Why do people list guns for sale?
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I'm possibly interested in a few different firearms listed on gunsinternational.com and gunbroker. Sent a few questions off to the sellers, and got nada for response.
In fact, I got more non-responses to my emailed questions than I got responses.
Why list your gun for sale, if you're not willing to field questions from prospective buyers?
Jim
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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No idea. I mean if you are going to sell something you should be willing to answer any and all questions about what you are selling, truthfully. I personally don't sell guns. I buy them though. In my early and mid twenties I did have to sell a few guns though when it was down to the nitty gritty on paying bills and putting food on the table.
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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Your posts prolly indicated a liberal stance and a hatred for Trump
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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Honestly if it's a new firearm what questions are you really needing answered. They have all info listed. do like everyone else does. Go to your local gun shop and find just what fits you and walk out an go straight to your online place and buy.... I'm not looking at new guns. If I were, and wanted a wood stock, I'd still want to see and know more about which new gun they wanted to sell me. Jim
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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I knew guy who would put his truck on Craigslist every once and a while just to gauge it's marketability; no intention of actually selling it. I'll bet there are other just like him.
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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Armslist is good. buy face to face no need to involve anybody else. buyer beware. never send any money in the mail. face to face
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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P.S. I like wood stocks also
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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Not so many used, interesting guns for sale up here.
I've mostly bought new guns locally.
Jim
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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I will never use Gunbroaker again. Caught a seller pulling a "no reserve" scam last week and the sight would not apply the stated rules. Just a warning James.
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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some times i need money..... most of my extra cash is in guns..... kinda fun to buy and sell ... my little world of construction workers know their guns are cash.... ill trade on a 20 dollar profit.. if i dont make a profit i just got another gun...... im kinda ashamed who the heck needs a 5000 dollar deer rifle including glass ??? even tho i got a cpl. guns are currency !! bullets even more!! IM RICH !!!!
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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lots of reasons.
sometimes the answer is I just don't shoot it any more.
a lot of people getting older and failing health , some times selling for a friends widow , guys who have been doing gun shows for years.
and an awful lot of I knew I could sell it for 50 , 100 or more than I bought it for.
they should be willing to answer honest questions , but if they think it will sell fine without responding to your question , just won't.
you can get a lot of questions about every little thing and every minute you put into selling it it is cutting into you margins.
a lot of people who had FFL in the 80s and into the early 90s were told by the ATF they were too small and insignificant to keep their license just sell them as personal.
your a lawyer , you must bill by the minute , 1/4 hour or hour and understand time has value.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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I will never use Gunbroaker again. Caught a seller pulling a "no reserve" scam last week and the sight would not apply the stated rules. Just a warning James.
Osky thats interesting I was bidding on a few penny starts the other night and I took them up to 3/4 of value and was not getting to where I was the high bid. do you recall the sellers name , you can PM me .
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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Why should I bother these would-be sellers with questions like, "How much would shipping be to Alaska?" and "Would you take $x?"
I have been quoted or paid anywhere from $60 to $150 shipping per rifle depending on where the seller is located and how he wants to ship it.
Jim
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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I will never use Gunbroaker again. Caught a seller pulling a "no reserve" scam last week and the sight would not apply the stated rules. Just a warning James.
Osky thats interesting I was bidding on a few penny starts the other night and I took them up to 3/4 of value and was not getting to where I was the high bid. do you recall the sellers name , you can PM me . Sportsman Supply in Butler PA pulled the fast one using Gunbroaker. I kept copies of all the transactions and supplied them to Gunbroaker who turned a blind eye to it all. Never again with that crooked outfit. Osky
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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What exactly did they do, Osky?
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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What exactly did they do, Osky?
Jim Curious as well. I have had good dealings on Gunbroker in the past. Charlie
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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P.S. I like wood stocks also Synthetic stocks are all the same. You could well buy one sight unseen in a box and not miss anything. I've done so. Wood stocks have their own individual character. I don't buy unless I can see it first. But I have to admit the rifles I actually hunt with have synthetic stocks. Jim
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Re: Why do people list guns for sale?
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my favorite hunting rifle, an old 270 has a wood stock. was shooting a 243 earlier this year and at 200 yards the group was about the size of a dinner plate. had to refloat the barrel. think I will glass bed it. rifle was made in the 60's so its not really a surprise the wood changed a little. so I understand the appeal of artificial. I don't care I still prefer wood stocks
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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