Why sell a used firearm for more than a new one?

[captdave77]

Do you argue with the lady at the dept store over a pair of jeans? How bout the guy at the grocery store for that gallon of gold oops I mean milk? No or maybe yes... all in all it is a matter of what YOUR willing to pay. If I got to the register at convenience store and the lady charged me $10 for my gatoraid on a cold day in Jan I would walk it back to the cooler and put it up for her, now if I had just walked 5 miles on the asphalt carrying my kid on my back in mid July I would slide her the 10 bucks and tell her to have a wonderful day. I have knowingly paid more than usual for items on here and also took a beating on items I had for sale but along the same lines I've picked up deals that I felt bad for not tipping the fella. The moral of my rant is to say this... trying to understand the method to the ODT madness is as useless as tits on a boarhog... If someone wants to take it w/o lube and the end result makes em happy then who does that make anyone to tell them any different...

Actually yes.

I bought my wife a Coach hand bad and found the same bag in the same mall for $100 less. I gave the original store two options: 1 return the bag or 2 give me the $100 back. I got the difference back.

 

[Bypass]

For the record:

I do not believe anyone on this site knowingly traded a dangerous gun.
I do not believe cowboy knowingly deceived anyone before a sale
I do not believe that anyone on this site would put financial gain above safety.


I do believe that the Rem 700 rifles are extremely unsafe.
Like the US built B--west (not the ones marked "made in China") receivers, they were not heat treated and will fail, every one of them.
I would never fire one.

As to the original topic, free market determines price. If someone will pay it, it's worth it. I've paid more for guns that are no longer produced with the knowledge that it was a little high but available, now, close to home, and I had it.

 

[chromedome82]

Sounds like a deal... I bought a Dewalt drill at Home Depot and found it on sale at Sears. Took it back with a copy of the ad and they adjusted the price for me. That was a choice I made. I let the OP I mean original store know that I had found the item cheaper at another location in a calm demeanor and they fixed it for me. If they would have said no sir thats the price you pay I would have returned the unused item and said thank you for your time and moved on to the location with the better price (without writing Dear Abby about how they had the audacity to charge me more and stick to their guns...

 

[Hasselhoss]

Hasselhoss who are you to determine what is acceptable or "safe" for someone to purchase. You have a beef with a name brand you don't go around and dig on everyones weapons they have for sell or buy because of it. It is impolite at minimum. Every weapon at some point in the manufacturing process, testing phase and in general use has had issues with quality. Remington 700s have an issue with their safeties that can get people killed. I don't go around digging on everyones rem 700s. I happen to like remington 700s. Just because a few screw up doesn't mean they all will.

I quit and frankly no longer care. Google Hesse AK, Hesse AK-47 heat, Hesse AK reviews. Maybe the one you had was the exception to the 547,000 other posts. I don't really care any more.

 

[FredAlert]

There is the other really, really obvious elephant in the room .... I mean the forum. It's silly NOT to ask more for your guns than you expect to actually get because as soon as people see the price they start pming offers low balling your asking price ... even if you're selling it for a fantastic deal it's inevitable that people will try to nickel and dime away even 5-10 just to feel like they're doing better.

If you start with your price a little higher you can get what you want out of it without seeming inflexible to the guys that feel like they have to haggle.

 

[chromedome82]

There is the other really, really obvious elephant in the room .... I mean the forum. It's silly NOT to ask more for your guns than you expect to actually get because as soon as people see the price they start pming offers low balling your asking price ... even if you're selling it for a fantastic deal it's inevitable that people will try to nickel and dime away even 5-10 just to feel like they're doing better.

If you start with your price a little higher you can get what you want out of it without seeming inflexible to the guys that feel like they have to haggle.

Nail on the Head

I just love a good debate

 

[User170512]

PM replied

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[83rdrecon]

There is the other really, really obvious elephant in the room .... I mean the forum. It's silly NOT to ask more for your guns than you expect to actually get because as soon as people see the price they start pming offers low balling your asking price ... even if you're selling it for a fantastic deal it's inevitable that people will try to nickel and dime away even 5-10 just to feel like they're doing better.

If you start with your price a little higher you can get what you want out of it without seeming inflexible to the guys that feel like they have to haggle.

Right on. Sucks that there are so many cheapskates out there as well. I have gotten to the point that when I receive rediculous offers via pm I delete them and add the user to the ignore list. Dftft!!

 

[83rdrecon]

Bottom line is the market I.e. Demand/supply - dictates the prices. If an upgrade is not worth it to you then don't buy it. If I buy a new gun and fire one shot through it its now used. Does that mean its worth half of what I paid for it - perhaps - if I paid double the DEALER price for it.... But one round out of a new gun to me is still worth the same amount as a new gun....because it still is new to me. After all they test fire all weapons at the factory so by that rationale they are all used when we get them and pay new prices for them....

 

[User170512]

My favorite post was the guy that said the previous owner told him the G30 had less than 20 rounds, but he would go so far as to say it was less than 10.
LOL