Moving a large gun collection

[CSACANNONEER]

I just took a large collection to LSB. They're commission is around 25%(varies based on collection $ amount or # of gun in collection, higher value = lower commission rate) for guns and 40% for nongun items (reloading gear, holsters, etc). For me, it made sense to drop off my items and have them deal with all of the flakey buyers and research the items. I have sold multiple times through LSB and they have always been straightforward and beyond easy to deal with. I won't sell anywhere else, I've liquidated about 200 through them over the years.

I've probably purchased one or more of your guns from them.

[highpower]

90% or more of my collection are still brand new unfired and I refuse to take a loss on them. Guess I'll hold on to them till the next pandemic or gun scare.

This and his other posts in this thread gives me the impression that the OP has no real idea of how the marketplace works, or how trying to sell a gun collection through a middleman works.

Dude, your guns may be unfired and still in their original boxes, but they are still considered to be used guns. Unless they are something super special and unique, they aren't worth any more than any other used gun in the same condition. Are you so special that your stuff is worth more than retail because it is yours?

I absolutely agree that $.050 on the dollar to sell your guns would be unreasonable, but 20-25% to handle a large transaction like that seems about right. I'm not really trying to be a dick, but, in your own words, you are unwilling to take the time to sell your guns on your own because your time is too valuable, but you seem to give the impression that someone else should do it at a discount.

Reality sucks, but it is what it is.

[CartridgeCalls]

I never said I'm not willing to take a 10-25% loss. Im well aware of how sales work. Sold well over 100 firearms.
But 50% off a brand new firearm is an insult. Dealers just want to rip people off and think they are doing customers a favor.

[yacko]

I'm so done with guys fantasy land.....

[SVT-40]

Send me a list. I might buy them all!

I'm serious.

[Spyder]

SVT, I already tried that. No response. ��

[major burnout]

Maybe OP doesnt have time. I'll make you a list of your guns for 25%.

[benjamin101677]

Op claims to have over 300 guns but when asked for a list to be interested in op says only ones for sale right now are the ones in calguns.

[CSACANNONEER]

I never said I'm not willing to take a 10-25% loss. Im well aware of how sales work. Sold well over 100 firearms.
But 50% off a brand new firearm is an insult. Dealers just want to rip people off and think they are doing customers a favor.

Is it really an insult? If a dealer WANTS your firearms to add to his/her inventory, they may pay close to wholesale for them but, if a random person comes in and wants someone to buy firearms they may not be in the market for, why would anyone expect them to pay close to retail??? Yea, maybe 25% LESS THAN WHOLESALE would be a GENEROUS offer for something the FFL really doesn't want in their inventory but is willing to take. Also, remember that when a FFL buys used guns, they are required by law to hold onto them for 30 days prior to selling them. If I was a FFL, I would rather be able to invest my money and be able to flip it over 2-10 times in that 30 day waiting period. There's a cost associated with holding an investment for 30 days and, the seller either pays for that cost or sells them him/her self.

I feel the insult is when a "customer" believes and/or demands that a shop pays anything for their discards. Either be happy with the offer or try to find a better offer but, don't blame a business for trying to make a profit.

With the OP's self reported inventory, he/she should get a FFL and open his/her own shop so the rest of us can beach about his offers while ignoring his costs to run a business.

[B.J.F.]

Is it really an insult? If a dealer WANTS your firearms to add to his/her inventory, they may pay close to wholesale for them but, if a random person comes in and wants someone to buy firearms they may not be in the market for, why would anyone expect them to pay close to retail??? Yea, maybe 25% LESS THAN WHOLESALE would be a GENEROUS offer for something the FFL really doesn't want in their inventory but is willing to take. Also, remember that when a FFL buys used guns, they are required by law to hold onto them for 30 days prior to selling them. If I was a FFL, I would rather be able to invest my money and be able to flip it over 2-10 times in that 30 day waiting period. There's a cost associated with holding an investment for 30 days and, the seller either pays for that cost or sells them him/her self.

I feel the insult is when a "customer" believes and/or demands that a shop pays anything for their discards. Either be happy with the offer or try to find a better offer but, don't blame a business for trying to make a profit.

With the OP's self reported inventory, he/she should get a FFL and open his/her own shop so the rest of us can beach about his offers while ignoring his costs to run a business.

The OP doesn?t want to understand business. He just wants a business to pay Private Party Value. He doesn?t understand that ?Like New in Box? or ?Unfired? doesn?t equal MSRP on New or even doesn?t equal a dealers Wholesale Price for obtaining a firearm from a vendor or manufacturer.

No business is going to pay more than wholesale for what is essentially a used firearm. They will pay less than wholesale price and sell for less than a new firearm.

The only exception is if it?s a collectors item and isn?t made any more. Then they generally go by condition and use the Blue Book of Gun Values and might even do some research on recent sales of an identical firearm to appraise the price and make an offer

[CartridgeCalls]

Dropped off the first lot of 100 at LSB last week.

[CALI-gula]

But 50% off a brand new firearm is an insult. Dealers just want to rip people off and think they are doing customers a favor.

But that's roughly what they pay from a manufacturer or a wholesaler for a brand new firearm, so why should they pay you any more for an outright purchase from you instead? Especially when no matter how nice they are still tainted with 'used' stigma.

Your best approach is to have the LGS or auctioneer sell what you have on consignment willing to take 20% to 25%. You'll probably still make more than selling them yourself because the LGS offers credit-card options.

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[CartridgeCalls]

Still trying to sell multiple on one ppt