"Final price drop" in Classifieds

[drkphibr]

I enjoy browsing the classifieds to see what's out there. Every once in a while there is either a good deal or you find something that you're interested in.

I always get a kick out of seeing "final price drop" on a posting. This is just my observation and my thoughts on it when I see it, as it's a seller's perogative to set/ask for any price they want. Whether the item sells at that price is an entirely different matter.

Thoughts on "Final price drop" updates and some of the ads of late:

• Your initial price was probably too high for the current market conditions
• You've lowered your price enough times that now you're saying "that's it, no more..." and to me that says you're still open to negotiation....regardless of what's in the ad.
• Interest in your item just isn't there right now (like everything else, there are cycles of interest)
• You want to get what you paid (as close to it, or in some cases more), especially considering the "upgrades"
• Listing what you paid is informative, but doesn't necessarily justify its price (from a buyer's perspective)
• The item will sell for the highest price someone is willing to pay and that price may still be lower than your "final price drop"

I think the only sales tactic more interesting than "final price drop" is the "going back in the safe in X days" or the limited time sale type ad. The "pressure" sell.

Just interesting to see how people position and market their items to make that sale.

[gatesbox]

Get ready for the sellers with five pages of BTT to chime in with a rebuttal...

[ASD1]

^lol

[golfrj]

I too love the one, "Well if you don't Buy it Now I will put it back in the SAFE".. Now That is Funny, " Hey I thought you wanted to Sell It??"

[CK_32]

[Tripper]

Well tell me, honestly, I won't be offended
Are my listed firearms reasonable priced, why/why not, what price should they be
I'll say now, I sometimes am not sure what a price should be. So yes I will leave a price for a while.
I think the shotgun is at the right price now, because it seems location and shipping or delivery cost is taking the cost over the top
I honestly gong know on the xt22 conversion, has its own niche

[Subotai]

Time is money to me. I'd rather post a lower price and sell now than BTT for a couple of months.

[john67elco]

Get ready for the sellers with five pages of BTT to chime in with a rebuttal...

I saw someone with 8 pages of BTT with one person asking if is what C&R. I chimed in saying if it wasn't then by the time he sells the gun it will be. I knew I'd get busted but I still laughed.

[drkphibr]

Well tell me, honestly, I won't be offended
Are my listed firearms reasonable priced, why/why not, what price should they be
I'll say now, I sometimes am not sure what a price should be. So yes I will leave a price for a while.
I think the shotgun is at the right price now, because it seems location and shipping or delivery cost is taking the cost over the top
I honestly gong know on the xt22 conversion, has its own niche

My .02 would be:

If you're getting responses/interest, then your firearms are reasonably priced. If there's no interest, then I'd say they are higher than the current market is willing to pay.

If I was going to sell a gun, I'd take a few things into account:

1. Condition
2. Production run (commodity gun [e.g., Glock] or rare [e.g., old Python])
3. Age
4. Similar sales on Gunbroker (taking CA "issues" into consideration)
5. Availability
6. My wish list

There are probably many more factors, but those come to mind.

[dieselpower]

If I don't need to sell something I toss it up for what I paid or slightly lower. If it sells...cool, if not I don't care. When I want to sell something I price it to move... and those items don't normally get more than one BTT.

I sold a BUIS in under 1 minute. I hit "post", went back and was re-checking the grammar and spelling when I got a PM. I refreshed the page and sure enough... "I'll take it." reply.

Guys with 10+ BTTs don't care if they sell it or not.

[Tripper]

Time is money, not for me on this anyway, I'm in no hurry, it costs me nothing more to hold it

8 pages of bumps could be recycling thread from previous sales
Do you really think the Glock thread with a few pages is a single gun

[Barbarossa]

I think the shotgun is at the right price now, because it seems location and shipping or delivery cost is taking the cost over the top

It's because It's a left handed model.

Can't be too many people looking for a wrong handed gun.

I'd personally post it as 299.99 on the cost, rather then 300.

[Tripper]

Lol
There are more wrong
Err, left handers than I thought

Actually my daughter is a lefty shooter, so I initially got it on another trade for her. She didn't want it.

[ewarmour]

Guns are like cars - you never get out of them what you put in to them - unless it's an original classic.

[Hopalong]

When somebody says "it's not about the money"

It's about the money

When somebody says "final price drop"

Most likely it's not final

These are silly word games to distract from the real issue