I've Got a Few Questions for Every One Here!

[Emperor]

There are a lot of firearms for sale here. I look at many of them and their ads and wonder; why is no one buying that sooner? I see what appears to be a very nice gun, sometimes NIB and watch the seller(s) bump and reduce the price as if in a panic. I almost feel the sellers desperation and disappointment as he/she continues to drop the price on some guns that are selling for more at some of the local discount gun outlets.

So what is it? Is it the gun themselves? The economy? Is it how the sellers are presenting it? Is this market (or the market in general), oversaturated with guns?

Not to pick on a particular ad from not long ago, but the seller was asking $200 less than retail on a well respected name brand gun fired a few dozen times. Granted, people probably don't have as much money to burn these days on something they may not need, but some of these are hard to pass on. If I didn't have one of a particular make and model already, I would buy some of these just on principle.

Am I the one reading all of this stuff wrong? And you sellers; are you sometimes just hurting for cash? Did you buy a particular brand and find out you don't want it anymore?

I just don't get it.

 

[Sks985]

I've sold a few cheaper than I wanted to recently just because I needed the cash.

 

[Coastie Paul]

For me, it's just that I'm not in the market (don't have the disposable cash) but as a typical guy, I would love to just buy them all.

 

[jdessell]

It's weird that every one of these guns only have 50 or so rounds through them. Even when they're 10+ years old. Odd.

 

[Kraut]

No different than looking at a News-on-Wheels type publication, thousands of cars that people want to sell, but the right buyer has to sift through all that's out there, multiple sources/media, make arrangements to check 'em out/compare before a decision. I check the Marketplace every time I log on, but there are probably lots who log on for discussion but rarely check the ads. Nature of the beast.

 

[SpeedRacer]

Simply put, the economy sucks and a lot of people blew their "gun money" during the panic.

 

[JNieman]

I don't buy things just for the sake of buying things. If I'm not in the market, I don't even look at the ad. I was in the market for an AR upper recently. First ad I saw, I bought it because it was a good price. I have no idea how long it'd been there. Didn't even look at the date.

I'm not in the market for a shotgun so even if some Beretta A500 goes up for $500 under retail LNIB, I'm still not gonna be looking at it.

 

[whitsend]

I need extra cash right now, so no money to buy, but I'm not totally destitute so I just quit bumping my ads.
But I will make someone a great deal on anything I have for sale.

 

[Gator 45/70]

As stated in post #4, Some of these ad's set off a cyclone of red flag's..and i'll leave it at that.

 

[BayouSlide]

Pricing is always what the market will pay...and what I'm willing to take or give up to part with it right now. Ebb and flow. But I would hazzard guess that a lot of people have already spent all their "extra" cash at this point and there are more bargains than people with the cash...and the desire for a particular item...to take advantage of 'em. Not necessarily the best time to be selling higher-end items, IMO, which always have a more limited market.

 

[Dishonored]

I'm having a hard time with the reloading setup. I'm selling it because I don't have time to load anymore and I need the cash for buying things for the house. I close in 2 weeks. If it weren't for the double bump rule I would bump the price down to $700 just four hours after bumping at $760 because I would like to get a weed eeder and a few other things.
I'm just tired of bumping it and not getting offers. I'm just gonna cut my losses and move on.

 

[Neil09]

I've been noticing also. Made me decide not to sell my m&p. Glad to see ARs and AKs sub $1000.

 

[Hattrick 22]

Along with what speed said. I would like to think firearms moved faster when comments were allowed and such but the mods didn't like to have to monitor it with all the bumps and other underlying bs.

No disrespect just an opinion.

 

[parallel]

I'm not in the market. The price would need to be stupid low for me to buy something that I don't really want to buy.

 

[Fred_G]

I have seen a few things I was interested in, but many are ftf, and I am up in north LA.

 

[bjeepin2]

after the opening page I go to the classified just to see what is out there I always have a few bucks put back for something I may like but it has to be something I may like I picked up a sight and some .40s the other day or so. got a few guns form here also always looking for a good deal.

 

[AustinBR]

For me, it's just that I'm not in the market (don't have the disposable cash) but as a typical guy, I would love to just buy them all.

That's where I am at right now too. Being a college student and not pulling 40 hour weeks makes it hard to have extra money for toys while still putting money into savings and investments. One day though!

 

[JBP55]

It's weird that every one of these guns only have 50 or so rounds through them. Even when they're 10+ years old. Odd.

And they are only priced 20% above the same gun NIB.

 

[blitztech]

I personally look at a lot of the ads and feel the prices are grossly inflated. The sit for weeks and months with no price drops. Other ads that I come across with excellent prices I contact within 30 minutes and they're sold. I think the marketplace is working just as it was intended to work. Those that aren't selling are either selling something no one is interested in, or their prices are unrealistic. I'm not looking to pay full retail for something that isn't coming brand new in a box and I rarely care enough to want NIB anyway.

 

[troy_mclure]

i sold most of my guns at really low prices because i needed cash. and fast.

ive seen some great guns id love to have if i wasnt broke broke.