OP, one of your favorite shops has a used one for $499... just saying.
1. I check them every day.
2. If it is listed for $499, I know if could be had for $450 or maybe even less (imo).
3. I have bought a used gun there before after giving too low an offer and they took me up on it: but it was a fun shoot! (Ruger SR1911)
4. Sometimes I literally have seen a used price on a gun and new there it was less money or the same?????? (once it was b/c there were 2 extra mags???)