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Thread: Advice/Experience on classifieds
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January 30th, 2017, 11:00 PM #41
Re: Advice/Experience on classifieds
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January 31st, 2017, 05:40 PM #42Super Member
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Re: Advice/Experience on classifieds
Another one of my favorites is the "as new in box" gun that is marked down $25 from retail. Sorry but guns are like cars, the minute you drive it off the lot the value plummets. I recently saw on another site advertised a "20 year old, new in box" mossberg 500. Who buys a mossberg 500 20 years ago and never takes it out of the box?
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January 31st, 2017, 05:59 PM #43
Re: Advice/Experience on classifieds
To me "New in box" works for products where it's shrink-wrapped or similar, and it really means "New" in box. To me there's really no such thing as NIB for guns. The moment you walk out the door of the LGS with it, it's 'used' and you're selling it as a private party, not a dealer.
DGAF
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January 31st, 2017, 06:05 PM #44
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January 31st, 2017, 06:08 PM #45
Re: Advice/Experience on classifieds
I may pay a premium for a never fired 20 year old Mossberg because it's probably better made than a current production model.
See? Not all potential buyers see it as an old gun that's not worth anything close to new pricing.
Older, used Marlins routinely fetch the same as/more than a new one.
Also, who is to say they the seller is "unrealistic"?
Maybe that offensive "near retail" price that you see listed is NOT what he's willing to sell it for?
I know some people boast that they only post the price they want for their item, but anyone who lives in the real world knows that you price an item higher in order to have some room for negotiating. When you come down on your price, the buyer feels they are getting a satisfactory deal, and you likely got what you wanted in the first place.I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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January 31st, 2017, 06:23 PM #46
Re: Advice/Experience on classifieds
I think Marcus99 is generally correct in broad strokes, though there are obvious exceptions. I'd say anything many years old and/or otherwise collectible/rare just can't be evaluated by "retail" price. Frankly, anything that's really no longer available "new" (or at least something very similar) isn't either. You can't go by "what it sold for new 5 years ago" obviously. Try selling a car on that basis! But for the bulk of what I see being offered for sale here, typically more modern guns quite often still available new, it makes sense.
As to the rest... Everyone's got their 'selling strategy' and if it works for them, great. I'm not sure I'd call something posted for months on end with tons of "bumps" a successful sales strategy, though.
Personally, if I see something I consider more-than-slightly overpriced from what I'd be willing to pay, I'm not gonna bother making an offer. Largely driven by the fact that if I post as a seller, I'm not gonna pad very much. Maybe offering me 5% under my ask would work, but that's gonna be about it. So when I see something that would need to come down 40% for me to buy it, I figure no chance, and don't bother. That happens to work for me, and I've never had a problem buying or selling online for prices that were acceptable to me.
YMMV of course: the range of buying & selling strategies are as wide as a Texas Ranch.
Most of my buying/selling online experience was not vis-a-vis the classifieds here, so I was seeking a bit of "cultural" sense of how it works here. Pretty sure based on all I've heard it's about like anywhere else.DGAF
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January 31st, 2017, 08:19 PM #47
Re: Advice/Experience on classifieds
You answered your own question. (Several times actually). You seem to be quite aware as to what to do when dealing with the classifieds on this forum. Not calling you out or anything but this thread seems to have turned into a debate on the classified section which I believe is a no-no here.
Some people just plain suck.
If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough.
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January 31st, 2017, 08:24 PM #48
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January 31st, 2017, 08:29 PM #49Grand Member
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Re: Advice/Experience on classifieds
Three types of ads I ignore everywhere.
Over priced, and worse no price or pictures.
I don't have time to haggle with unreasonably priced merchandise, and certainly no time to request prices and pictures.
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