Offers for used guns

The gun store had to make money reselling it do they can't offer as much as what a private sale would get. They are a buisness and not going to pay you retail and make nothing in it.

For a private sale maybe offer 60-70 % of new. Also depends on the gun in both selling to a shop it someone else. If it is a rare gun or something they can move quickly they may pay a premium. If it is something that will sit a while they will offer less

The funny thing is most people that list used guns for sale on various forums and does local to me people are asking 90-100% of new price which is ridiculous. I saw a taurus g2 with some ammo for $500 which is crazy

Frogfur, the issue is the forty bucks versus new. We're not talking about a smoking hot deal, nor an attempt to get over on someone. It's a nearly new gun at a nearly new price.
My way of looking at it would be to determine if that forty dollars is better saved on the gun in question or spent on a new gun of the same model.

Used market us propped up by guys who think they are buying an “unregistered” gun. I even have trouble convincing friends it’s dumb to pay an extra $50 for a gently used AR that’s “unregistered”

frogfurr said:

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?

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I am not sure. I don't think the mark up on guns is that high. 50% seems like a lowball offer to me.

I've never taken a gun to a store or pawn shop that I wanted to get rid of, I know I'd get irritated with what they offered me and I'd just leave. And I get it, they have to turn a profit too. It's like selling a vehicle, I almost always avoid trading something in when I can sell it privately for much more.

I've also started buying pretty much all of my guns used, so "retail" priced doesn't mean much to me. And it's worked out, whether I buy them used at a pawn shop or private sale I've always been able to sell them later for at least as much as I have in them, and sometimes more. The only depreciation is inflation.

And then there's........ Pythons,haha.

Everything is worth what someone will give for it.