AR15's not sellling?
I've had an PSA AR15 in 5.56 NATO/223 Rem for sale here for about four months and not one bid on it! I priced it right and only once did I have a "watcher" on it. I just looked and it's priced in the middle of other similar PSA AR15's.
I built the AR from good parts so it's a new rifle with only enough round through it (about 20) to make sure that it functions.
Are AR's not selling?
What am I doing wrong that it isn't selling or what can I do to get it to sell?
I built the AR from good parts so it's a new rifle with only enough round through it (about 20) to make sure that it functions.
Are AR's not selling?
What am I doing wrong that it isn't selling or what can I do to get it to sell?
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Priced smack in the middle of a group of similar rifles is not my concept of being priced right. Was there anything in your ad that made your rifle stand out from the herd? You built your rifle up by using "good parts". Good parts, but not great parts?
My experience is that there are only four ways to assure a sale...For anything:
You have something everyone wants, but no one else has.
Your price for a similar product is clearly lower than everyone else's.
Your product (no matter what the price) is obviously better than everyone else's.
You have a common item, but you wrote better ad than everyone else.
Where did your rifle fit into this equation?0 -
Mark:
Thanks for the reply.
I'll try to answer your post as best as I can.
Desirable: IMHO, it's a "starter" AR = a base rifle that someone can have fun with. It's isn't a full tilt $2000 AR but they could add parts to it to make it anything they want to (just as I have done with other firearms I have).
Parts: I used good parts from name brand manufacturers such as Palmetto State Armory, Red X Arms, etc. which I named all the parts in my ad. IMHO, it's not a no-name thrown together POS nor is it a top of the line EXPENSIVE one either = a good shooting good quality AR.
Price: I compared it to other AR's with similar configureation, IMHO, it's priced below them.
Ad: here's where I have my doubts! I described all the parts that are in it. I stated that I function tested it with around 20 rounds (it shot 1" MOA which I didn't put in the ad because they might not be able to shoot that accurately). I stated that I would sell it in SAFE Act configuration (if the buyer lives in NYS) or in a reglar configuration (adjustable stock, pistol grip, muzzle brake) if they don't live in NYS (or a state that allows those features. NO straw sales = it must go through a FFL.
My local "sportsmen shop" (they don't call themselves gun shop anymore because of PC BS!) can't keep AR's on the shelf BUT he charges 30% of the selling price which would mean that I'd be LOOSING money on it with him!0 -
You answered your own question, "I've had an PSA AR15 in 5.56 NATO/223 Rem for sale here for about four months and not one bid on it!"
Your either going to have to drop the price, below the current fire sale prices that AR's are selling for. Or sit on it until things turn around.
Unfortunately it doesn't matter what you paid for the parts, that you built it from. If all things are equal, folks are going to buy a factory built AR. Rather than a home build. Unless you make them a super BIL deal.
Although I haven't been in your position with a AR. But with other collector type firearms. After awhile I just got fed up, and took the loss. Get what you can out of it, and move on.0 -
Students at the Wharton School of Business could well learn this lesson, Mark.
quote:Originally posted by mark christian
Priced smack in the middle of a group of similar rifles is not my concept of being priced right. Was there anything in your ad that made your rifle stand out from the herd? You built your rifle up by using "good parts". Good parts, but not great parts?
My experience is that there are only four ways to assure a sale...For anything:
You have something everyone wants, but no one else has.
Your price for a similar product is clearly lower than everyone else's.
Your product (no matter what the price) is obviously better than everyone else's.
You have a common item, but you wrote better ad than everyone else.
Where did your rifle fit into this equation?0 -
"Shop built" rifles with an assortment of brand names mentioned aren't likely to sell "in the middle of the price range" when factory built rifles are getting cheaper by the day. Premium or special use rifles with some credentials are still holding value but even that market is softening.
Everyone who has a few tools is "building" their own AR rather than buying one that someone else "built". Heck, even WalMart is in the "economy AR" marketplace.0 -
Shop built rifles are not in demand, and that makes yours over-priced rather than priced right. What Rufe said. Take the loss or put it in your own safe. 0 -
Post a link to your auction and you will receive the constructive criticism you are asking for. 0 -
wholesaler had NIB delton for 459.00[:0] no AR are not selling right now, everyone is in the AR MAKEING business now 0 -
Your offer of changing it to Safe or regular confrigs, while might
seem as a plus to you, is a turn off to many buyers.
There was/is a seller here of 10/22's, his adds offered many options.
Never worked out.
It's a gun, not a car. Options and choices don't make it sell better.
And I think you should have listed it as a MOA rifle if it was.
Priced right means starting at one penny, which I know is scary for a seller with a few items up for sale...one "bad" auction and all your profits are gone.0 -
I'd pull the ad and wait for election time for hillary then zoom the price twice fold to start. 0
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