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Gun Show Dec. 31, Jan. 1 at the OKC Fairgrounds
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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 1686675" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>Mark,</p><p></p><p>I understand what you are saying and I am sure I have been on the "unreasonable customer expectation" side more than once. However, I still don't fully understand the prices that dealers seem to want to offer in trade or "store credit" so please explain how that calculation is made.</p><p></p><p>For example: I have pistol "X" for sale, on GunBroker a comparable sold (not listed) 5 times in the last week for $350, local stores list it for $380-$400, I want to trade plus cash for a pistol that is ticketed at $400.00 and I offer my pistol plus $50. Rather than come back with oh, lets say a Pistol plus $100.00, I routinely either have them say to me or witness (I like to observe the dealers dealings with others as market research/due diligence on my part) them offer perhaps $175 in credit and ask for an additional $225.</p><p></p><p>I don't expect you to answer this specific example since you weren't there but what is the dealer calculation that takes place? Assume no fraud or misrepresented condition. If two honest guys are trying to come to a deal what is the "dealer side" of the discussion? Am I paying nuisance fees, some kind of assumed risk factor? What do dealers use to gauge reasonable selling/buying prices? And so forth.</p><p></p><p>VR,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 1686675, member: 18914"] Mark, I understand what you are saying and I am sure I have been on the "unreasonable customer expectation" side more than once. However, I still don't fully understand the prices that dealers seem to want to offer in trade or "store credit" so please explain how that calculation is made. For example: I have pistol "X" for sale, on GunBroker a comparable sold (not listed) 5 times in the last week for $350, local stores list it for $380-$400, I want to trade plus cash for a pistol that is ticketed at $400.00 and I offer my pistol plus $50. Rather than come back with oh, lets say a Pistol plus $100.00, I routinely either have them say to me or witness (I like to observe the dealers dealings with others as market research/due diligence on my part) them offer perhaps $175 in credit and ask for an additional $225. I don't expect you to answer this specific example since you weren't there but what is the dealer calculation that takes place? Assume no fraud or misrepresented condition. If two honest guys are trying to come to a deal what is the "dealer side" of the discussion? Am I paying nuisance fees, some kind of assumed risk factor? What do dealers use to gauge reasonable selling/buying prices? And so forth. VR, [/QUOTE]
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