Where to sell bulk stuff?

[Bluto]

So I have a bunch of items I would like to sell in bulk. Any suggestions on the best way to maximize profits without selling piece-by-piece?

Note that this thread is NOT an attempt to sell these items. I obviously know about the exchange but looking to possible sell everything at once, or at least big chunks at a time, and am not sure this forum is the place to do so.

I am in South Florida, if that helps. I was thinking of consigning them to local shops, but have never done the before and don't know...

Also, not a fan of gunbroker or armslist at all.

Some items:
6x Colt OEM-2 rifles still in boxes
6x Glock 19 Gen4 MOS still in boxes
150x M3 30 round pmags still in wrappers
150x Surefeed mags still in wappers
75x Glock oem 19 15-round mags still in wrappers
20x cases Magtech 5.56 ammo sealed - the Brazilian overrun from a few years back
10x cases Fiocchi 9mm 158gr subsonic still in sealed boxes

Plus a bunch of other stuff, almost all still in the boxes/wrappers.

[chuckman]

Do you have a FFL? I think the ATF takes a skeptical view of people who appear to be dealers and sell volume guns without a FFL. Just don't want you to get burned.

[SomeOtherGuy]

CDNN and AIM Surplus would probably be interested in buying the whole lot. AIM regularly sells "estate collections" of nicer or as-new stuff, and CDNN of course liquidates all the obsolescent and unwanted oddball guns of the American market.

There are some other online companies that might also do this, like Bud's Gun Shop and Classic Firearms, but CDNN and AIM came to mind first.

Edit to add: for the guns, only, from a legal perspective the test is whether you are buying and selling on a regular basis for profit. Collecting is fine, and liquidating part or all of a collection is fine, as is selling off an estate's collection. With the quantities described you can probably do this ONCE while you're alive, beyond that the ATF might take an interest. The written law says you're totally OK, but reported ATF opinions and actions suggest you should be cautious.

For the magazines, ammo, and anything that isn't a gun, I don't know of any restrictions under federal or Florida law. You could easily put that stuff on Gunbroker or similar sites in whatever lot size you want, and subject to any local laws, could probably do it repeatedly as a business if you want to.

[Stickman]

So I have a bunch of items I would like to sell in bulk. Any suggestions on the best way to maximize profits without selling piece-by-piece?

Note that this thread is NOT an attempt to sell these items. I obviously know about the exchange but looking to possible sell everything at once, or at least big chunks at a time, and am not sure this forum is the place to do so.

I am in South Florida, if that helps. I was thinking of consigning them to local shops, but have never done the before and don't know...

Also, not a fan of gunbroker or armslist at all.

Some items:
6x Colt OEM-2 rifles still in boxes
6x Glock 19 Gen4 MOS still in boxes
150x M3 30 round pmags still in wrappers
150x Surefeed mags still in wappers
75x Glock oem 19 15-round mags still in wrappers
20x cases Magtech 5.56 ammo sealed - the Brazilian overrun from a few years back
10x cases Fiocchi 9mm 158gr subsonic still in sealed boxes

Plus a bunch of other stuff, almost all still in the boxes/wrappers.

You could go a few different ways with it, one would be to have one of the weapon auctioneers sell it all off. I would personally never sell them at consignment shops locally, that is how info leaks out to the wrong people and you get targeted. Sure, that is the paranoid cop side of me saying that, but its only because I've seen it happen more than one. Loose lips and all that. No matter how trustworthy the shop is, it is only as trustworthy as the guy in the shop who talks and is overheard.

I do know people that may be interested, so if this is something you are serious about, you can PM me. I'm talking about good people, not crack heads, gang member, milita loons (not all militias are loons) or others of that ilk.

[Bluto]

Thanks for the replies so far and just to be clear I do not have an FFL and definitely no not want any ATF issues. This is a one-time sale of a collection prior to a move out of country and will unlikely result in a profit. I'll contact Aim and CDNN and see if either is a realistic option.

[VLODPG]

PM sent

[SteyrAUG]

Florida Shooters Network.

[tgizzard]

I used this website a few times to buy and sell when I lived in Florida.

https://floridaguntrader.com/

Not sure it’s the best option for bulk sales though.


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[17K]

I dissolved an estate collection of AR stuff about like that a couple of years ago. Ammo prices weren’t what they are now, but after sorting through everything, shipping, and FFL fee, the estate ended up netting about $0.20 on the $1.00 for the whole mess.

[Jellybean]

I mean, I'm not sure if you've got some sort of time limit on this sale, but you put that 5.56 up by the case just about anywhere, for a non-insane price, and I doubt it lasts the week... you wouldn't need a bulk sale to move it fast.
Not sure of demand for subs, but I'd bet the 9mm would move quick to, given how many folks are in the suppressor game these days.

Unfortunately you just missed the big AR rush, or you coulda made bank on those Colts.
Mags are currently going for normal prices at normal demand (subject to changing politics of course) so right now you're gonna take a loss on those, regardless of how you sell them.

[Diamondback]

So I have a bunch of items I would like to sell in bulk. Any suggestions on the best way to maximize profits without selling piece-by-piece?

Note that this thread is NOT an attempt to sell these items. I obviously know about the exchange but looking to possible sell everything at once, or at least big chunks at a time, and am not sure this forum is the place to do so.

I am in South Florida, if that helps. I was thinking of consigning them to local shops, but have never done the before and don't know...

Also, not a fan of gunbroker or armslist at all.

Some items:
6x Colt OEM-2 rifles still in boxes
6x Glock 19 Gen4 MOS still in boxes
150x M3 30 round pmags still in wrappers
150x Surefeed mags still in wappers
75x Glock oem 19 15-round mags still in wrappers
20x cases Magtech 5.56 ammo sealed - the Brazilian overrun from a few years back
10x cases Fiocchi 9mm 158gr subsonic still in sealed boxes

Plus a bunch of other stuff, almost all still in the boxes/wrappers.

To build on Stick's thought, maybe offer the mags in the EE in non-splittable blocks of ten other than the last five G19's? Then you only have 15 blocks of each AR mag and ten of Glock to deal with...

[Bluto]

Hey all

I feel like an a-hole and I'm sorry. I started this thread to solicit responses and then I disappeared. First I threw out my back, then my wife got sick, then the cat followed by the dog got sick and between all that, Christmas and New years, I just got derailed.

It was not my intention to ghost the very helpful members that responded.

The whole point of this thread was that my family is soon moving to Germany and I cannot bring my stuff over. We ended up making the decision to keep a home in the US and spend time both here and in Germany. As such it looks like I will not have to dispose of anything at this time. I appreciate the responses and PM's I received and if anything changes I will make sure to give my colleagues at M4C first crack at anything I sell.