A short story and background first.
I got caught in a credit crunch and a lot of things need to be sold. Long story short, I consolidated most of my bills and put them a Chase credit card, which at the time was offering 3.99 percent for the life of the loan. Great deal but Chase just decided to increase the payment from 2 percent of the balance to 5 percent of the balance. That's a 150 percent increase in monthly payment. I struggle to pay all the dang credit card bills now so this is not a good thing. Instead of whining about it and blaming Chase, I've accepted that I have been far less than responsible managing my credit and need to get all these bills paid off in the next two years. I'm very fortunate I still have a job and assets to sell. When I get the bills paid off, then I'll buy another gun and not before. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation and now I need to get squared up. (I'm pretty sure this subject can be a thread in itself)
That said, I've never sold a gun on this forum or any other forum. I did sell an EOTech and magnifier on the AR site and that went fine. To date, all the guns I have sold, I sold to a local dealer and have been pretty satisfied but thought maybe I should take a crack at selling some here.
Some questions I have are do I need to have my FFL ship to the sellers FFL and even if that is not required, isn't it a very good idea to do anyway?
How do you deal with folks that have very recently joined the site and have very few posts? How do you feel comfortable giving out your address to someone you don't know and who really likes the gun you want to sell.
I am fast talking myself out of this already. I can see forged postal money orders, people demanding a refund and returning a gun damaged. All kinds of non-sense is possible.
Am I alone in that thinking? Are there folks here that would never sell a gun on a internet forum? I would love to hear thoughts or comments from both sides and thanks.
I got caught in a credit crunch and a lot of things need to be sold. Long story short, I consolidated most of my bills and put them a Chase credit card, which at the time was offering 3.99 percent for the life of the loan. Great deal but Chase just decided to increase the payment from 2 percent of the balance to 5 percent of the balance. That's a 150 percent increase in monthly payment. I struggle to pay all the dang credit card bills now so this is not a good thing. Instead of whining about it and blaming Chase, I've accepted that I have been far less than responsible managing my credit and need to get all these bills paid off in the next two years. I'm very fortunate I still have a job and assets to sell. When I get the bills paid off, then I'll buy another gun and not before. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation and now I need to get squared up. (I'm pretty sure this subject can be a thread in itself)
That said, I've never sold a gun on this forum or any other forum. I did sell an EOTech and magnifier on the AR site and that went fine. To date, all the guns I have sold, I sold to a local dealer and have been pretty satisfied but thought maybe I should take a crack at selling some here.
Some questions I have are do I need to have my FFL ship to the sellers FFL and even if that is not required, isn't it a very good idea to do anyway?
How do you deal with folks that have very recently joined the site and have very few posts? How do you feel comfortable giving out your address to someone you don't know and who really likes the gun you want to sell.
I am fast talking myself out of this already. I can see forged postal money orders, people demanding a refund and returning a gun damaged. All kinds of non-sense is possible.
Am I alone in that thinking? Are there folks here that would never sell a gun on a internet forum? I would love to hear thoughts or comments from both sides and thanks.