Spazzmodicus
Sharpshooter
A good price based on who's criteria? Are the stars issued by mob rules or what?
The following isn't directed at anybody....it's just my response to all of the above:
Some people put "FIRM" on their prices to prevent the idiotic lowballs that get thrown at them.
[Glock for sale:$500] "Hey....I know you're asking $500 for the Glock but my dog is sick and just had to have his legs amputated......my cat too. I don't have much money. Will you take $250 CASH? I SAID CASH!!!"
And how many times have you ran across people out there that have more money than sense? Some people will buy without the first bit of 'critical thought process' ever taking place. Do you think that some sellers might be angling for those types of buyers?
If I can add in my FFL fees, shipping costs, extra magazine costs and any of my other costs into the price, and then ultimately have somebody buy it, the end justifies the means. It don't always work out that way. Sometimes it has, but I'll often start there.
I'm just like others on here. I've paid too much for some stuff and got good deals on other items. It's a give and take thing.....with my own "OOOHH I gotta' have that!!" thrown into the mix and messing everything up......heh heh. A person has to work with what they have at the moment. My personal economy seems ebb and flow in cycles at times. Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down. Still have to play with whatever cards are in your hand at the moment, or don't play at all.
There are different reasons that people sell items for a given asking price. Like somebody else said: some buyers (or sellers) seem to believe that everybody else thinks the same way they do. That's not the case. I don't try to haggle people down on their price and I kinda' get pissed when others try to haggle with me. Some of us are 'up front' on our prices.....we ask for what we want out of an item with no room for dickering around. That's another reason for "FIRM". Don't like the price? Bye. If I don't sell it for what I want, or somebody doesn't make an interesting trade offer, then back into the safe it goes. It'll stay there for my grandkids that don't exist yet or until my dog needs her legs amputated.....whichever comes first.
Trading firearms and parts is actually a fun way to get good deals and was probably the origin of the saying "one man's junk is another mans treasure". 'Supply and demand economics' doesn't quite interpret or explain the 'trade' phenomenon very well because you have personal aspects of peoples lives and their firearms needs and wants all intertwined into the deals that sometimes has a way of throwing the dollar value of an item out of the window.
At any rate.....I see no reason for the scorn of fellow INGO members because of asking prices. If you don't like their price, make a cash offer, a trade offer or walk away....but do everybody a favor and STFU. Saying "I can buy it at XXXX cheaper" and then making a big noise about it sounds like something a sore loser would say.
