So If I post a sell price $25.00 under wholesale on a NEW firearm and I recieve an offer $25.00 under that, I should not feel insulted? I was offered $ less for a sniper, rifle only. Keep the matching base and rings w/ scope. The individual suggested I "try" to sell the scope and base for a $50.00 hit. I'd rather burn it. I give ammo away, offer extra mags on sales on rifles for real short cash. I'm tired of games. Yes you want it, or No you don't. I owe you nothing!!! I can wait another 15 years and double the price. It will sit in a safe or I may decide I really need it. JP
No, you shouldn't be insulted. As hard as it is for some people to realize, it's just business. The correct answer is "No, thanks" (or just no response) and that's the end of it. Likewise, when I see outrageously high prices, I'm not "insulted" that this guy is asking $.85/round for surplus .308 when the going rate is around $.50. I just shrug and move on. Every single day I see stuff for sale and say, "Wow, that's way too high." and every single day a bunch of that stuff sells. What seems outrageous to me may be well within someone else's acceptable range. If the price is too high, the item will not sell. If the item sells, then
by definition, the price is
not too high.
Honest to God, sometimes I think people have no idea of how things work in a free market economy. I laugh every time I see a seller add "I paid $xxx.xx for it," or "I am just looking to get my money back." Try that with your house in a down market. Something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay. The market determines the price. What
you paid for it is totally irrelevant. It may be more, less, or the same as, the current market price. I certainly wouldn't expect to say to a seller, "Well, you only paid $19/battle pack for that .308, so I should only pay you the same price."
Now, having said all that, I'm not a big fan of the guy who, when you're selling a complete rifle with 'scope and 5 magazines, asks if you'd consider just screwing off the flash hider and one of the magazine followers and selling them separately. I mean, what's that all about?