We made 15% on a spec house. So, on an average 3 br modern, $20-25K We know you are only likely to buy one. We can spend a few days working with you. We can give incentives to move forward.
I doubt the average firearms sale has anything like that gross. If anything, the internet, and auction result compilations, have taken the margins way below 10%.
So, a business owner that has many leads to follow up on has only so much time to spend in conversion.
If you are a price sensitive shopper that has sent me numerous emails that have gone no where, Why would I waste my time trying to make $150.00 on a sale to you, when from the beginning I already know the odds are low, the effort high, you want me to lose money on it if possible (so you can brag on internet forums about your great negotiating prowess), and it's doubtful you'll ever buy anything else without all the rigamarole in the future?
Remember, these horses have already come to the trough on a few earlier occasions. Their patterns are known.
While I would never have started a thread like this one, and I have no clue who John is, on principle and experience, I am in John's corner.
