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I don't know if this is the right place to ask. I have a couple of items for sale that no one has shown interest in. I have these priced at about 60% MSRP, shipping included. Am I asking too much? Do I not have enough Feedback for people to feel confident buying from me? Are these just parts nobody wants? I am not pleading for attention, rather I'd like to know if I have made some blunder I don't realize.
I've had the same thing happen to me before. I've had some things never sold. Maybe not the 'hot' thing, no one needs/wants it, people don't see it for sale, saturated market etc. I dunno, but you're not alone in wondering.
I looked at your items and all I can say is that they are just unique and specific items. A trigger and a T1 mount have to be on someone's short list, and they'll probably just buy a new one from a website vendor or amazon/ebay. My suggestion is to just wait it out.
I feel like I'm in the same boat though. I have a P365xl for sale with spare parts, red dot and whatnot and haven't even had a nibble. I thought a lightly used pistol would fly off the shelf. Although, I have not posted it on GB or guns.com.
I can only speak for myself, I don't even bother looking there anymore as there are far too many people only interested in selling at inflated prices and that is literally all they do here.
Obviously the OP doesn't fall into ^^that^^ category, but you take the hit because I don't bother to look. Maybe I'm a Unicorn.
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Originally Posted by HKGuns
That makes sense unfortunately. Any suggestions where to sell beside eBay? (If they even allow Evil Gun Parts at this point.)Quote:
Originally Posted by HKGuns
I really don't, there aren't a lot of good options for anything, especially guns or gun related materials.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disciple
I quit Ebay last year, after having an account and feedback since 1999. It was great when it started and the communists at Goolge have ruined it for everyone.
Do you belong to a gun club or range that you frequent? I see interesting stuff at my club from time to time and have bought a couple of guns off the 3x5 cards on my club bulletin board.
Unfortunately, we are being squeezed out of existence.
I wish we had a sales page in the members section. The "bro" page or something. Post it in the "Bro" section and after three days if it doesn't sell then post it again in the EE. Just an idea, and maybe not a great one.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKGuns
D- I'll check your ads and see if anything sticks out to me.
In addition to the above comments, the secondary market is SLOW these days. I've seen this on several forums with both guns and accessories. I've had a Timney Alpha Competition Glock Trigger up for sale for several months at a good price like yours and it's been crickets.
Your prices seem reasonable. Sometimes stuff just doesn’t sell for a long time. I’ve had some items in there for years, and just haven’t been bumping them lately.
One of my buddys hypothesized that people blew a bunch of money on gun stuff in 2020 and 2021 and aren’t spending right now. Or it may just be that people aren’t really in the market for those items right now. Another possibility that doesn’t directly apply to your items, but has to other people’s items in the past, is that sometimes even a good price can be beaten by generous professional discounts that a good bit of people here might have access to. Glock and Vortex come to mind.
A dude at a gunstore told me that he thought sales of new stuff is really slow at the moment (I think that was about a month ago) because vacation season has ended and back to school season was still squeezing people. I think a lot of people are on a tighter budget for gun stuff due to the economy.
@HKGuns… I think Rooster is gone now, if that’s who you’re referring to. Most of the prices I’ve seen lately in the EE seem reasonable.
Not sure if Rooster was tired of people pointing out that he is running a business, or if he was banned, but I haven't seen his stuff for awhile.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1168
I have heard over and over that the main things people want to buy right now are cheap crap (PSA priced stuff), and that anything of quality is just sitting. Its a hard time for large companies as well as individual sales.
People are very cheap, especially Fudds. I’ve seen so much Chinese gun accessories reviewed on Amazon it’s crazy. The ones that kill me are Chinese mounts, bodies, etc. that fit Surefire stuff. So people will pay for Surefire but draw the line at quality mounts or bodies. [emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by Stickman
I would guess another reason is inflation right now hitting people hard. Aimpoint especially has gotten a lot more costly in the last year or two.
Although I think your price is fair Hiperfire is not well known enough yet to command top price. The ALG ACT single stage is $16 cheaper new and has a good rep. I think more potential buyers might take a chance for $50. Yes you are taking a beating but if that’s the market… Personally I would hold on to it as a spare.
There was implication that a ban had occurred. I’d guess it was probably because of repeated violations of EE policies, such as removing prices after a sale. Or running a business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stickman
I rarely ever buy used stuff because I always suspect there's something wrong or they wouldn't be selling it. I know thats not always the case but I can't shake the suspicion enough to buy used stuff.
I buy most all my optics used here, and most of my rails. I think people try something out and don’t like it, or reconfigure and don’t want to keep it around. Or they get cash strapped and realize they don’t like their VCOG <that> much.Quote:
Originally Posted by prepare
Another thing you have to deal with right now is Black Friday coming up. From now until mid Jan. people look for great deals on new product. It's going to be interesting to see what this Black Friday brings with inflation, high interest rates, etc.. I would just sit back until after first of year. Cycles happen.
I think you are just in a bad market for sellers. If you look online there are plenty of rebates, discounts, and blowout prices for both cheaper and higher end stuff. Trijicon has a $100 rebate on RMRs, grab a gun was selling 226/229 legions for well under $1000, I've seen S&W snubs back down to $425. Everyone selling AR barrels seem to be constantly having sales. It's just a buyers market right now, and that's hard to compete with. For example, a buddy of mine is trying to sell a brand new RMR for $350, but by the time you get the sale price online for a new one, then take of the $100 rebate, he's selling for more than a new one.
I suspect things will sell more next year, election year. Or if there's some sort of mass shooting (God forbid).
Also, the EE here isn't all that user friendly - it's hard to find your own listings, so it's hard to bump them occasionally. I know I have things buried past 20 pages in that I'll probably never find again.
Most people had rather just buy new instead of dealing with the hassle for things less than 100 bucks unless dirt cheap.
If you’re on the mobile version, when you open your profile, click “find latest started threads”.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caduceus
I appreciate all the comments.
Both items should be priced at $25 shipped at this point or taken off the market. The market has spoken and your price is too high for two items that are not that desirable.
I think part of it is that many consumers (not necessarily here) are driven by whatever is perceived as cool. If you had clone parts they would get snatched up quick. Try arf com , lots of viewers there. If you don't mind dealing with even lower IQ individuals, try reddit. They have a gun parts sale sub. Prepare yourself for imbeciles.
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Once upon a time, users put actual pictures of their items on their ads. I can’t tell you how many I’ve seen lately that don’t have any pics. I shouldn’t have to ask for one. Are they just too lazy or something else?
I hate to say it, but this. The EE there gets waaaaayyyyyy more traffic than here.Quote:
Originally Posted by czgunner
Despite Meta's anti-gunning, there's still a fair amount of B/S/T that goes on in gun groups on FB. It's significantly easier to post pictures and make a quick ad on your phone than it is to use the forum UI, even when you use Tapatalk or something similar. Lots of secondhand sales have migrated there.
Also I think that the gun industry is running on a decade of evolution. Products gets upgraded and innovated much quicker than they used to (my impression). A lot of people are less interested in used than they were even a few short years ago; not when the new hotness will be hitting the web soon.
I feel your pain, I've had some things listed for a long time as well. Gotten some traffic, but no offers at prices that I am eager to move on. I still browse the EE though, as I feel like there are higher quality options from other enthusiasts more so than other secondhand options. Good luck.
It seems so, but it contradicts the often given suggestion that one should be able to buy something to try and then sell it on EE without losing one's shirt in the deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowSpeed_HighDrag
Thanks for the advice. I added photos to both ads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waylander
Hmmm, I may be using a different EE than you as I've never considered that to be conventional wisdom in regards to selling used items on the internet....Quote:
Originally Posted by Disciple
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowSpeed_HighDrag
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Yea, no kidding, LOL I listed my Arken scope, and it lasted maybe an hour!! lol, Do the extra work it may pay off!Quote:
Originally Posted by czgunner
No, I am in the same boat. I usually see gear at list price or over list and just wonder, have you checked Amazon/Ebay/Gunbroker before you tried to sell that at Gun Show prices. So I rarely go there and I buy shit often.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKGuns
And is a reason I have tubs of gear I should sell but dont feel like posting something for $35 and all that goes into selling. I did sell a slide recently but had it priced to move.
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Let’s also think about the fact that the Samson mount you are selling is not a popular product, in a height that very few want, from a manufacturer that very few would consider for their RDS mounts, lacking anything that would make anyone want it over competing products, is not particularly attractive, and has a suspect looking QD lever compared to the standard ADM or Scalarworks.
You might be able to buy an in demand product and flip it for a small loss, but you’ll never be able to buy a subpar and undesirable product and flip here it here for the same. That’s why your mount has been on the EE for over a year and bumped over 10 times.
I did not realize at the time that it was an unpopular product. It is the height I was looking for, the same as the non-QD Reptilia dot mount I ended up keeping. It is lighter than most other lower-third QD mounts I found and has a transferable lifetime warranty.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowSpeed_HighDrag
I never said I thought I could "flip here it here for the same" I just thought I wouldn't end up losing half what I paid. The lowest price I can find for the mount is $85 for an open box at Botach, so $65 shipped still doesn't seem to unreasonable. Nevertheless I'll drop it another $5, which will leave me with $50 after shipping.
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowSpeed_HighDrag
I recently sold 5 CZ 9mm / .40 mags. After shipping I keep about $16 per mag. These were new in boxes and I'd been trying to sell them a long time.
I also sold several Glock 9mm factory mags, only test fired, for $15 each.
Sure I could get more during a panic, but they take up space and I can buy other mags I want while they're cheap.
I'll sell cheap if I can buy cheap.
I figure if I'm serious about selling something I can expect to get 50% of what I paid for it. If it's like new or new in the box I'll ask for more.
One thing you might want to try is bundling. I've done that a couple times and sold. Basically I put a bunch of like parts, (ex. G3 rifle stuff) in a box. The parts were about $300 if you bought them all retail. One could sell them individually for maybe $200+ if you wanted to make individual ads and wait many months.
I put it all in a box, asked for $150 and IIRC sold it for $120 and moved on with my life.
My point is, be prepared to wait for it to sell like you're waiting on an NFA stamp or sell it stupid cheap & move on.
Thanks for the advice. For what it's worth the T1 mount is/was new in box, and is now sold. Photos, luck, or pity I'm not sure.
The resale market is almost cartoonishly bad right now.
I usually start whatever I'm selling at like 20-25% of average retail, often with a multi-item discount attached, and have never failed to move it in usually a couple weeks, maybe a month.
I have sold an utterly absurd amount of tactical gear, uppers, optic, parts, etc, over the last 12 years.
Only in the last 2 years has the bottom seemingly just dropped out.
Even the desirable stuff takes weeks to move, everything else just sits.
The lowballers are even worse than ever. I just got offered $55 for a plate carrier I paid $150 for, and have for sale for $85. F*** people. :laugh:
The only website I view for used firearms etc is the local floridaguntrader.com, and cautiously. Most private sellers there think they can get double retail for their used firearm, many listings are scammers, and perhaps 10% (at most) are reasonable in their asking price. I gather its the same at other private seller websites, which is why I don't even bother to look.
I used to use that site when I lived in Florida. Your description is spot on. I ran into more than a few characters on there. I remember a guy offered me his s*** rust bucket of a truck for a rifle I had listed and got over the top pissed when I respectfully declined his offer. HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by henri
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