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Hi all, well I have a story that may interest some of you. Yesterday, I went to our local Sporting Good Store (Scheels) to sell a SxS (Fabarms Classic Lion I) to help defry the cost of another SxS I'm buying. Well get to the store with gun in hand and wait for the "Shotgun" manager to look at it. He unzips the case and looks at the gun with wide eyes saying "Now this is a nice gun!" He goes in the back (for about 20 min.) comes back and asks how much I want. I tell him about $1200 or a fair offer. He nods his head and says "Well I think we can see about that". Now he goes to another part of the store (this time for about 30 min). Comes back and says that this must be a rare bird, because he can't find it in the Blue Book (He's looking under HK not Fabarms). He then says "I'll be right back" goes again to the back, comes out and goes to another part of the store, returns and tells me what I want and what they can give me are worlds apart (like from the Sun to Pluto). He says they will give me $400 for it. Well, as you can guess I say NO. When I asked him why so low, he states, "Well this has a straight stock and DT and we don't really sell them all that well" In the back rack, they have lots of CZ Bobwhites (which BTW they do sell a few of them).

I wondered why he wasted over an hour of my time (and his) just to tell me that they don't sell SxS with english stocks and DT? I bet, they wanted to see if I was stupid and sell it cheap (like I really needed the $$) or someone in the store wanted that gun.

Needless to say I will not ply my trade there.

Anything like this happened to any of you?

All the best!!

Greg

P.S. I posted this on another forum, thought some of you would get a kick out of it.

Typical. If you have it it's not worth anything. If THEY have it it's worth a fortune. Time to move on.

I had the same thing happen in Great Falls, MT at Scheels. The offered $1000 for a SxS they were selling for $2400 at the time. I don't deal with them much any more. Before they moved into the new store, which looks like a Cabelas wana be, they were easier to work with and their prices were fair.(IMHO)
Ron

Gunshops are a terrible place to sell your guns! Unless you just want them out of the house, you really need something else badly or you didn't pay for them to begin with. I understand that the shop wants to make 40% (at least!) on a used gun and they have no idea how long it will take to sell many models. I don't blame them. The thing is- 1/3 the real value is a common offer. I recently was visiting a local shop when a fellow was offered $150. for a Ruger 77 in 7mm mag including the base, rings and scope. He wanted a S&W 629 44mag and took the trade.

Greg, what makes you think your Fabarm is worth $1,200, especially to a dealer?

I onced remarked to my dad how expensive plumbers are or anyone else who is self employed, and he replied, "They have to eat too you know", That gunstore through the selling of guns has to put food on the table, pay the electric bills, the insurance and the like. They have to make something on those guns or else why bother. Greg, just blow it off and go back they appreciate your business and probably the reason they went back and forth for an hour is they probably didn't want to offend you.
All the best

"probably the reason they went back and forth for an hour is they probably didn't want to offend you."

LOL....if someone wants to offend me the first thing they can do is waste an hour of my time and then give me a lame reason for doing so.

Hi, the old standard of hagging - start high and see what happens. Simple as that.

I'll still shop there for odds and ends, just won't deal with them when it comes to guns. Case in point, A freined of mine sold them a Rifle, they gave him $200, they are selling the same rifle for $425. I understand they have to make a profit, but 100%. BTW, this store does not deal, whats on the hang tag is the price, take it or leave it

Take care!

Greg

So, why did you not haggle? You asked for more than retail and he offered less than wholesale.

Let's see......the guy works in the shotgun department but has no idea what your gun is worth without looking it up in the "Ain't gotta a Clue Book" ? Here's your sign!!