Unless you have a collector's item, how can you expect to honestly get a new gun price for a used gun? If the used gun is priced as much or more than a new gun why buy used?
I think by "new" he means "different", as in a gun new to him, but not NIBMags said:Unless you have a collector's item, how can you expect to honestly get a new gun price for a used gun? If the used gun is priced as much or more than a new gun why buy used?
Not to me. The extra $25 + 6% sales tax is better in my pocket than some one else's. 50 rounds down the pipe just gets me that much closer to reliable functionality. I buy &/or trade frequently and I welcome the opportunity to save money when I can. When I decide to dispose of a firearm, I price it reasonably and someone is usually willing to pay my price. Sometimes it takes a while for the right buyer to come across the ad. Many tire kickers come through and think that they should be allowed to steal a gun because it's used. I disagree. Unlike a used car most gun warranties follow the gun and not the owner so there is a level of confidence in the transaction that doesn't exist in other second hand situations. JMHO - YMMV.Obsidian you missed my point.
Here is an example of what I meant.
Yoy buy a Glock NIB for 500 bucks, you shoot a box of 50 through it and want to sell it. You price it at 475. It is worth the extra 25 bucks for the buyer to buy the gun NIB yourself.
Well, it depends. On guns I've bought brand new in the box at full retail, I paid $36.50 for my Mossberg 340K, $59.00 for a High Standard Sentinel Deluxe .22 revolver, $89.00 for a Stevens 311 12-gauge double barrel shotgun, and $99.00 for a Norinco clone of the Browning .22 auto rifle, and $119 for a brand new Chinese SKS. I'm pretty sure I could sell each and every one of those for more than that, though inflation has taken its toll on what dollars are actually worth.Hey Fellas, I think when ya buy a new gun yer gonna pay "Retail", On a trade in yer gonna get wholesale. (My two cents). Check it out.