Do NOT expect me to buy your gun for a HIGHER price than I have marked for the same model in similar condition.

Do NOT expect me (or anybody else) to pay you more for your used gun than Wal-Mart (or anybody else) sells the same model for NEW.

When looking at shotguns that are priced for common hunting use, do not nit-pick about points that only matter for collectibles. I had a Remington 1100 in typical average ( or maybe above average) condition on table for $425. Non-Buyer complained. Since the stock and forend did not match one or both must have been replaced and it was no longer original. Suggested that he might want to go three aisles over and look at the one offered for $800.

Do not put foot-in-mouth and be caught in a lie.
Yesterday a Non-Buyer asked what I would TAKE for a revolver with a clearly marked price tag. Told him there was some wiggle room. Asked what would he give. Said the he would not price another man's merchandise and wanted my best cash price. Finally I told him my CASH NOW price. He then offered a LOWER price. Asked him if he had a twin brother. “You look just like the guy who was here and told me he would NEVER price another man's merchandise.”

I try to offer fair prices - both buy and sell.
Some other do the same. Some do not.
You can find honesty and dishonesty on both sides of the tables.

Bekeart

The last show I went to I tried negotiating for a Kimber and there was no negotiating. It was that way at most tables. Pay the sticker price or no deal. I left. Haven't been back to one since.

If you carry in a long gun to sell make sure you put a price on it first. I once carried a Civil War era Belgian Musket and a French percussion military pistol for a friend and had no clue what to ask and when asked the price I'd say make me an offer and they would turn on their heels and walk away. I put a price on them and sold them very quickly. My friend was happy with the deal.

I sprung for an digital copy of the SCSW and keep it under the Kindle App on my Smart Phone. On the phone it's a little slow to page through, but it's always with me. If I feel like carrying my reader, it's a lot handier.

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Dean
SWCA #680 SWHF #446

Eat a lot of beans before you go to help clear people away from tables and the isles,or say I don't feel so well grab your stomach and move like your going to regurgitate

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So hire a girl that looks good in hot pants and doesn't mind showing a little cleavage. You'll get a lot more lookers than if the only thing there is a grumpy old man. And the guys in tables on either side of you will appreciate it, too!

And yes, I'd rather haul my guns home than sell them at a loss. At the last few shows we've sold/traded more among ourselves than with outsiders. Even the outsiders are guys we know.

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Dick Burg

Poor taste to resurrect a zombie thread referencing cleavage without posting pictures. Just sayin...

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God spelled backwards is dog.

I set up for 30 years. Your idea is a source of amusement to most who set up. Setup is not part of a charity program.

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Incoming fire has right of way

Do you feel that the sticker price is always too high and is just an exercise to test the market?

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Incoming fire has right of way

Hey TGOT, welcome aboard. Don't take things personally around here. More crust than pie with some folks. Since you broke the ice with a necro-thread, realize everyone wants a good deal. I buy as many guns from FFL's (used to be one last century) as I get from "private sales." If'n you are fair, have a good attitude, and don't look to put a kid through college with one sale, you'll thrive. Get greedy (even in "down" business cycles) and you'll dry up and blow away. Buona fortuna as we Italians are fond of saying. Joe

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