Check prices before selling

[larkja]

I'm a relatively new member here, but have noticed something that really bothers me - please bear with my rant here.

We all love firearms; we love to buy and sell. However, I have noticed that, on most occasions, the asking prices in the WTS section are WAY out of the ballpark. Some examples:

A Rossi 92 in .357 asking $700. I can buy this any day of the week for $550 out the door.
A few months ago, I e-mailed a guy about a Howa 1500 in .308 he was selling for, I believe, around $800 or $900. This exact gun was for sale at Big 5 for $750 OTD.

I have found a couple good deals here, but most of my searches for guns for sales bring up firearms that are just ridiculously priced.

To the membership here at Calguns. If you are truly interested in selling, do your research first - check gunbroker and gunsamerica. If you truly want to sell, price your firearm BELOW those prices.

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but many sellers need a reality check. I'm always in the market for good deals, but the asking prices here are, oftentimes, a joke.

Flame on!

[JackRydden224]

I'm not sure if you will get flamed much for this, many of us have ran out of flames for this type of threads because it's just beating a dead horse.

[Capybara]

Handheld application of blunt force to lifeless equine.

[CK_32]

Just go by the CGN rule of thumb.


1. Remember what you paid for it
2. Add $50 to $200 to that price
3. Make up a number of rounds (usually 100 to 350 works best)
4. Add that it's rare or in demand
5. Belittle any lower or realistic offers
6. Sell for a profit

[billofrights]

No different with anything. Look at craigslist for a used laptop, people want $100 less than what they paid for a 4 year old machine, when you can buy one on ebay for under $100. Worth is not "what you paid+sentiment."

[TruEdge]

Just go by the CGN rule of thumb.


1. Remember what you paid for it
2. Add $50 to $200 to that price
3. Make up a number of rounds (usually 100 to 350 works best)
4. Add that it's rare or in demand
5. Belittle any lower or realistic offers
6. Sell for a profit

I think we need to make that a sticky

[glockman19]

Caveat emptor

[teg33]

It's free market,

[Gem1950]

Why should you let this kind of stuff bother you? Make a seller an offer, if he says no move on. No big deal. Sometimes you will hear back from them after they've had time to think about it. If you want something in particular put a WTB ad in the appropriate section and be patient and vigilant. Put a search for WTS in your locale on a regular basis and see what pops up. Bottom line - who cares what they want to sell it for, what matters is what you are willing to pay.

All things come to those who wait.

[JackRydden224]

Just go by the CGN rule of thumb.


1. Remember what you paid for it
2. Add $50 to $200 to that price
3. Make up a number of rounds (usually 100 to 350 works best)
4. Add that it's rare or in demand
5. Belittle any lower or realistic offers
6. Sell for a profit

Yes we need to sticky this, great advice on how to sell guns

It's free market,

Yes, it's free to be stupid

[Bansh88]

Just go by the CGN rule of thumb.


1. Remember what you paid for it
2. Add $50 to $200 to that price
3. Make up a number of rounds (usually 100 to 350 works best)
4. Add that it's rare or in demand
5. Belittle any lower or realistic offers
6. Sell for a profit

hahahahaaaa. Been on this site for a while. Everytime I go look in the buy/sell, I run out of there and have to remind myself why I ran out of there last time.
The last time I looked, I was interested in a Mosin. Didn't see one for less than $300!

[klewan]

Back in the old days, you had to pay to run an ad. $30 for the weekend was about as cheap as you could find. So if you listed something with a ridiculous price, you just pissed away your $30, and had to do it again next weekend. That got expensive doing it 3 or 4 times, so most peeps figured out to be around the actual market, a little bit high for some bargaining room, but you didn't see a used,common item being offered for the new price or higher.

Today, all the ads are free, they can and do ask ridiculous prices, because it doesn't cost them anything to run the ad! If it cost $50 to run a week long ad, they'd wise up real quick. At least most of them would, still be some idiots that will die still owning it....

[Mitch]

Back in the old days, you had to pay to run an ad. $30 for the weekend was about as cheap as you could find. So if you listed something with a ridiculous price, you just pissed away your $30, and had to do it again next weekend. That got expensive doing it 3 or 4 times, so most peeps figured out to be around the actual market, a little bit high for some bargaining room, but you didn't see a used,common item being offered for the new price or higher.

Today, all the ads are free, they can and do ask ridiculous prices, because it doesn't cost them anything to run the ad! If it cost $50 to run a week long ad, they'd wise up real quick. At least most of them would, still be some idiots that will die still owning it....

Good point, Klewan. Free advertising means more lame advertising.

[Standard]

I think we need to make that a sticky

Just go by the CGN rule of thumb.


1. Remember what you paid for it
2. Add $50 to $200 to that price
3. Make up a number of rounds (usually 100 to 350 works best)
4. Add that it's rare or in demand
5. Belittle any lower or realistic offers
6. Sell for a profit

Yup, this is pretty much how it goes here.

It's free market,

No one's saying to ban sellers or overpricing, this is just ranting about the practice. That's part of the free market too.

[pistolero805]

You shouldn't let these things bother you. People have a right to sell items at any cost. If they don't sell because they are priced too high, then that is their problem.

I have also noticed that some of the Craigslist lowballers have made their way into the calguns marketplace. Even if an item is reasonably priced, you will still get some jackoff that will chop your price in half. Most times if prices are fair I pay what they are asking and ask for free shipping. If not it's no big deal.