Mod 66-2, 2 1/2” $700 cash rejected

[AveragEd]

You might as well take the $56 bucks back and see if he'll let you keep half of it.

Why does everyone was to dicker on prices? If the guy would accept $700 with tax, he would have priced it that way. I never haggle price - if the price is more than I honestly think the item is worth or at least worth to me, I thank the seller for his/her time and walk away.

And for the umpteenth time on this Forum, I will remind you that any nice older Smith & Wesson revolver that seems too costly today will seem quite reasonable before long. They don't make 'em any more, at least not like that, and there are fewer nice examples available for sale as time marches on.

Go back, give the guy his $56 and have something you obviously really want. IF it's still there, of course.

Ed

 

[jughed440]

The dealer's price is fair for a pre-lock 66 snub. Someone will pay it eventually (probably today). I don't let the tax amount, or worrying about what the dealer had paid for a firearm get in the way of making a purchase if i really want what's in the case and the price is reasonable.
Having said that, profit-hungry dealers will always try to lowball private sellers. A gentleman wanting to sell his 3" 66-4 (with Spegels) took it to a gun show. He told me that the dealers refused to give him his asking price, which at that time was half the going rate, because "there would not be enough profit". I bought the 66-4.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Well you were bidding against yourself ........ Free (bad joke), low ball offer ,$650,$700..... why would he expect you to stop bidding........ over $56 in tax.

He figures you will be back and/or your $700 bid proved to him he had it marked/priced correctly.

$56 over the useful life of the gun is how much per year? When was the last time you saw one in a LGS.....for me it's been at least 10 years.

 

[Mule88]

The way I see it you lost a good gun for $56

 

[CajunBass]

I wouldn't have lost it over fifty bucks. Not if I wanted it.

 

[Triathloncoach]

I bought my 66-2 no box or docs from a private seller a couple of months back for $650. Great shape, good price. $650-$750 sounds about right.

My experience when negotiating at a pawn shop, less so a LGS is to very respectfully show the employee that you have the cash. You are serious.

I also have watched pawn shops and gun shops negotiate and price customer trade-ins. Courteous, but it's all about the money. They likely bought it for 50% of its value from someone hurting for $.

 

[markeb]

Obviously your tactics with gun buying didn't work with this gun shop owner. I'd be willing to bet neither one budges on the $56 tax. The hunt for a 66 snubby continues.

 

[Laketime]

Why does everyone was to dicker on prices? If the guy would accept $700 with tax, he would have priced it that way. I never haggle price - if the price is more than I honestly think the item is worth or at least worth to me, I thank the seller for his/her time and walk away.

And for the umpteenth time on this Forum, I will remind you that any nice older Smith & Wesson revolver that seems too costly today will seem quite reasonable before long. They don't make 'em any more, at least not like that, and there are fewer nice examples available for sale as time marches on.

Go back, give the guy his $56 and have something you obviously really want. IF it's still there, of course.

Ed

I think that most people view price haggling as a game or sport .How often do you see a post where a member has come across a $650 gun selling for $450. And the responses usually advise him to go back and lay down four Bengimans and see what he does.
I'm with you if I want something and can afford it I buy it.

 

[Glashaus]

Your free comment and then you threw a low ball price to him closed him down to entertaining any negotiation with you. When people know what a fair price is on gun, why lowball a dealer?

 

[ladder13]

Much ado about nothing.

 

[American1776]

Pre-lock snub nosed *magnums* are going for mega bucks these days. 800-1000+, depending on the model and condition.

The K-frame magnums in the snub nosed variants are quite costly. 850+ around these parts is standard.

 

[Mrnurse]

Its all about the art of the deal as Trump would say.... depends what he has in it...my local shop runs a 40% margin on used weapons.

 

[Telecaster]

A brand new Kimber K6S is sounding pretty cheap right about now.

I'm not convinced Kimber revolvers will increase in value. They're good guns, and I have a hunch that in this age of plastic fantastic they won't stay in production long. So maybe they're a good investment, but if I knew for sure I'd be rich from the stock market. Don't take my advice!

 

[squidsix]

I told you a while back. $1k for a Combat Magnum isn't even out of line for a 4", much less a 2.5". It's going to be around $2k to get a pre-lock magnum gun in the next few years.

 

[Stopsign32v]

Lost a nice revolver you wanted over $50. Congrats

 

[Hasbeen1945]

Everybody loves buying a nice handgun cheap. But with the days of the web prices are to easy to check. It becomes a matter of how bad you NEED a certain handgun.
I recently paid 750 for my prelock 66 snuby. I'm sure happy with it. Now that I have it and have shot it ,I would pay more.

 

[357-RevolverGuy]

$650-700 is high around my area. I purchased a 66-2 (2.5") used but in great shape 2 yrs ago at a local shop for $550. And that was a cash offer because it was priced at $575. Sold it a year later for $575. I just didn't care for adjustable sights on that short of a barrel. I have seen them at gun shows around the $550-600 range. If he didn't take your offer it just sounds to me like he doesn't intend to sell it. It wasn't even priced when he showed it to you.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Everybody has their price, and y'all's didn't match up. $700 is a little high for around here, maybe $100 high, but I understand they go for that other places.

 

[DD357]

Between the free comment and the low ball offer I probably would have had my hackles up; I probably would have done the same as the shop owner.

 

[hardknocks]

$

You frequent his store and buy his items and he won't deal.
Bad business in my opinion.
I would not give him any more of my cash.
And cash 700 may go into the books as 450?