shop info

[sickone777]

just wondering if any body has any feed back on
fourseason gun shop about trading guns and if their prices
they give you are fair i am looking to trade one their
so any info will help thanks

 

[Adam_MA]

You should have checked a little further in this forum.. It's the longest post in here..

http://northeastshooters.com/viewtopic.php?t=68

 

[DR]

To give you a couple of data points:

I've brought them one gun for sale. If I had done a consignment sale there, they would have charged me 18% of the sale price, or roughly a 22% markup. The price Tom offered to buy it outright would have given them a 36% markup. Now in both cases I was looking to walk away with cash, not store credit. I didn't sell it. I've since come to my senses and decided to keep it.

If you're trading, not selling, you should be able to do a bit better than that. I've traded one gun there: I swapped a 637 with box and papers even for a pre-lock 642 with no box. They effectively made about 9% on the deal (based on their asking prices for the two guns). I think we both felt we got the better end of that deal.

The worst that can happen is they give you an offer you don't like. The shop's worth a visit even if you don't end up making a trade.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Over my 29 years shooting, I've watched many a sale of a gun over the counter in a gun shop, and I've known a number of shop keepers.

Most only give you about 50% of the value of the gun in a straight up sale!

Putting it on consignment gives you the best return if you want to sell it outright.

And if you are selling it to buy another gun, a swap gives you some negotiating room to do fairly well.

I don't recall ever selling a gun to a shop, I've always put them on consignment or sold them privately.