Colt Pocket Nine prices

[Titus]

Sooo, somebody celebrated "Buy A Gun Day" early (maybe more than once ) and so I'm looking to do a little selling. What is the going rate for Colt Pocket Nines these days. Looked around a bit on the online auction sites, and saw a few with what I figured was maybe not 100% realistic pricing. Any ideas on what folks are actually paying?

 

[greg531mi]

I seen them as low as $550 and as high as $900, depending on condition and who is selling them. If a guy is hurting for money, you might get a deal, a dealer needs to make a profit, he will sell it higher.

 

[Titus]

They seem to have gone up since last time I thought about selling it. I want to price it to sell, but not lowball myself.

 

[tarheel]

I sold mine a couple of months back for $625 with 3 mags :banghead:

 

[greg531mi]

It depends where you sell it. If you are walking around a gun show, ask high, you can always get a lower bid. Used, in like new condition, ask $700, you can always come down....Dealers will never give you a price, they will ask, "What do you want?" Then, they will put on their table, and put $800 on it. They play a pricing game, start high, and come down. With trades, they have it high, when someone says their gun is worth $1000, and the dealer has $800 on the gun, so he says I'll give you $100 and this gun....$900...It's the ol pricing scheme of the new car dealer, the new car is $20,000, your used car you want $5000 for it, and he sells you the new car for $15,000 with trade, or you could have bought that new car for $17,000 cash!!! Then, he sells your used car for $8000, so he made $23,000 on the deal....Wheel and deal economics!!!
I found if you want to get top dollar for your gun, get a table or walk around the show with a sign Selling it to a dealer, you will not get top dollar, they have to make a profit on it.

 

[Titus]

I wouldn't call it like new, but it's not heavily used either. Got a couple SM&A mags to go with it. I think walking it around the next gun show is the way to go.