Not Interested in Lowball Offers

[fiasconva]

A lot of them feel like they have nothing to lose by giving a low ball offer. Who knows, you just may be willing to take it.

 

[pharmer]

A lot of them feel like they have nothing to lose by giving a low ball offer. Who knows, you just may be willing to take it.

That goes either way. I was down at the Lakeland show a couple years back. My doctor friend had 4 "surplus" guns he wanted rid of for $1000 (a great deal for the buyer). Didn't even get much past the "gun check" and a vendor comes over to inspect. "How much?" $1000. Tire kicker. Next guy I says $1200. He says come over to the table. Paid out all his cash and squeezed his table pard for the rest. Doc was happy.
Another time, when they had shows at the Kissimmee Heritage Park venue, a guy had a 2" Model 34 and a 3" Model 36 for $425 each. I thought $750 for the pair. I asked "What's your best price?" He did a little calculatin' on the calculator and sez "$700?" Tempted to counter with (LBO) "$650?" I paid the man. I was happy.
Most times nothing wrong with trying to get a better deal as long as it's not "chiseling." That's another topic entirely. Joe

 

[vigil617]

So you have jut admitted on an internet forum that you engaged in a straw sale of a Full Frame Nikon-knowing full well it was a straw purchase. You better hope to hell it isn't used in a crime or you'll be in BIG trouble there.

Y'all do realize that the good low country barrister is having us on, right?

 

[Golddollar]

When I was selling my house in Maryland I had one looker whose tactics I didn't like. He gave the "price is too high" line to me. So I said, "Give me a number. What's it worth to you?" I never heard a word. He was expecting me to compete with myself.

 

[Jack Flash]

A lot of them feel like they have nothing to lose by giving a low ball offer. Who knows, you just may be willing to take it.

Well, I wouldn't say there is nothing at all to lose …
I was at a St. Louis area gun show long ago, near the table of a dealer who was known as being hard-nosed but honest and, well let's just say, who didn't take any excrement. He had a lot of really nice high end firearms.

Some bozo came to his table and gave him a low-ball offer on one of his guns. In a voice loud enough to be heard from one end of the room to the other he shouted
"Get away from my table! I don't want you to even look at my guns!"

The guy left.

 

[ameridaddy]

Will you take an "I Owe You"?

I'd rather owe it to you than cheat you out of it.

 

[bjrjar]

Nope. It was a 250 TT Metisse. Looked much like a smaller Rickman Metisse. Fast and fun...

Bob


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[Mule Packer]

sometimes you just feel the need to ad disclaimers to ads.

On Armslist I will routinely include phrases like

1. "If it is listed it is still available" Yet how many idiots still ask "is it available?"

I can't even count how many times I've contacted a seller over an ad and the bozo says, "Uh...oh, sorry, I sold it last week and just haven't gotten around to removing the ad."

I guess there are other idiots like me who have run into the same thing. That's why we ask.

Like I've always said, "It's a mighty thin pancake that doesn't have two sides."

 

[Sevens]

I am friendly, outgoing, courteous and patient when it comes to buying and selling and negotiating, and I have a fair share of experience in buying and selling handguns.

Judging by the -many- discussions on here where so many folks get annoyed and offended continually, it is safe to say that I'm more patient than most and don't sweat these things so much.

I'll tell you this though...
I hope to live to 80. I might get lucky and make it to 90. I might not make it 'til next week, but I know this:

There isn't enough time in my life for Armslist.

Armslist sucks and attracts the worst folks in and out of our hobby. Certainly not everyone on Armslist is bad, but I don't see the value in even attempting to deal with all the joys that come with Armslist.

If there are parts of gun negotiations that drive you up a wall AND you are actively using Armslist, then you are the textbook definition of a masochist.

 

[Farmer17]

I've had good luck with Armslist on about a dozen transactions. Most transactions take 5 minutes or so and the people look at the gun, are friendly, hand me the cash, and are gone. A couple were not so good. One guy called on a Sunday and ask if I could drive to his church were he was working and he would come out and buy the gun. I always have people meet at a large store parking lot near me with lots of people and cameras but I was bored that day so I agreed. I drove to a REALLY bad neighborhood and the church was closed and no vehicles in the parking lot and saw one guy a long way off talking on his phone with his hoodie covering his head and I drove off. He called and was mad that I left and I said I would be glad to meet him in a well lighted parking lot with people present and he said he would call me later to arrange another meeting but I had already sold the gun to someone else by the time he called back.

 

[CH4]

Another fan of Armslist. Completed many successful sales and purchases, only crossing paths with one scammer who was easily dispatched. Everyone I dealt with was pleasant and a straight shooter. Even conducted the sale of a 2.5" 66-2 with an on duty, uniformed deputy and his partner in a McDonald's parking lot - didn't know he was a cop until he pulled up next to me in his cruiser. We ended up "talking cop" for about 30 minutes. FWIW, all transactions took place in the Reno/Carson City area. Great to be an American...in a free state!

The only low-ball offers I ever get are from sellers/dealers at gun shows. After attending the same gun shows for several years, you quickly learn who to deal with and who not to. For me the best deals often happen in the parking lot or in line while waiting for the show to open.

 

[Camster]

When I was selling my house in Maryland I had one looker whose tactics I didn't like. He gave the "price is too high" line to me. So I said, "Give me a number. What's it worth to you?" I never heard a word. He was expecting me to compete with myself.

His way of saying that he was a daydreamer with no money.

 

[Walkin Horse]

I have a tractor for sale on marketplace. I've kept the price under similar tractors on Tractorhouse and I've come down since I originally listed it. I've had three bites just this week. It's always the same questions,like they can't read the ad.
First guy asks what's your best price. I answered back with the best for you or for me? Then he replies I'd be more willing if you didn't live so far away. I replied I do live near the tractor, you live far away. So in a phone call he tells me he's looking at one that's $1500 more than mine. The next day he texts me a $15000 offer which is 3 grand under my asking price. No reply needed.

Two days later I get another bite. Same redundant questions,asks for more pictures and my best price. Says he's really interested and $13000 is the best he can come up with. I told him to find a tractor dealer that would support his bad habits.

Third guy,I'm waiting for him to look at it. And he hasn't even asked me to lower the price yet.

This has been going on since back in the spring. So lowball offers get annoying and time wasting. You think someone is sincere,you spend time answering their questions and bam, can you knock 25% off. Not any more than you'd be willing to add 25%.

 

[sigp220.45]

I just ignore the lowballs.

Remember when you could sell guns on Facebook? I bought a bunch, but selling was a different cat all together. I had a Makarov for a very reasonable price. I can't tell you how many dumb*** replies I got saying "$50?".

 

[Farmer17]

I loved selling guns on Facebook and usually got top dollar, sometimes I even got more money than what they could buy the same gun brand new at Walmart or Academy. Yeah, I got lowball offers and people wanting to trade me junk from their garage but my guns always sold pretty quickly.

 

[RobertJ.]

I like those guys who ask, "Can I trade these three piece of **** guns for that one nice one you're selling?"