Is Nobody Buying Anything Any More?
It's like I can't even give this stuff away. Is not having pictures the problem? I think nunn is behind all of this somehow.
http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/sellerauctions.asp?user=78102
http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/sellerauctions.asp?user=78102
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I`m in for the 7.62x39 ammo! Just traded for a Russian SKS last week and it needs to be fed! Thanks.. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
quote:Originally posted by Kodiakk
Free shipping if you use buy it now apply to everyone? [:D]
No, just to Jacob's dad and you.
Done and done.0 -
All of my currently disposable income is tied up in cheese and lingerie. You can't rush a good cheese and getting out of lingerie too soon is never a good idea.
Could be that your low low prices and lack of pictures have made people suspicious and wary of a rip-off.0 -
RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT A LOT OF SPECULATION, I'D SAY THAT IT SOMEHOW RELATED TO 'NUNN' BEING THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BUT,
.....IT IS STILL BEING REVIEWED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF AUTHORITY WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT OF THIS COUNTRY...0 -
I wish you the best of luck...I've got a $300,000 house and $150,000 worth of land sitting on the market...costing us nearly $4000/mo in interest alone...I feel your pain. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
What about the manufacturers....have they not made anything that makes you guys NEED to get in the stores?
Why I'm not buying more is things are simply to dang expensive now days. I have a brand new AR-15 that I've shot only once due to price of the ammo.
Not only price for guns and ammo but overall prices on everything is crunching me finacially as of late. I'm halfway thinking about heading back offshore agian just to relieve the growing prices of everything. I'd hate to head back offshore and spend 300+ days a year gone, but something has to give.0 -
Didn't you say you used to post pictures but your camera is broken? If so, then you found out the same thing I did.
When I started, I had no camera. Having many successful sales on Gun List using word ads, I figured I didn't need pictures. I was wrong. People looking at Gun List or other print media expect to see word ads; people looking on the Internet expect to see pictures.
Even my first crappy digital camera was a big help, but when I got a Sony Mavica (now very obsolete) that would focus up close, I was able to clearly show every defect, so that the buyers knew what they were getting.0 -
DO NOT sell that SKS model D that takes AK mags for $325!
IF I was in the States right now I'd pay dearly for it. Very few of those puppies were imported.
They have collectors value!0 -
I just paid too much for this gun.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=821854280 -
...Isn't that the Colt you bought earlier this year, or late last year? If I hadn't bought 3 in the last 6 weeks...I'd hit the BN immediatley on that puppy! All prices look fine to me.
...Still hot/summer most every where, always slows buying down...then the "WTH?" other reasons, luck...[;)]
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quote:Originally posted by nunn
Even my first crappy digital camera was a big help, but when I got a Sony Mavica (now very obsolete) that would focus up close, I was able to clearly show every defect, so that the buyers knew what they were getting.
I assumed (apparently incorrectly) that for factory ammo and new-in-the-box guns, pics would not be so important as good description. I have a feeling that the real problem is the market, as the Colt is clearly pictured and the prices on the NIB guns are ridiculously low, and still not a single bid.0 -
Sales have slowed to a trickle But I doubt there will be big price cuts.
I eyed your 7.62 ammo last night and was going to buy it this morning but it is gone already. That was a good price.0 -
DWS I gave a camera away not long ago. Should have entered the giveaway. NO pics NO sale. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
DWS I gave a camera away not long ago. Should have entered the giveaway. NO pics NO sale.
Wise guy.0 -
Mabe the same amount of buyers but more former sellers from eBay. Hopefully the former eBay firearms parts and accessories buyers will soon follow. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
DWS I gave a camera away not long ago. Should have entered the giveaway. NO pics NO sale.
Wise guy.
I posted on here for you to contact me. No response. I had read your ads weeks ago about your camera breaking. For sure, you would have gotten it.0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
DWS I gave a camera away not long ago. Should have entered the giveaway. NO pics NO sale.
Wise guy.
I posted on here for you to contact me. No response. I had read your ads weeks ago about your camera breaking. For sure, you would have gotten it.
Sad truth is, I bought another camera and have just been too lazy to read the book and install the software. Thanks anyway. I could use a new Weber, though.0 -
ok, I'll look at the ads and dip into my partying money... the things I do for you... 0 -
DANG!
That ammo is gone, shucks!0 -
looks like I'll be drinking blended whiskey this week...yuck...let me know what currency to send...I figure it comes out to around 172 million Turkish Lirasi or 4.35 Krugerands depending on where you are headed...I am rather surprised that the Legion would take a man of your advanced years..well good luck and bon voyage' 0 -
quote:Originally posted by bigdaddyjunior
looks like I'll be drinking blended whiskey this week...yuck...let me know what currency to send...I figure it comes out to around 172 million Turkish Lirasi or 4.35 Krugerands depending on where you are headed...I am rather surprised that the Legion would take a man of your advanced years..well good luck and bon voyage'
Kurt, I'm even throwing in a couple Hungarian 20rd "Tanker" mags for you. These are perfect for the gun.0 -
...Rob, what year(s) did Colt manf. the Commanding Officer, or what year was this one born?...thanks...[:p] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by COLT
...Rob, what year(s) did Colt manf. the Commanding Officer, or what year was this one born?...thanks...[:p]
They were only in production about six months, in the 1985-1986 range I think. Not really sure. This one is FC131xx. Model is 09046.0 -
...Thanks! Damn, wish I had the money myself...but fixing to em a good friend about it...[;)] 0 -
I hope I don't offend anyone here, that is not my intention. Over the few years I have been watching gun broker I have come to a conclusion. There are a lot of great items here, however it is the wrong market to try and sell your items. Almost everyone who uses gunbroker is a gun dealer or serious gun trader. That being said, I don't think selling guns to other dealers or traders can be that profitable. However, hard to find items or something somebody really would want is a different story. The only way to get a good deal as a buyer is to find a no reserve auction. I think it is tough to try and market new or other high end items to other people in the business. There are not enough public consumers involved in gunbroker for it to be real profitable to other dealers. By the time you pay shipping and a FFL fee, the deal is gone. I really enjoy gunbroker and this forum, however I do not buy a lot of guns here. There are just to many degrees of separation to do any good. I have bought a firearm recently and one further back, but thats it. I really do not know of a solution, I know all of us have to eat. Anyway, just read the topic and wanted to through in my two cents... 0 -
Ok - I bit on one 0 -
quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
quote:Originally posted by bigdaddyjunior
looks like I'll be drinking blended whiskey this week...yuck...let me know what currency to send...I figure it comes out to around 172 million Turkish Lirasi or 4.35 Krugerands depending on where you are headed...I am rather surprised that the Legion would take a man of your advanced years..well good luck and bon voyage'
Kurt, I'm even throwing in a couple Hungarian 20rd "Tanker" mags for you. These are perfect for the gun.
I guess that means you'll be wanting payment in US dollars. Check will be in the mail Tuesday when the post office opens. Some kind of Federal holiday Monday, I think it is Roosevelt's dog's birthday or something. Those guys get a day off for all kinds of things.0 -
Maybe the potential buyers are afraid that, along with your merchandise, they will receive your usual sarcasm. (example to follow below) 0 -
No pictures might have something to do with it. Assuming two items of the same type, roughly the same price, and I can only buy one -- I bid on the one I can see. It's easier than trying to argue whether or not the seller's description was accurate, after the transaction's a done deal.
Same applies, to a degree, to pictured items which are described as not actually being the one I'll receive, but representative of the type. I'll bid on one at roughly the same price that actually shows me what I'm buying.
Above all, though, if you were to ask why I'm not buying, it's the economy -- as in mine. I haven't had a raise in three years. I don't need to tell anyone what gas prices alone have done in that same time period, and I have a 30-mile round trip to go to work. I'm recently divorced, with the result that my income dropped to less than half of mine and my wife's combined, while my expenses are at roughly 3/4 what they were when I was married. Hell, my rent, since I had to have a garage for my shop work and a place that would allow my dogs, is only $50.00 less than what my house payment used to be. Lots of stuff I'd like to have, none of which I absolutely need and all of which I do without.
Not trotting out a sob story, just listing a set of negative circumstances that I suspect apply to a lot more people than just me, to one degree or another.
I forgot to add, I agree, Nunn most likely is behind all this.0 -
quote:Originally posted by tr fox
Maybe the potential buyers are afraid that, along with your merchandise, they will receive your usual sarcasm. (example to follow below)
Yes, I have no doubt you are correct, just as others stay away from your merchandise for fear of receiving a gratuitous and impertinent response after sale similar to the one you have posted.0
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