LkWinnipesaukee
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Do you guys negotiate gun purchases at your local shops? Whats customary?
Presuming that it's not a chain store with set prices: "I like this [insert item name] - it's nice. What can you do for me on it?".Do you guys negotiate gun purchases at your local shops? Whats customary?
In an earlier post I said:possum said:
one time i did do an experiment though i went to the local gunshop that all the soliders around here like to shop, basically because they don't know any better. and the owner has been screwing people for 30years, soliders and civilians alike.
Rule #2: Be ready to negotiate, but not argue. Arguments are a waste of time, negotiations are not. Arguments are the end of negotiations. Prices are set by the owner, not the market. The owner can change them if he wishes. The trick is getting him to want to change the price. You will not do that by arguing. You can only do that by friendly negotiation. This is not a contest to see how little you can pay, but a negotiation to see if you can get the gun you want for a price you can afford. A gunshow is a seller's market for the dealer. If he does not sell, he might later at his shop or at the next show. Very few guns are unique. Most "unique" guns have a story. Buy the gun, not the story. Any historically attributed gun should have hard documentation. Any lettered gun, such as a Registered Magnum or a Lettered Smith should either have the papers, or the price should be adjusted. If the price is not adjusted, then the sale should be incumbent on the papers being accurate once received.
You've got nothing to lose by trying.
The best thing is to do a little research and ask around to find an FFL who charges "COST plus 10%" or something similar
That's called capitalism. It's one of the things that make America great.for example he sold a young private an xd sc for $600 out the door, and it came with 2 mags, and noo xd gear. what was even worse was that the young solider wanted it in black but all the shop had was od green, and the owner being the person he was made it soun like a good deal, and talked him into the od and the price. he bought it, and was upset t find out that a gun shop closer to the post had them in the color he wanted with all the goodies for $461.39 out the door all day long...
...i went in one day and said i wanted to buy an m4, so he handed me a bushmaster flatop, and i read the price and i about had a heartattack, it was $1050 plus tax, nothing fancy, just a bushmaster m4, so i said what is the best you can do, and after much thinking he said, "$1000 + tax" no thanks i said and walked out. wow the nerve of some people. I do do my best to educate people about the store i am refering to and the owner any chance i get.