Quote Originally Posted by harvey_s View Post
At which point, you can't use the use the item because it ceases to be 'NIB' and youv'e got a mint item in a very expensive piece of cardboard......I can see the point if you collect packaging, but not if you have any real interest in the airgun itself.
Harvey......I agree with all of this, I was just trying to work out why it was worth so much to somebody!.....the "box" actually looked more like the insert packaging/protection you get on a scope in a mark I meteor set, rather than the boxes that scopes come in when bought as separate items, so maybe the Mk2 airsporter came in a large box with an accessory tray, which may explain it......Plastic oil bottles, hang tags, and targets and holders etc. for later Airsporter/Mercury models all sell at far and above what you would think reasonable due to people wanting to fill all the sections of a gun box, and get "the full set" ...Has anyone on here got, or know, how Mk2's came in those days?