bargain with online store?

[aswang anonymous]

anyone tried/succeded with bargaining to get a good deal at an online store for a handgun?

[MrSam]

Haggling with online stores typically does not work. You could try asking them to price match. Chances are they will just ignore the email.

[madoka]

Usually if I buy multiple guns from the same seller, I'll ask for something reasonable like free shipping. Most of the time they will do it, but it's really hit or miss.

I tried asking for free shipping from my last seller and they refused, even though I was buying two handguns worth over $6000. I knew he'd been trying to sell those guns for several months with no takers, yet he would rather lose the sale than budge on $30 worth of shipping. I treat that as a warning sign that he may not have the best attitude towards customer service.

[bigbully]

Some of the supporting vendors here will give Calguns discounts, otherwise the only place I know you can "make offers" is Bud's (on some of their stock), but they aren't the most CA friendly out there.

[denpython]

I'd be cautious because if some random online dealer agrees, you might get some secondary inventory gun... like with minor defects etc...
puts you on the spot.

otherwise I do not have personal experience with online vendors.
I like to inspect the firearm I buy, before dros-ing.

[static2126]

anyone tried/succeded with bargaining to get a good deal at an online store for a handgun?

Depending om discount wanted is a 50 to 100 bucks really a big deal? I shoot more than my pistols cost in ammo every year

[bsg]

i've bought a few guns from Gunbroker FFL sellers on extended layaway. i negotiated the down payments needed to start the layaways at amounts less than what sellers requested, and negotiated the monthly payments to be less than sellers initially required. i did not negotiate the actual price of the guns.

[gumby]

I've done it with Budsgunshop.com on occasion. Knocked off just a few dollars though.

[bigbully]

I've gone in and price matched at a place or two and I also had Turner's revert prices back to previously ended sale prices. You should always ask. The worse that happens is they say no.