Ridiculously High Priced Used Guns - Do you make a reasonable offer?

[VictorLouis]

I simply send a message similar to this:

Hi, if you don't get another higher offer that suits you,
I'd be willing to pay ___x___.

That way, you're not coming off as insulting, and if you score, you score.

 

[doublesharp]

one offer is better than a thousand lookers

 

[Drm50]

There are some way out of line prices. By same token there are reasonable offers and some that are insulting. I don't know if these people are plain ignorant or just throwing lo ball out thinking if they do it enough , they will hit on one. I do lot dealing and if I get a ignorant offer, I won't deal with that person ever. I don't think I've ever made a ignorant offer and I don't bother when the price is unreasonably high.

 

[k22fan]

To answer the original question, no. If we're too far apart the chance of agreeing on a price is so low that it is not worth insulting the sell making him unwilling to listen to me again.

Also, like I wrote about houses, a for sale sign is not necessarily displayed because the advertiser wants to sell. A boat owner who rented the side of dock opposite mine had a for sale sign in his boat's widow for as long as I moored there. The price was so high no one would ever buy. His explanation was his wife demanded he sell their boat. As long as he was trying she was not argumentative. A gun show table holder told me his prices were beyond the range in which they'd sell because he was only there to snag hoped for bargains on guns being carried through the show. The show's owner expected table holders to display guns. His guns were on the table to make himself welcome, not to sell.

I will add that I found the most effective way to make an offer is to hand the the seller currency. They sit there holding it asking what's this. Now they have to decide if they really want to to buy the item for money that as good as theirs.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

The conversation for me goes something like this:
ME: I would buy that gun at a reasonable price.
SELLER: You nay know what it is worth, but the guy who is going to buy it in the next half hour won't care.
ME: I will see you again in normal times.
SELLER: The price will NEVER go down again.
ME: Then I guess we are both rich.

 

[BigBill]

Firm on the price I let it sit and the seller stew. Sometimes weeks with anything I'm interested. Then if it's still there it's open season. Offer a low ball price. Either the seller may not answer or he will snap back another price. If he offers another price then he's open to deal. Let the haggling begin. It's the art of the deal. Now he might drop a few dollars. I try to meet him between my offer and his list price in the end. Remember a poker face in person. Haggle slowly take your time. Online don't rush take a day to respond.

 

[Sistema1927]

No. If they are ridiculously high then it isn't worth the bother, and only serves to piss off someone who thinks that they have a rare artifact worth more than is reasonable.

 

[Moo Moo]

Thanks for everyone's replies.