You are totally right there. Been lowballed several times here, but Armslist is worse on that.
I stopped using Armslist when I would decide to sell something because of that which you mention . I stopped looking at all when they decided to charge $6 a month, even with them effectively having a paywall for practical purposes there's still scammers to no end .
I think for some of us that don’t sell much the hard part is putting a price on it. I know what I paid for it and for any applicable upgrades I made but don’t know what that translates to. Obviously gunbroker and armslist are no help in values because business either do penny auctions or people put values that are the same as they bought/invested.
The problem is knowing when your "enhancements" aren't a value add . I get it someone wanted a Zev Trigger in their Glock 19 but they need to understand that most people aren't going to want the trigger you did . Its smarter to put it back stock keep your gucci parts and sell them off individually. They don't actually add to the value of the gun .
That might be painful to hear but its true . Same thing with a car, yeah you might think those wheels looked cool on it, but they look like garbage to the next guy and tallying up your improvement costs and tacking them on isn't actually making it more valuable.
I’m not going to sell a first gen colt anaconda for what I paid for it. I’d sell it for 4-5x more. I sell stuff for what it’s worth, not what I paid for it.
What about a gun that has to have a new trigger like a 1.0 shield or replacing sights like on a Glock? Just learning.
Don't put more into it than you want to lose , adding $200 sights to a $500 glock doesn't make it a $700 pistol
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