is there any way to look up trade in value?
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oneounceload
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you can look up the value in the Blue Book of Gun Values, realizing you are NOT going to get retail price for it, but more like half
No not really. Most of the time you can look at GB or the Blue Book of Guns and take the price of recent completed auctions or the 95% condition price then take 20% to 30%, depending on the gun, off that number and that is what you can expect to get from a shop.
The shop has to be able to give you cash put it in the case and then sell it for a profit. For CW9 which is a sub $375 gun NIB I would expect that you will be luck to get $200.
The shop has to be able to give you cash put it in the case and then sell it for a profit. For CW9 which is a sub $375 gun NIB I would expect that you will be luck to get $200.
carguychris
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I betcha you can get 2/3 of Blue Book for a CW9 because these guns are fairly popular and easy to sell.
In my experience, LGS's are more likely to lowball you on a gun that may languish in the display case for a long time.
In my experience, LGS's are more likely to lowball you on a gun that may languish in the display case for a long time.
lee n. field
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Look at completed items on Gunbroker. That will give you a reasonable idea of what you might get out of your gun.
FrankenMauser
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With a private party sale, maybe.
For trade-in, no way!
Values vary so much by specific model ...and regions of the country where some guns / or some models are way more popular than others...its hard to tell ....and popularity of a specific model ...can come and go really quickly on some guns.
but sales completed on gunbroker are as good an indication as any probably ...
but sales completed on gunbroker are as good an indication as any probably ...
m&p45acp10+1
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I would recomend getting a price estimate that would amount to a fair, but not screaming deal, and making a person to person sale if your state allows for such. Selling person to person you will probably get more tha you would from the shop, and the person you are selling to would get a petter deal than buying from the shop. It would be a good deal both ways.
Sorry those $$$ are way off.
NIB is $375 used to be $350. No shop on the planet is going to give you $300 for a $375 NIB gun. Again for a CW9 you will be lucky to get $200 from a shop. Selling privately fast you might get $275.
This guy is having trouble selling for $330
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=462316
When you take YOUR gun in to a GUN STORE, it's really not at all about "worth." Of course your gun has worth, value, etc etc.
Simply put, that gun dealer is in business. He's not there simply because he had nothing better to do that day... He's got a lease, electric bills, employees, and a lot of investment in stock.
Folks definitely get blown away when they hear a number on their gun being sold or traded to a gun dealer. It's a business. They can't keep the door to the joint open giving you what you might think your gun is "worth" or even what it actually is worth.
If you are absolutely certain that it's "worth" some certain dollar value -- then prove it. And there is only one way to prove it.
Find someone to pay you that number in cash. When you have accomplished that, then you've proven that "worth" was correct. Until you can get some guy's cash in your hand, you are merely talking about some number that is a simply a conjured up figure from a few different sources.
As for going in to the gun store and getting offended... well, that's part of the business. You'll get offended and you'll either get over it or you won't. In the mean time, that dealer will take in a number of guns that month and he will profit on that venture. He's able to do that because he's got cash, some knowledge and also a store front that you don't have. People come to him when they need or want to move a gun along and he will get many of them in that way and it's worth it, even if a few folks get offended.
Simply put, that gun dealer is in business. He's not there simply because he had nothing better to do that day... He's got a lease, electric bills, employees, and a lot of investment in stock.
Folks definitely get blown away when they hear a number on their gun being sold or traded to a gun dealer. It's a business. They can't keep the door to the joint open giving you what you might think your gun is "worth" or even what it actually is worth.
If you are absolutely certain that it's "worth" some certain dollar value -- then prove it. And there is only one way to prove it.
Find someone to pay you that number in cash. When you have accomplished that, then you've proven that "worth" was correct. Until you can get some guy's cash in your hand, you are merely talking about some number that is a simply a conjured up figure from a few different sources.
As for going in to the gun store and getting offended... well, that's part of the business. You'll get offended and you'll either get over it or you won't. In the mean time, that dealer will take in a number of guns that month and he will profit on that venture. He's able to do that because he's got cash, some knowledge and also a store front that you don't have. People come to him when they need or want to move a gun along and he will get many of them in that way and it's worth it, even if a few folks get offended.
That's my point. trade in values are about business and most people don't realize it. Thus when they have a gun they deem worth XXX they are shocked to find out how much the can actually get for the gun.
I remember at my LGS watching an older man get all hot and bothered when they offered him 500 for his worn Colt Python. He was like "this is EASILY worth 1500 dollars!" the shop owner politely said "not to me."
Most novice shooters tend to equate trade in value to worth, or the opposite. I was merely stating that he shouldn't make the same mistake.
I remember at my LGS watching an older man get all hot and bothered when they offered him 500 for his worn Colt Python. He was like "this is EASILY worth 1500 dollars!" the shop owner politely said "not to me."
Most novice shooters tend to equate trade in value to worth, or the opposite. I was merely stating that he shouldn't make the same mistake.
Oh yeah, my comments were not directed at you or your post. They aren't actually directed at anyone who has posted in this thread.
These are simply general comments about folks who think gun shop guys are ripping them off or who think that their guns are worth top dollar, even if they've looked them up in a guide.
These are simply general comments about folks who think gun shop guys are ripping them off or who think that their guns are worth top dollar, even if they've looked them up in a guide.