Good way to get a value on used guns

Buds buys your old guns . Maybe they did before, but they really promote it now on the website now. I punched a few of mine in just to see, and was pleasentlly suprised to see the value that they were willing to pay. If you add on another 20-50% depending on thier margin, the guns have done well. My old stuff, Glocks and the like are all worth as much as I paid for them at 25% added on. And revolvers in 38 seem to hold well, even my Taurus came in a $300, plus another 25-50% puts it at near what I paid for it 10 yrs ago. Also they have a bunch of shotguns for the 2-350 range that were decent, including some used police riot guns at $230 and $270. Things are getting hard enough to get to make it worth their time to buy and ship used guns or put your old one down on your new one.

Im no expert on Buds except at what i read.
But they have a great rep and also good at buying your used guns also,and they still do btw and are actively trying to find sellers.
My guns are only a few months old and i can get between 55%-60% back of the original cost i paid for them.Isn't bad since locally im lucky to get 40%.
Ive really got to find a reason to visit their store in person since i live kinda close in Ohio.

Gym, do you care to post a link? Thanks.

how do they assess the quality of said gun? Seems to me often owners tend to think their gun is a lot closer to 'Like New' than the standard buyer is.

how do you get your guns too them for the final inspection and sale?

They have a guy who takes all their trades and assesses them. I have no idea what his standards are, but you mail your gun to him to get a final inspection. They take you at your word until then. You tell them what condition you think the gun is in and it's listed there how much they pay for what gun in what condition. You tell them how much you want and they e-mail you back and tell you if they can do that. There is some room for negotiation.

I sent them a Ruger SP101 with CT grips. They had that model listed for $400, but I had a holster, too. I asked $420 and they gave it to me as a straight-up trade for a S&W M&P .40 that I got an LEO/Military discount on for $420.

do you care to post a link? Thanks.

http://www.budsbuysguns.com

Another way would be to go to the auction sites and look at the closed auctions to see what a particular model sold for

buds sounds far more honest then anything around my area. however salesmen and dealers are all alike. they work to make money. therefore they will use everything thing to decrease the amount of money they give you for something.

for example, i had a friend buy a rifle. it was a nice ruger rifle. the gun store put the gun back in its box and put taped the box up so he couldnt open it without a knife. he goes home, his wife browbeats him, his fridge goes on the fritz so he takes the rifel back to the shop he bought it from. he never even cut the tape they used to seal it up. guess how much they offered him for it?
not even 40 percent of what he paid. the excuse was, "thats all we offer on USED rifles"

for example, i had a friend buy a rifle. it was a nice ruger rifle. the gun store put the gun back in its box and put taped the box up so he couldnt open it without a knife. he goes home, his wife browbeats him, his fridge goes on the fritz so he takes the rifel back to the shop he bought it from. he never even cut the tape they used to seal it up. guess how much they offered him for it?
not even 40 percent of what he paid. the excuse was, "thats all we offer on USED rifles" I would think that technically, since the paperwork had been done and the gun was transferred that the dealer would have some real ethical issues reselling the gun as new, as it no longer is. It left the store, and was transferred to someone else.

+1 on closed auctions. It's the best way I know about to determine what people are actually willing to pay for a firearm, rather than looking at sites where hoped-for asking prices are listed.

Look on gunbroker for similar guns, then divide by 2 or maybe 3.

hey,

one way that i have used is to do some price comparisons between gunbroker and gunsamerica. you will get a pretty good idea what something is worth. i have done this and have bought and sold guns on both sites. i have always got more $ on a sale and have saved $ on purchases than i could have done locally--sorry dealers but what the heck.:neener:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/classifieds.php