Slow Classifieds

[Gator 45/70]

I've sold several items on here in the last couple of months, But then again I don't ask giraffe bung hole high prices.

I'm still in the market for the epic sweet Jagermeister machine ?

 

[Gus McCrae]

Then there is people like me who buy at decent prices but cant even get what i paid for it when i sell it. I couldnt sell a 100 dollar bill for 80 bucks. lmao

I'll buy your $100 bill sir.

 

[Gus McCrae]

I think there are a few things at play. In no particular order.

1. Breaking up the classifieds into long gun/pistol. It just makes it harder to glance through everything. I browse less often.
2. What's site traffic been like?
3. People can't wait, so they buy a gun from an overpriced local gunshop and when they sell, they don't want to take the huge loss because they overpaid..... so they sell their Glock for $550 with an extra mag.
4. I wonder if the Glock worship on this forum has anything to do with it. Everybody finally has a glock, it makes the classifieds less interesting.
5. After years of people overbuying because Obama is taking your guns, the market is getting saturated.

 

[Jack]

I think there are a few things at play. In no particular order.

1. Breaking up the classifieds into long gun/pistol. It just makes it harder to glance through everything. I browse less often.
2. What's site traffic been like?
3. People can't wait, so they buy a gun from an overpriced local gunshop and when they sell, they don't want to take the huge loss because they overpaid..... so they sell their Glock for $550 with an extra mag.
4. I wonder if the Glock worship on this forum has anything to do with it. Everybody finally has a glock, it makes the classifieds less interesting.
5. After years of people overbuying because Obama is taking your guns, the market is getting saturated.

#'s 3 and 5 Got massively accentuated by sandy hook.

 

[hunter5567]

What gets me is that people will offer to trade whatever it is that they don't want in their gun safe and want retail prices for it while offering less than wholesale price on your item. I'm not about to trade my Glock/Sig/Ruger/HK, etc. for your Hipoint/Davis/Mossberg/Rossi/Tar-ass/Etc.

 

[Tigerfish]

Why is it "poor form"? To me it's the start of negotiations. If you aren't willing to negotiate a simple "No Thanks" or put "Price is firm" in your ad.

Truth x100

 

[petingrass]

Frankly, I love the classifieds. Rather, I love threads ABOUT the classifieds.

Its like watching a daytime soap.

Season 1 - There's people sh****g on folks ads.
Season 2 - Why can't we s**t (comment) on folks ads.
Season 3 - People are asking way too much for their s**t.
Season 4 - People are offering way too little for my s**t.

Anybody want in on a pool to predict the next fashionable complaint.

Sheesh.

Ill take that bet. I'd also be willing to bet a few bucks that the most vocal commenters on prices being either too high or too low can be found elsewhere spouting rhetoric one way or the other about the Free Market.

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[dhebe37]

Mostly agree with all of the posters. I'm the same way as others. Start with a high price "OBO", then bump a few times and move down, so on so forth. If it gets to a point where I'm not comfortable selling it for that price, so be it. Same goes with when I see OBO. I'm always looking for a deal even if I may not be looking for that specific gun, so I'll offer a price that I consider it a steal at and if the buyer accepts, great. If not, I'll move on. I'm not sure if that's offensive, but there are many instances where I see an ad and think "I don't need that, but if I can get it for $XXX, I might as well do it". Most of the time I get rejected, but I have gotten some GREAT deals using this train of thought.