thread<< “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.” - C.S. Lewis

01-19-2012, 01:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
pk5 Stardust Memory Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego	The Z body is rare but also is a novelty more than a high collectable item. You see them pop up once a while, but they are not in high demand. __________________ Feedback http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/f...-feedback.html

01-19-2012, 08:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ando Formerly known as DMex Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Glen Burnie, MD.	I wouldn't call them a novelty. Once they come up for sale. They're gone in a couple of days. As long as you have all the bits and pieces, people will buy them no problem. I've seen them go at $150 for the body alone. Again, as long as everything is there, you shouldn't have an issue. I haven't seen one for sale in well over a yr so you'll have to gauge the market. Dump the tank. No one's going to want it. The barrel is incorrect for the marker but it'll work. You'll need a large bore barrel like .689+ in order for the marker to "function" properly. You should be able to get $200 no problem in today's market. EDIT: After cking, one just sold on ebay for a little over $100 but had zero upgrades. I wouldn't use ebay as a market value though. __________________ WTB NOXX Tac1 Springfeed and Javelin Twister Barrel...PM Me!!!

01-20-2012, 10:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
Robertsr King of the OFG Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Waynesboro, VA	Guys, I just got one with a ReTro valve for $170. Don't judge the market by what things were like last year... __________________ MicroMags 'R Us

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