nettlle
Contributing Member
Always when I took a gun to a gun store they offered 50% or less of the new gun purchase price. Does the same apply to me when I am purchasing used guns from others?
I enjoy the wheeling and the dealing. I may or may not do very well in the deal, but I enjoy the process. I'm all too happy to trade a widget and a little cash for two gizmos and a thingamabob. I'm not an FFL, and I don't do it to make a profit. Then again, I don't do it to lose money, either. I've done a lot of trading/wheeling/dealing/haggling in the last year and a half or so, and it was all to clean out the guns I don't shoot and to replace them with ones I will.Fairness would be the way I have been treated in the past which is 50% of new gun value. Is this reasonable? I am not a wheeler/dealer.
That's a fair offer, IMHO. I suspect that you'll reach a deal that is somewhere in the middle, but $400 is not an unreasonable starting point.New price $559.00 + shipping. He is asking $520.00 shipped. I made an offer to him of $400.00 shipped.
I know a guy that tries to do this on a routine basis. He literally had the little old widow with guns. Screwed her out of a pristine 1st Generation Colt SAA for $300.. Don't prey on people. If that aforementioned little old lady has a pre-1964 Winchester in pristine condition and she only wants $100 for it, don't just take it and walk away. Tell her the truth about its value. If she still wants $100, that's her call, but be honest about the value.
Stores have to turn around and log it in, check it over, then out it on display and sell it to make a profit. THAT is why they offer you what they do. Sales between two individuals do not fall into the same categoryFairness would be the way I have been treated in the past which is 50% of new gun value. Is this reasonable? I am not a wheeler/dealer.
I am haggling with someone over a used (200 rounds) gun he has for sale online. New price $559.00 + shipping. He is asking $520.00 shipped. I made an offer to him of $400.00 shipped. I have absolutely no haggling skills. We will see if he counters.