Detritus
Member
I have come to realize a significant downside to my current situation compared to 8 years ago when i lived in central North Carolina and could just drop by the comparatively numerous local FFLs in my area to see who has the best deals.
Neither of the two FFls "local" to me are very usable as a guage of what constitutes a "good deal", one I won't deal with (discussion best left to another time and thread), and the other has a fairly small inventory, that includes none of the guns i have an interest in getting "new" in the next year.
And currently I can not justify the expense to drive an hour one way into Houston just to browse, i do however hit the Houston shops if i have a chance while up there on other business but not often enough.
this has left me wondering about how to determine what is and is not a reasonable price/deal on the various firearms I am looking at. And thus which shop(s) will receive my wife's and my business in the coming year.
I will NOT ask this forum "what's a fair price on 'Gun X'?? " that's not what this site is for. what i WOULD like to ask is if there is a resource on-line or otherwise (on-line preferred though) that any of you use to guage what the prices SHOULD be before you go forth to browse and possibly haggle. and if the resource is something like GunBroker or the Davidson's "gallery of guns" page how to you use that information to arrive at your "fair price" (ie do you say "prices listed +/- some set or average price or percentage")?
Well anyway thank you in advance for any help or advice you can give. it is as always appreciated.
Neither of the two FFls "local" to me are very usable as a guage of what constitutes a "good deal", one I won't deal with (discussion best left to another time and thread), and the other has a fairly small inventory, that includes none of the guns i have an interest in getting "new" in the next year.
And currently I can not justify the expense to drive an hour one way into Houston just to browse, i do however hit the Houston shops if i have a chance while up there on other business but not often enough.
this has left me wondering about how to determine what is and is not a reasonable price/deal on the various firearms I am looking at. And thus which shop(s) will receive my wife's and my business in the coming year.
I will NOT ask this forum "what's a fair price on 'Gun X'?? " that's not what this site is for. what i WOULD like to ask is if there is a resource on-line or otherwise (on-line preferred though) that any of you use to guage what the prices SHOULD be before you go forth to browse and possibly haggle. and if the resource is something like GunBroker or the Davidson's "gallery of guns" page how to you use that information to arrive at your "fair price" (ie do you say "prices listed +/- some set or average price or percentage")?
Well anyway thank you in advance for any help or advice you can give. it is as always appreciated.