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I'm simple minded, so here's my simple minded response.
The way to get around lowball offers is to just list the least amount you will take and make it your *firm* price.
It's a little silly to leave the door open for offers, but then get offended when someone actually makes one.
Got some ammo for sale. Paid $115, selling for $80. A member offers me $70. I politely decline. No problem... Until:
The member responds to me that "I see you've had it posted for a while, and $70 in cash is better than $80 on paper"... I've already declined his offer, and he's trying to hard-sell me. It seems he's thinking that I'm hard up for cash, and he wants to take advantage of that. This is the crap that pisses me off.
850.00 gun guy offers me 475.00
Obama.....
Change you can take to the bank(rupt).
I'm going to have a very similar situation. I bought 20 boxes of the Winchester white box (40 rounds per box) 7.62X39 FMJ at WalMart some time ago for $31 per box out the door. I'll take it to the Sertoma CO Springs Gun Show this coming weekend and probably price it for about $25 for a box of 40 rounds IF the entire lot of 20 boxes are sold - (maybe still kinda high but it is brass,reloadable/boxer, NC and it is Winchester). I bought 20 boxes @ $31 = $620 and I'll see if I can get $500 for the entire lot. I wonder how many will absolutely refuse to pay any more than a couple hundred bucks for something that I paid $600+ for. This should be interesting also because this ammo has been OUT of stock at WalMart for some time! So, this weekend we'll let the attempted chiseling & low ball offers begin.Originally Posted by Fentonite
Boy, this site is really getting tame. With the post I made just above this one, I thought sure I'd get some wise cracks (wise ass responses). Makes me wonder if no one wants to screw around with this OLD fart. Of course it could be more of a case of fear rather than respect for the elders.
Geez, I'm NOT going to shoot anyone.
I was just trying to figure out why someone would pay $600+ for less than a thousand rounds of 7.62x39. I guess it's just one of those whatever floats your boat kinda deals.
I haven't sold a ton here but with my limited experience, I haven't had to deal with low ball offers. Armslist is a whole other story. I had someone offer me $30 for 10 AK mags.
Deal? what Deal? Offer? what offer?
It is like @ss clown offering $40/barrel for oil when it is $84/barrel at a currently market price.
It will show how smart some people are by asking $500/oz for Au , when it is trading at ~$1850/oz.
"Hey dude/bro! It is a nice gold 1oz coin you got bro! Let me offer you $500 for it! I got CASH CASH CASH CASH CASH in hand, and meet you asap!"
Seller will just trade their Au at a coin shop and get near the full market price.
Yeah, that price is just a tad above reasonable but the WWB is still said to be a lot higher quality than almost all of the foreign stuff. Just checked my local WalMart today and for the first time in months, found one (1) 20 round box of WW 7.62X39 FMJ for a price of $27.97 +tax = 29.90, that's $1.49 per round. Now, that's damn expensive but someone will eventually buy it. I paid right at .75 cents per round and am going to try to sell if for about .62 1/2 cents per round, which is about 1/2 of the current Walmart price but watch, someone will still try to low ball my price. The Cabelas price is extremely high (much higher than mine) for all of the DOMESTIC versions of 7.62X39. Should prove to be very interesting.
on the other hand you have people trying to sell their worn/used firearm with their sweaty used holsters and (disposable) reloads for more than MSRP...
Don't most coin shops buy at current spot price less a few percent for their handling/profit?
Normally, how MANY percent less than spot on gold and on silver?
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