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I need to see my M&P 9mm shield. I only shot it twice with a total of like 190 rounds. I need to know what a fair price to sell it for..only had about 5 months and like i said only shot 190 rounds so its still not warn in since they say you should shoot 300 rounds until you put anything but brass in it. Anyone have a clue what a fair price is?
 
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TopShotta9309 said:
I need to see my M&P 9mm shield. I only shot it twice with a total of like 190 rounds. I need to know what a fair price to sell it for..only had about 5 months and like i said only shot 190 rounds so its still not warn in since they say you should shoot 300 rounds until you put anything but brass in it. Anyone have a clue what a fair price is?
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My general rule of thumb for any used but not used up gun is half the retail price ,,,, but in this case I would offer no more than $150.
 
I bought a new shield for $379 and about a year later I sold it at auction for $415. Not sure why someone would pay more for a used one than you can buy a new one. I guess people get carried away. I do feel that you can do a lot better than $150
 
Now that the G43 is available, this is not a good time to try and get a GOOD price. While there ARE those looking for a Shield, many are figuring they'll be finding them at 'Bargain Basement' prices, rather than paying a decent price for a 'Lightly Used' excellent condition one.

For many, it doesn't matter if 100 rounds, or 10000 rounds were put through it... They figure "Used is Used" and will only pay 50%-65% of their LGS's (or internet) NIB price.

I'd suggest starting at 80% the current NIB prices (forget whatever you got into it). If no bites in a week or two, drop it by $50 and go another two weeks.
 
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micocyco said:
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My general rule of thumb for any used but not used up gun is half the retail price ,,,, but in this case I would offer no more than $150.
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Wow let me know when your selling! I'd say 20% of retail is fair for a used gun in good condition 10-15% for perfect factory condition
 
If you are going to sell it I would do it soon. I'm not sure if it's because of the new Glock that just came out but I was at a gun show yesterday in Charlotte. The prices on the Shield have gone down some since the last show I was at. I didn't buy one but the best price I found yesterday was $339.00, and I didn't try to haggle on that price since I wasn't in the market for one. I might have done better offering cash, who knows?? If some people start dumping Shields to buy the Glock it might drive down the price on the used ones.
 
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My general rule of thumb for any used but not used up gun is half the retail price ,,,, but in this case I would offer no more than $150.

cbr6864 said:

Wow let me know when your selling! I'd say 20% of retail is fair for a used gun in good condition 10-15% for perfect factory condition
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You have to keep up with what a gun is selling for. I just saw it the same as another poster for $339.
Walk into any gun shop & try to sell a gun, barely used, used, or used & taken good care of are all the same. You have to know a lot about them to even guess the difference.
That said it was only an offer if you want to pay 300 by all means do , I am sure it will be a good gun.
For me if the price ' on a low price gun ' is 3/4 the new price I will go with factory new :)
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You never know what a good deal you can get if you do not offer.
I offered a guy $100 for an old shotgun. winn. model 12 12g pump. got it home looked up the serial # & it was made in 1919.
Cleaned up real nice , shoots fine , gun shows sell them for $700 or $800. :rolleyes:
 
I would say $200-$250. They sell them at gun shows new for $339 where I live. I tried to trade/sell a perfect glock 23 yesterday and was offered $225-250. Needless to say I kept it
 
If I put my Shield 9 on consignment at my LGS, they would take 15% (member rate). I would need to ask $50 less than retail to get attention. Mind you I figure that I would (potentially) have to pay shipping for warranty work, not being the original owner, so I want a $60 discount off retail to buy.

So:
Retail was 400 including tax.
Buyer wants $60 off for anticipated warranty shipping cost, as there has to be something wrong with the gun to be selling it.

Price is now $340.
Commission is $51.
I get $289.

Sell it to a friend for $325 if you can.
 
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hoc9sw said:
If I put my Shield 9 on consignment at my LGS, they would take 15% (member rate). I would need to ask $50 less than retail to get attention. Mind you I figure that I would (potentially) have to pay shipping for warranty work, not being the original owner, so I want a $60 discount off retail to buy.

So:
Retail was 400 including tax.
Buyer wants $60 off for anticipated warranty shipping cost, as there has to be something wrong with the gun to be selling it.

Price is now $340.
Commission is $51.
I get $289.

Sell it to a friend for $325 if you can.
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Would you tell your friend they could get one factory new for only $14 more ?
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I think gun prices are on a downward trend , used guns will follow so what you paid will have nothing to do with the worth of it.
 
TopShotta9309 said:
Anyone have a clue what a fair price is?
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The fairest price is probably where you think the buyer paid too little and buyer thought he paid too much.

To price something, I always ask myself what discount I personally would require to buy a gun used vs. new. Especially when it's a gun like a Smith that, by the book anyway, has a non-transferrable lifetime service policy. In my opinion, there's a certain value added to be the original owner. All may not feel the same.

But to me, I'd have to have a significant discount off new to buy used. If I can spend just $40-50 more to get a new gun that I know I won't have any warranty questions on, I'll do that instead. With new Shields selling for the $350-380 range pretty consistently (some a touch lower, sure), I'd be looking at the $300 area to price a used one.
 
micocyco said:
I think gun prices are on a downward trend , used guns will follow so what you paid will have nothing to do with the worth of it.
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I recently bought a new M&P 9, and it just didn't pay to try to negotiate with folks on Armslist. There were a number of M&P 9s locally, probably bought for $550-600 a few years ago, priced at $500 used, or even $450. Sorry, guys...LGS has them for $499 all day long...and online they're even cheaper than that. Heck, even Gander Mtn or Field and Steam has them for $499 on sale.

Especially for the full size guns, sellers have to be aware of the 3 free mags promo going on right now...it's got to be hard to sell a full size or compact at the moment...
 
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Use it on a trade for something you want
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If the OP is looking for the easiest way to go, this would be it...
But as a trade, he'd probably be lucky to get 50%-60% of what his LGS is selling them for NIB. Figuring a store is going to need to mark it up to 20%-30% less than a new one, in order to sell it and make a profit on it, they're simply not going to give much in trade.
 
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