A couple of months ago I put up a tm hicapa for sale. It was in perfect working order but the frame was showing wear from handling. It had never been skirmished and only occasionally shot, so the wear was down to me repeatedly handling it in order to swap parts, change the configuration etc. which is what a lot of hi capa owners do. There is no pitting of scratching on the frame. I currently have three hi capas and they alll show some wear since the paint Marui uses comes off easily. I am more of a collector than a shooter or skirmisher. I had it for sale at £110 including postage. Half a dozen people have wanted to buy it or made an offer. None of them has had a current UKARA.
No matter. I am not desperate for a hundred quid. However the general lack of interest has surprised me because the pistol is not stock. It has an Airsoft Masterpiece aluminium slide, steel recoil rod, aluminium outer barrel, upgraded AIP springs and nozzle, a hammer protection pad, magwell etc When you consider that a new hi capa with plastic slide and outer barrel is priced at about £140 and an Airsoft Masterpiece slide alone generallly costs about £90, not to mention the other parts, I considered £110 posted to be a bargain price.
Please note that this is not an advert by stealth. I have come to terms with the situation and I am going to break it down, and sell the parts separately, so that I do not need to worry about buyers having UKARA. I'll probably put the slide on ebay.
I am not upset that it has failed to sell but I am curious. I am wondering why a gun that I would have been able to sell quickly only a couple of years ago, has languished on the Classified section for a couple of months.
Maybe hi capas are no longer as popular as they used to be. Perhaps far fewer people are keeping their UKARAs up to date. The economy is bad and it is going to get a lot worse. People probably don't have the money to spend on an expensive hobby any more. And the recent changes to the site have resulted in the loss of data about the ratings of sellers. And on the old site when the categories for sale included a section just for handguns entries spent longer in the first couple of pages. Now with all gas operated guns lumped together entries slide down the list much faster. It could be that not many people have seen the advert.
I would be interested in your thoughts.
. The other half has had me locked down the last few months in the lead up to our wedding next week. I’ve not been able to play since I started collecting airsoft incase I fell over and broke a bone, yup I’m that clumsy guy. But she tempted fate and I broke my hand anyway 
