Never sold a gun...

[Guy48065]

62 years old and hardly a newb but I've never sold a gun.
Collected a few. Traded a couple.
Never sold.
How do you establish an asking price?
I have a Winchester Super X model 2 auto-loader rifled slug 12ga that I've never shot and just don't need. I've searched the sales sites & forum selling sections but I can't find any similar examples.
I don't know if it's rare or undesirable.

Would it be wise to list it on Gun Broker as an auction and just hope I don't get beat up?

 

[ClicheBro]

https://www.bluebookofgunvalues.com/

 

[lightman]

I usually look at GunBroker for an idea on value. I look at the items that are getting bids and the completed auctions. The ones that I have sold I started the bids at 99cents and let them fight over it. I've mostly been happy with that strategy.

 

[tws3b2]

I'm looking at selling a handgun for the first time ever. I don't look to gunbroker. I'm not saying why because, Well, because.
I'm looking more at lgs near me and gun sellers on the internet with fixed prices.
I'm just looking for a fair deal because when I buy that's what I want. Just a fair deal.

 

[Howland937]

How do you establish an asking price?

Really depends on who I'm marketing to. Friends and a very few family members, I offer it for a price I can live with whether I'm losing money or not. If I list things on here, I'm just trying to recoup. For the vast majority of my family, it's cost +30%.

Or you can reference Blue Book (which seems more and more meaningless with each passing year).
There's a site called "True Gun Value" which purportedly tracks internet auction sites and gives an average of confirmed sales. Odd ducks and rarities don't typically appear on there though.

 

[Ru4real]

I’ve never sold one either.

But I’ve given away quite a few to people I care about and I will continue to do so. I’ve had a few given to me, as well.

 

[Jimbo80]

https://truegunvalue.com/shotgun/Winchester-super-x-model-2/price-historical-value

 

[RA40]

I look at Truegunvalue too and ask the guys at the range for their feedback. CA with some models are a bit different than national prices so I price based on what those in the biz relay. The gunsmith has said similar that certain models get a 10-15% bump. Now whether I can sell them at that is another, many try and low ball $100-$200 off the price listed which I base on what GB has. People are warped but they want to take that chance on a low ball. It is irritating to say the least.

I had a SA 1911 mil-spec up and one person offered $350. He can go buy a RIA so in his mind that was a comparable price offer. I told him buy it online.

 

[Archie]

If possible, look around at a gun show. See the selling price (and the asking price will give some information). That will give an idea of what might be expected locally.
If you have a suitable friend as a seller, see what he thinks. He might even sell it for you, expecting a commission.
Depends on how bad to want to sell it, too.

 

[igotta40]

If there’s a BassPro or Cabela’s close by take it to them but don’t sell it to them. Price it at roughly double whatever they offer you. What they typically offer on trade in is 50-60% less than its value. Don’t sell it to them.

 

[tarosean]

https://truegunvalue.com/shotgun/Winchester-super-x-model-2/price-historical-value

over 1000 dollar difference in prices?

 

[Aim1]

Try this, go to Gunbroker.com, go to "Advanced Search" and hit the "completed" button which will show you what guns actually sold for.

 

[DesertFox]

Prefer putting up for consignment in LGS over gunbroker.com these days. Seems like gunbroker fees have gotten out of hand over the years.

 

[Guy48065]

Gun Broker, bluebook, true value...
None list a Super X2 rifled slug barrel. No data.
That's my quandary.

Still don't know if that's because nobody wants one, or nobody will let one go. Obviously this makes a huge difference in value.

 

[Jimbo80]

over 1000 dollar difference in prices?

Welcome to the world of gun selling. I would point out that the gun w $1K difference was a multi barrel set of a M1 not M2.

Doubling a dealers office is risky business. While offering 50% of street value is pretty standard the seller has to know that value. A LOT of shops will only offer 1/4 of what it's worth. Without seeing it's impossible to tell what a gun is worth. What I can say is my shop would typically pay $150-250 for an average Super X.

 

[Mosin77]

Shotguns are harder in my opinion to value secondhand, because they’re pretty slow movers. The guys that buy them are well-heeled and tend to buy them new, exactly in the configuration they want. 870s and mossbergs sell quickly enough, don’t get me wrong, but anything fancier or specialized is harder to find a buyer…… which means that, used, they tend to be worth a lot less than one would think based on MSRP/original price paid/what gunshops may be asking.

A dealer, btw, will pay anywhere between 25% and 75% of what he thinks he can sell an item for. No generalization possible. And what he pays may be directly based on what he thinks you expect, so bear that in mind.

 

[RA40]

If there’s a BassPro or Cabela’s close by take it to them but don’t sell it to them. Price it at roughly double whatever they offer you. What they typically offer on trade in is 50-60% less than its value. Don’t sell it to them.

I had the same experience at Guitar Center the other day.

 

[Guy48065]

I'm leaning towards giving Gun Broker a try.
I've only recently bought a pistol there but have never sold anything.
List it as an auction with a reserve & see if it sells.
The fees seem reasonable. Any 'gotchas' I need to watch for in general?

 

[Otto]

How do you establish an asking price?
I have a Winchester Super X model 2 auto-loader rifled slug 12ga that I've never shot and just don't need. I've searched the sales sites & forum……

Take the gun to your local pawn shop. What ever they offer you simply quadruple it. That’s roughly what the gun is worth.

 

[Guy48065]

See Jimbo80's 2nd paragraph, above.

Besides--what magic resource does a pawnshop have when none of the resources mentioned so far had any data?

 

[tarosean]

The fees seem reasonable. Any 'gotchas' I need to watch for in general?

shipping.

 

[Guy48065]

As a seller?

 

[tarosean]

As a seller?

Yes, bidders need to have an idea.+ shipping is outrageous for your average person.

I stated the other day it was approximately 150.00 USD to ship a handgun (Required UPS overnight) I used the same exact box I was overnighted a 15.00 item from Amazon Prime overnight)
Obviously my small town FFL is not as big as Amazon so they do not get those huge discounts.

So definitely use actual shipping costs in your ad.
.

 

[Guy48065]

I was referring to pitfalls of selling on GunBroker.
They have nothing to do with my shipping costs.

 

[J-Bar]

One other possibility:

Could you donate it to a local organization to be a raffle prize? (thinking gun club, Boy Scout troop, etc.) They make money from the raffle and you take a tax deduction for your reasonable estimate of the gun’s value. Win-win.