Something else that motivates me to buy is proximity. Probably 75 percent of items on here are from Worcester to the east, and I live well west of that. Nothing anyone can really do about that but ya just hard to justify a minimum of 2 hours traveling to get something that’s mass produced.
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Classifieds Slump?
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Smart people only buy new unless they can get 100-200 off market, otherwise its not worth wasting time arguing with rape artists, etc. On the other end, because hitlery didn't get in, the market is pretty soft.
Yes/No. Since last July I all but stopped checking the Rifle Classifieds. Between the announcement for the new Sig and the Gen5 Glocks it seems like everyone and their mother is dumping their Gen4 at half-decent prices.
When the .gov isn't threatening to ban stuff, there's usually a slump between Christmas and when people get their tax refunds. We're in the middle of that now.
And because almost nobody follows the rules and posts location, it's another hour of effort trying to determine what planet, country, state and part of a state that the seller is located!
Another good reason is that folks here spend too much time criticizing the prices people post and that turns off some of us from posting for sale items on NES. Hell, I still remember trying to give away a couple of ammo cases (CMP) that everyone wanted at the time. I had 2 or 3 people stand me up on free items, so I finally left them at my gun club "swap table" before a meeting and they were gone by the end of the meeting. I recently sold some U-channel Glock mags via a different location for less than people were advertising them here, but no way would I bother posting them here. It's just not worth dealing with tire kickers and bottom feeders.
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I'm only browsing it from time to time these days.
still not hot on the new forum, and not seeing too many things other than FR rape-level pre-ban glock mag prices or stuff where the sale price doesn't garner any real interest.
Also adding accessories and optics to currently held pieces, and not much in the classifieds for them.
still not hot on the new forum, and not seeing too many things other than FR rape-level pre-ban glock mag prices or stuff where the sale price doesn't garner any real interest.
Also adding accessories and optics to currently held pieces, and not much in the classifieds for them.
NES user's protocol for the buyer and seller. Commonly referred to as "Goose Rules". Used to weed out the tire kickers and minimize the whining from interested buyers. Limited affect on MetroWest residents. Evolved as phrase attached to highly desirable items for sale, ie $400 Andersons apparently.
I look at it every day, but most of the Handguns are out near Boston. Too for to make any deal worth while. When I am selling no one wants to pay fair price They just looking for a low price.. when I am buying everyone wants new prices or not willing to travel part way.
But Don't stop looking if there is something you want.
But Don't stop looking if there is something you want.
For me it is a 2 hour drive just to AUBURN area. So between tolls . gas and having to buy lunch. for a handgun damn near New prices just isn't worth it.. Not to mention blowing a whole day to do it... However I have bough and sold on here for years. Just have to be looking for what is available and selling what someone wants at a reasonable used price.. Otherwise I just buy new.
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I was talking to the owner of Holliston Firearms about the lack of movement of certain guns as well as the lack of good used guns for sale. He was saying that every distributor has a glut of gun that they can't offload. Seems the immediate stoppage of panic buying when Trump won caught them flat footed. Production stayed high and backorders came flooding into the distributors. S&W didn't help when they released their M&P 2.0 handguns while the warehouses were filled with the older models. Not the best manufacturing move.
I always assumed goose rules was some kind of top gun reference.
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That's exactly right. Goose Rules are basically an easy way of the seller saying that he wants the deal to go down like the beach volleyball scene in Top Gun. Meeting place needs to be a beach, either the buyer or seller needs to be completely shirtless while the other has no sleeves (guns out for a gun deal), and somebody has to be wearing aviator glasses. The deal isn't officially consummated until both parties have had their fill of quasi homosexual high fives and hugs.
I'd like to make a special classifieds forum for anything that's been bumped a bunch of times without a price decrease.
Some stuff has been bumped over 50 times.
What does the seller think when he's bumping it? "This is going to be the week! I can feel it!"
Some stuff has been bumped over 50 times.
What does the seller think when he's bumping it? "This is going to be the week! I can feel it!"
Too many over priced glocks! And bumps for days
I got a Spikes lower for sale. FTF in Provincetown. Or we can just play some volleyball.
gun.deals and a good ffl is the way to go. The prices here are hilarious. Used guns for a good $100 over what I can get them for new.
MA LGS rape people and then when the guy goes to sell it used at a discount on NES its still rape.
MA LGS rape people and then when the guy goes to sell it used at a discount on NES its still rape.
I haven't see any great deals - nor much I'm interested in owning... I mean a guy can only own so many damn bricks,,,, er sorry Glocks and S&W Malfunction&PoopSkillet, er, M&P..
Not this fault of manufactures, distributors like JSC,CAMFOUR and others would easily liquidate the inventory and then LGS could sell for less.
As far as inventory at LGS especially used
Here's a quote from LGS when called out on his old inventory and his mark up to mark down used gun sale prices.This was at a friends of the NRA dinner.
"They don't cost me anything to sit on the rack, they don't eat. If I feel the need to move some of my used stuff it goes to auction its quicker and easier and less hassle than dealing with customers"
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Sellers here aren't very realistic. Buy a new gun go to sell it..in most cases you lose 100 dollars....minimum. Unless it's something not compliant, special, hard to get, not made anymore......then you'll still only get slightly above retail for the people who are lazy.
I've seen a normal everyday guns here priced above what you can buy them for new at Grabagun. I'll clue those forever bumpers in....people will buy it new cheaper on the internet, before they will pay more from you.
At 100 dollars less than new....people will think about it...and you might make a sale.
Also right now, when people start to get their tax money back, is the best time to sell....Feb/March/April. After that people tend to sign off and need money for summer vacation. But glut of several years of high sales has also made the market very soft as well, we are on a downtrend as far as sales goes, that's why all the major gun manufacturers are rebating the shxt out of everything.
I’ve sold 8 firearms since August. All were listed on multiple sites and only 1 sale was from NES.
Most inquiries from NES were well below asking (and the eventual sale) price or were trying to split apart packages that I didn’t have any interest in attempting to list separately.
Most inquiries from NES were well below asking (and the eventual sale) price or were trying to split apart packages that I didn’t have any interest in attempting to list separately.
I think the majority of people on here are new gun owners,post 2008 Obama.So these people that were paying $.50 a round for 5.56,still think it's worth that much when they try and off load it.Same goes with the people that paid $2000 for a Franken ar during any one of the previous panic buy sessions.
