do you haggle at the gun store?

[D53]

I pretty much always get a good deal when I go to River City Gun Exchange and I always buy guns from there on layaway ( 1/3rd-1/2 down and pay the rest when my dros is over) and I have never walked out of there not happy.

[phroggunner]

Nope, if their prices aren't fair, they don't get my money. Plenty of other places for me to shop.

[TexasAggie]

As an FYI, we always haggle, unless of course if what we're buying are small items. We haggled with BestBuy a while back and saved some $700 on a washer/dryer/refrigerator purchase we made from them. The price we agreed to was not a sale price, but a negotiated price between the store and the consumer.

Know your strength. If you're buying big ticket items from any place, demand they work with you on the price.

I always haggle on gun purchases.


TexasAggie

[Spaceghost]

+1. I went to a local shop to do a PPT transfer recently. I know it is a pain for the gunshop guys to do, so I was trying to shop around for something to buy to make it worth their while. I asked to see the 7.63x39 Saiga on the wall. I almost choked when I saw the price. 699!!!! Maybe 450 to 500, at 699 I will never walk in that shop again.

Nope, if their prices aren't fair, they don't get my money. Plenty of other places for me to shop.

[Clayface]

Only once while purchasing my latest handgun. I got the sw460 and the guy agreed to a free box of 460 ammo worth 35 bucks.

[Mickey D]

I hate those guys with a passion. I was simply walking around in the store getting nasty looks from a guy cursing behind the counter.

The best thing Ron Kennedy can do for his business is get rid of Zack.
He turns off so many folks with his attitude.
I stopped in last week to look for some scope rings. The first thing out of his mouth was "You going to by something this time"? Right there is the reason I don't buy anything there. Hello, Midway?

[jamesob]

The best thing Ron Kennedy can do for his business is get rid of Zack.
He turns off so many folks with his attitude.
I stopped in last week to look for some scope rings. The first thing out of his mouth was "You going to by something this time"? Right there is the reason I don't buy anything there. Hello, Midway?

your response should have been "not now a-hole"

[GrayWolf09]

I saw a wingmaster with not so matching wood for something like $1100 at a local gunshop. And people expect you not to haggle. $1100 for a not so pristine 870, i think not.

I'll sell you my wingmaster for only $1,000. Throw in an extra stock to boot.

[Look Wat I kAn DO !]

When i went to buy my 9mm. I wanted the Glock 17 but it was 600 . I asked the guy can u go lower he was. WTF? this gun is hard to get if u don't pay it some one will. I was wtf? So i got a xd 9 for 500.

[rod]

I haggle at gunshows and parking lots, but not in the gun store itself. Really don't need to. They'll order anything I want from the internet and not mark it up. They'll also meet any price I can find for the same gun.

[wash]

I've tried but not had what I would call success. If I go in to a shop and they have a gun I want but the price is too high, I'll ask if they can do anything on the price. Usually they will offer to come down a little but never to a price that's reasonable.

I saved about $400 on a $600 gun buy ordering it online and transferring it at a kitchen table FFL. That's right, I would have paid about $1,100 if I bought it from an FFL with a store front. It did need to have a mag lock installed before it entered CA but I got it done and transferred for about $700 total. It sucks paying $700 for a $600 gun but it's a hell of a lot better than spending $1,100 or even $1,200 if I hadn't asked about the price.

Most of the time if the price of an item I want is not reasonable at the gun shop (I will allow a little mark up for their overhead), I don't bother haggling, I just find a way to order online or use a kitchen table FFL.

I dearly want to support my local gun shops but they make it hard with their pricing.