wreckville
US Veteran
When selling or consigninging a S&W ,should I redact my name,etc. from the accomponying (original) History Letter?
Selling a Lettered S&W
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It’s an individual preference. I did not.
Rpg
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Why do that?
An anonymous addressee letter wouldn’t add value to a gun for me since it wouldn’t add provenance.
An anonymous addressee letter wouldn’t add value to a gun for me since it wouldn’t add provenance.
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wreckville
US Veteran
My concern would be in not unnesesarily not providing personal info. to unkown person(s),esp. if the item changed hands several more times after my inital sale.
ordnanceguy
Member
Nope.
Figure it this way. Anyone buying the gun is someone willing to pay for a gun nice enough to have warranted a factory letter. A bad guy is not likely to do that.
Second, you sold the gun so a bad guy seeing your name on the letter has no reason to believe that you have something to steal. It's gone.
Third, most crooks take the path of least resistance. A bad guy would probably calculate that his risk of breaking into your place is higher because you were - at one time at least - a firearm owner.
Finally, redacting the letter reduces its value to the purchaser. Face it, there are thousands and thousands of similar letters out there. Leaving your name on the letter when you sell puts you at an increased risk from a bad guy about equal to the risk of being struck by a falling comet, in my opinion. Possible? Yes, anything is possible. Likely, even remotely? No. Go with the probabilities.
Figure it this way. Anyone buying the gun is someone willing to pay for a gun nice enough to have warranted a factory letter. A bad guy is not likely to do that.
Second, you sold the gun so a bad guy seeing your name on the letter has no reason to believe that you have something to steal. It's gone.
Third, most crooks take the path of least resistance. A bad guy would probably calculate that his risk of breaking into your place is higher because you were - at one time at least - a firearm owner.
Finally, redacting the letter reduces its value to the purchaser. Face it, there are thousands and thousands of similar letters out there. Leaving your name on the letter when you sell puts you at an increased risk from a bad guy about equal to the risk of being struck by a falling comet, in my opinion. Possible? Yes, anything is possible. Likely, even remotely? No. Go with the probabilities.
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wreckville
US Veteran
Excellent points, thank you Sir!
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
And practically, look at it this way:
Normally, the buyer knows your name and address anyway, and nothing prevents him from scribbling it on the letter (if redacted) if he so desires. There are some pieces of your personal information that are going to be out of your control if you have any kind of business transactions, and this particular one seems not worth worrying about.
Normally, the buyer knows your name and address anyway, and nothing prevents him from scribbling it on the letter (if redacted) if he so desires. There are some pieces of your personal information that are going to be out of your control if you have any kind of business transactions, and this particular one seems not worth worrying about.
Jack Flash
Member
I bought a S&W accompanied by a factory letter with the seller's name and address redacted. I thought it was a little silly, but it didn't really bother me.
It never occurred to me that it somehow diminished the value of the letter. Can someone explain that? All the pertinent information is still there, with Roy's signature. It's just not addressed to Joe Blow from Kokomo.
It never occurred to me that it somehow diminished the value of the letter. Can someone explain that? All the pertinent information is still there, with Roy's signature. It's just not addressed to Joe Blow from Kokomo.
Agree 100%.
And a future buyer may notice and say "Gee, this gun was owned by Mr XXXXXX" That makes it worth even more!
Old TexMex
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Yeah. If they love the guy, it’s worth more, if they hate the guy...even better.
Old TexMex
Member
Some buyers will use ANYTHING to haggle.
Jack Flash
Member
I have heard that Mr. XXXXXX has top billing in a lot of movies. I wouldn't know about that personally, however.
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