Security Six up for grabs

[Coyote56]

Trick is WHERE do you live in TN? We are located about 3 minutes from GA, 5 minutes from NC.
Purchase of big ticket items require a short drive to beat TN tax. Also…..
GA sales tax applies to anything shipped to that state. GA post office box is the hot set up

 

[Sam Summey]

This specimen found its way into the shop...Consignment.
All looks good. Tight lock up, good bore. I'd say a 9 out of 10 overall.
Waffling as to should I buy it or no. Market in these parts is buyer friendly. Safe bet I'd get 10-20%
off asking price.
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The 10-20% discount you are hoping for is usually the LGS's profit.

 

[magnum0710]

The 10-20% discount you are hoping for is usually the LGS's profit.

You must get some good trade in offers if that's the case, anytime I've traded a gun in the stores usually sell it for at least another $150-175 on top of what they gave me and thats only if it's store credit, if someone sells for cash they're going to get even less. The $150-175 is just an example from cheap guns I've traded in that I knew would take forever to sell. I didn't have much into them so it wasn't a huge loss for me, I wanted to bring the price down on what I was buying so it was worth it. Case in point, I traded in my EAA Windicator for $110 and it sold for $275, that's a lot more than 10-20% profit. 20% would have been $55, even if they haggled it down the store would have still doubled their money.

Whoever traded in that Security Six got maybe $350-$375 I'm sure.The whole point of selling or trading to a store is to not deal with the hassle of selling it yourself or for quick cash, in turn you normally have to take a lot less for it than you would selling it yourself. They're definitely making a lot more than 10-20% profit. If gun stores were trading in or buying guns for prices that only allowed a 10-20% mark up there would be no private sales or online classifieds. Everyone would just sell to their local shop at that point.

Now if we're talking consignments that's a different story, my guy does a 10% mark up on consignments but thats because you have to wait for someone to buy it for the price you want just like a private sale. In the case of a consignment the store owner wouldn't give up their 10% they'd call the owner of the gun and see if they're good with the offer made. Either way they're going to make profit, if a store haggles with you on a used item they're still going to make profit. Granted some stores will do better on trades than others but even the best ones are still doing better than 20%.