mkk41
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Yer lucky. Most shops I deal with won't even take in a used Taurus.
Do all gun stores insult you, or is it just some of mine
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Yer lucky. Most shops I deal with won't even take in a used Taurus.
mkk41
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And quite a shill job they do. A football program from the early days of the NFL surfaced in my hometown and a guy takes it to Vegas. On the air he gets $2750. Two weeks later, it's on Pawn Star's EBay site with an "appraised value" of $10,000 and an opening bid of $7500.
Sorry for the drift. Dem Boyz is crooks ...
If that's the one I saw , they admitted they knew nothing about it and could not find a value at that moment. I'm sure subsequent research turned up it's value. They made an offer , the seller accepted. It's 'take it now' in a pawn shop. Not come back in two weeks , and I'll give you top dollar if my research turns up something.
If someone sells you an old gun they found in Grandpa's attic for $50 because they want it out of the house because they need money , hate guns and want it gone and are gonna give it to the police otherwise , do you go back and tell them what it's worth if it turns out to be a Registered Magnum that subsequently letters to someone famous?
labworm
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I'll bet that anyone bringing a firearm to the LGS already knows what will take place before walking in the shop.
Many may tell themselves that.......
The "fun" of going to the neighborhood gun shop is now over. Plastic auto's, generic rifles, and help with no knowledge other than what the gun ad says in the printed brochure. Ask a question and probably they will say wait a minute and go in the back room to ask or look up an answer.
I used to spend hours talking with the old timers, looking at the latest firearms, handling everything on the floor rack and discussing their lay away terms. I tried to get a part time job at a couple gun shops since I retired and the 25 year old manager didn't want to even talk to me. I thought I could have brought in customers with my years of experience. I guess times have changed and not for the better.
I used to spend hours talking with the old timers, looking at the latest firearms, handling everything on the floor rack and discussing their lay away terms. I tried to get a part time job at a couple gun shops since I retired and the 25 year old manager didn't want to even talk to me. I thought I could have brought in customers with my years of experience. I guess times have changed and not for the better.
Dont' be upset when your LGS offers below market value. They need to resell near market value and must make money to stay in business. I feel 35% is pretty reasonable.
Post your for sale items on here and have your FFL handle the shipping/transfer. It won't be that much of an inconvenience. You will get a much better price (including shipping)...and your forum member buyer will appreciate it.
There is a Feedback area for potential buyers & sellers to view here: http://smith-wessonforum.com/feedback/
You can stipulate a FTF with local members or open it up to all of us (my preference
) and offer a ship option.
Post your for sale items on here and have your FFL handle the shipping/transfer. It won't be that much of an inconvenience. You will get a much better price (including shipping)...and your forum member buyer will appreciate it.
There is a Feedback area for potential buyers & sellers to view here: http://smith-wessonforum.com/feedback/
You can stipulate a FTF with local members or open it up to all of us (my preference
) and offer a ship option.
CAJUNLAWYER
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This thread brings back a wonderful memory and a great lesson learned.
Back in the late 80's we were moving my MIL to a smaller house and getting rid of a lot of-for lack of a better word-cr...junk
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Anyway we had about 300 or so lp's (for you young'uns those were those vinyl discs we listened to music on) with some good stuff-Sinatra, jazz, etc. Nobody wanted them so my brother in law found some store called "Record Ron's" in the quarter that bouoght and sold used LP's. We loaded up 4-5 boxes of these things (they are quite heavy btw) and lugged them down to the store. He was telling me that some of the good stuff was collector grade and we ought to get about 15-30 a piece for them and the rest maybe $5.00 each-doing the math he figures out that for a quick sale we ought to sell the lot for $1,000. (now BIL is a freshly minted lawyer-as was I-and figured out that no old stoner was going to out do him in any negotiation). Anyway we double parked, unloaded 4-5 boxes of records which I lugged into the store while he went to park the car. Meanwhile this guy comes out of the back looking like a cross between Willie Nelson and Jerry Garcia-smelling like stale weed eating a piece of muffalatta from central grocery (which was a few doors down) and begins sifting through the records. He gets through the first box having pulled our 3-4 that caught his eye and then turns to my BIL and says $25 bucks. So BIL says We want to sell them all not just let you sit and cherry pick-we'll take $1,000 for everything.
Guy looks at BIL squints and says I meant $25 bucks for everything. BIL is beside himself and starts to say stuff like "Thesae are collectord items they're worth a lot of money" Guy looks at him and says then get them out of here and go sell them.
He looks at me and I tell him, "I ain't putting those back in the car and taking them home-take da money."
Great lesson learned about capitalism-I teased him unmercifully about that to this day. That old ba...er crumrudgeon took my BIL to the lick log!
Back in the late 80's we were moving my MIL to a smaller house and getting rid of a lot of-for lack of a better word-cr...junk
.Anyway we had about 300 or so lp's (for you young'uns those were those vinyl discs we listened to music on) with some good stuff-Sinatra, jazz, etc. Nobody wanted them so my brother in law found some store called "Record Ron's" in the quarter that bouoght and sold used LP's. We loaded up 4-5 boxes of these things (they are quite heavy btw) and lugged them down to the store. He was telling me that some of the good stuff was collector grade and we ought to get about 15-30 a piece for them and the rest maybe $5.00 each-doing the math he figures out that for a quick sale we ought to sell the lot for $1,000. (now BIL is a freshly minted lawyer-as was I-and figured out that no old stoner was going to out do him in any negotiation). Anyway we double parked, unloaded 4-5 boxes of records which I lugged into the store while he went to park the car. Meanwhile this guy comes out of the back looking like a cross between Willie Nelson and Jerry Garcia-smelling like stale weed eating a piece of muffalatta from central grocery (which was a few doors down) and begins sifting through the records. He gets through the first box having pulled our 3-4 that caught his eye and then turns to my BIL and says $25 bucks. So BIL says We want to sell them all not just let you sit and cherry pick-we'll take $1,000 for everything.
Guy looks at BIL squints and says I meant $25 bucks for everything. BIL is beside himself and starts to say stuff like "Thesae are collectord items they're worth a lot of money" Guy looks at him and says then get them out of here and go sell them.
He looks at me and I tell him, "I ain't putting those back in the car and taking them home-take da money."
Great lesson learned about capitalism-I teased him unmercifully about that to this day. That old ba...er crumrudgeon took my BIL to the lick log!
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Working factory maintenance I had to make out internal billing invoices on some of the work I did. I noticed that a light bulb was listed at $5. Since I'd just bought a 4 pack the day before for something like $2 I asked my boss for an explanation.
That was when I learned about cost accountants. You tie up the money in inventory thereby losing interest on the money if it hadn't been spent. You also incur expenses in accepting the item into stock, recording it in inventory and placing it on the shelves. Then there's taxes on capital goods, a portion of the real estate taxes as well as heat, light, and maintenance is alloted to it. You have additional expenses finding it in inventory, locating it and delivering it and removing it from inventory. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, there's no ad budget since we were supplying ourselves.
Anyway, that's how a light bulb goes from 50 cents to $5. The same applies to all goods.
That was when I learned about cost accountants. You tie up the money in inventory thereby losing interest on the money if it hadn't been spent. You also incur expenses in accepting the item into stock, recording it in inventory and placing it on the shelves. Then there's taxes on capital goods, a portion of the real estate taxes as well as heat, light, and maintenance is alloted to it. You have additional expenses finding it in inventory, locating it and delivering it and removing it from inventory. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, there's no ad budget since we were supplying ourselves.
Anyway, that's how a light bulb goes from 50 cents to $5. The same applies to all goods.
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