Maybe It Is Me....Yes, It Probably Is.....

[rburg]

one of the best rifles I own...And no it's not for sale.

I've heard that one before. Its just negotiating. Its all for sale if the right price is offered up!

I think of my jewels - the prewar 44 3rd model target, the postwar 3rd Model 44 target. And I say to myself "they're not for sale". I'm not sayin' I'm a liar, but I know darn good and well if either the right price or trade comes along, those puppies are history.

One of my springtime hobbies is yard-sailin'. And this is springtime. When I see a sign for a yardsale, the ole jeep just veers off that way. And at the first sign of outdoors stuff I ask if they've got any old guns or ammunition. Especially the older women that look like widows. They're scared to death of the old man's guns, and have no idea they could put them out for sale. They don't really want the unruly neighbors even knowin' they've got that kind of thing. Often they are overjoyed at the idea of selling and having them gone. Which fits well into my ideas of buying stuff and hauling it away.

And I've had folks get annoyed at me asking from time to time. One old guy had some wrenches on a table. He was missin' some of the important flat wrenches, so I asked him if he had the missing ones. He blew up and said if he'd had them, he wouldn't be sellin the others. One old guy out in Indiana got all twisted out of shape because I asked him if he'd take a few bucks less. He went on a tirade just because I asked! Folks are strange. So when you ask you've got to be ready for them to throw a fit from time to time. I'm plannin' on askin' a bunch more in the future. And I really don't care if they get upset or not.

If you give somebody a low ball offer, it can be reason for them to blow up. I try to avoid that just because they might rightfully get upset. Its best to ask politely and not toss out figures that might upset them. If they want too much, you can claim poverty and just thank them.

 

[NMPinNYC]

Am I the only person that finds unsolicited offers to buy firearms annoying as all get out? I have never posted a for sale thread in the classifieds, yet recently I have received requests to sell my 681, my 586-3, and my 4505. I have never even stated in any thread I would ever even CONSIDER selling any of my firearms. Now maybe if I had EVER even alluded to the fact that I "maybe" would consider it, I could understand all the private messages I have received asking me to sell a firearm.

Maybe I am being rude, but hey, go beat the bushes like I did and look for them. For example, it took me 3 years to find my 4505....I didn't find it by sending folks private messages asking to buy theirs. I went to gun shops, gun shows, and scoured the internet until I found it. Are people really that lazy now? Part of the fun for me is the hunt.

Seriously.....if you want a particular firearm, put some effort into it. Or hey, here's a novel idea.....post in the wanted to buy section.

Okay, I'm off my soap box and putting on my flame-proof suit.


Thoughts? Comments?

Please count me in for this great Karma!

 

[keith44spl]

one of the best rifles I own...And no it's not for sale.

I've heard that one before. Its just negotiating. Its all for sale if the right price is offered up!

Dang it Dick,
I spend the better part of a life time perfecting that line and
in one felt-swoop you disseminate my whole trade strategy.

I got a 3rd model target of sorts...Yeah, a five inch, purty fair shape.

And no I don't want to sell it neither,

Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[JCS&W]

Geez, just another thread that shows how unliked my Smiths are. I post pics all the time, probably too often, but no one has ever offered my anything for my Smiths.

 

[vic3620]

my wife says, my gun safe is like "hotel california" (you can check out any time you want, but you can never leave)
To me, If someone wants to buy one of mine, I would take that as a compliment. With a no thank you reply.

vic3620

 

[COL Jagdog]

Now, this has been an educational post -- I did not know that you could sell your guns -- I thought that a gunowner had to give them back to the government if he wanted to get rid of them. Holy cow, you mean I can sell my guns to a friend or neighbor??? God is good and all is right with the world.

 

[Mickey D]

I can't tell you how many times I have been asked about selling this book!

 

[Sebago Son]

So I guess the next time some jazzbo drops me a line and tells me that I should sell him just the left hand stock panel off of one of my Registereds and then TELLS me that he can find them anywhere for $200, so he's sending me $100 'cause it's ONLY ONE SIDE, who wants to get that mail forwarded to them?

 

[Pete99004]

So I guess the next time some jazzbo drops me a line and tells me that I should sell him just the left hand stock panel off of one of my Registereds and then TELLS me that he can find them anywhere for $200, so he's sending me $100 'cause it's ONLY ONE SIDE, who wants to get that mail forwarded to them?

The Gorilla?


Pete

 

[harleyvato]

Am I the only person that finds unsolicited offers to buy firearms annoying as all get out? I have never posted a for sale thread in the classifieds, yet recently I have received requests to sell my 681, my 586-3, and my 4505. I have never even stated in any thread I would ever even CONSIDER selling any of my firearms. Now maybe if I had EVER even alluded to the fact that I "maybe" would consider it, I could understand all the private messages I have received asking me to sell a firearm.

Maybe I am being rude, but hey, go beat the bushes like I did and look for them. For example, it took me 3 years to find my 4505....I didn't find it by sending folks private messages asking to buy theirs. I went to gun shops, gun shows, and scoured the internet until I found it. Are people really that lazy now? Part of the fun for me is the hunt.

Seriously.....if you want a particular firearm, put some effort into it. Or hey, here's a novel idea.....post in the wanted to buy section.

Okay, I'm off my soap box and putting on my flame-proof suit.


Thoughts? Comments?

Okay, since you're off your soapbox we can all go back to our regular forum activities( gotta ask some of the guys if they will sell their guns )

 

[Onomea]

I've been asked out of the blue, and I gotta say it does not bother me. Haven't sold any that way tho.

I agree with the posters who say that while we may not think they are for sale, in reality they are. Depends on the price.

I was with my daddy on the front porch, somewhere back in the '70s, when a couple of guys drive up, get out of the car, saunter up and ask him, "is your place for sale?" Dad doesn't skip a beat and replies. "Sure. $999,999.99." He had bought the place a few years earlier, when he retired, for $60K. He loved the place, and he died in bed there about 20 years later, but if someone was fool enough to give him a million bucks for it, he woulda took it.

As you have probably surmised, the two fellas got the message, and left.

 

[m1gunner]

Everything I have is for sale except the wife and dog......I might listen to offers on the dog.

 

[Fishslayer]

Well-what an eye opener-much of this thread is a reinforcement of the old, "when you assume..." I'd have never thought anyone would be offended by an offer to sell, or buy a gun, here on a "gun forum." Just so I can avoid any intensities in the future, I invite anyone to offer to buy or sell me anything they want, anytime they want. Nuff' said. Flapjack.

I'll take a pass on offers to sell me "stuff." But if anybody wants to offer to buy something...

Now I have to go check on my hyperbole meter. Some of the posts on this thread are making it jangle a bit...

 

[joeintexas]

As my granddad used to say, "everything I own is for sale if the price is right, I just hadn't thought about selling it yet". As the man said, you can always say "no".

 

[CajunBass]

I used to know an old boy who "hit" on just about every woman he met. I asked him why he did that. His reply was a classic..."One of them might say yes."

You might not sell it, but the next guy might.

Not long ago I was selling a few guns on a local gun trader board. Almost every one I got an offer from the same guy for about half or less than what I was asking. I figured he was working on the same theory. I just politely said "No thanks."