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And what do they deem as excessive shipping charges? I see the example of $75 for shipping. Which, in most cases is excessive. But i have seen some comments on this board that suggest that $40-50 for shipping is money making. That is simply not the case. If a seller is assigning a fixed shipping price on an item, they dont know where the buyer is going to be located. Odds are, they are going to be at the farthest point from them. And shipping a gun across the country can easily cost $40 or more. Especially if insurance is purchased. And, shipping materials have to be factored in too. Proper boxes and packing materials are not cheap. So, for a 2-3 day priority service, $40-50 is not really excessive.
And i am all for discouraging reserve auctions. They are pointless and just clog up the site.
I just arranged shipping for a gun I bought on Gunbroker. The seller says he is using a shipping service called ShipMyGun. ShipMyGun had my FFL in their database, so I did not have to get an FFL copy to send to the seller. The total cost for shipping was $30.00 including $500.00 insurance. Shipping distance is over 1000 miles. I do not yet know how well they will pack my gun for shipping, so can't comment on that yet. I agree that Gunbroker should have done something about excessive and Reserve auctions that are repeated for years in the hopes of reeling in a sucker. If they needed more revenue, they could have started charging a sliding listing fee that increases each time a gun is relisted. But I can see how that would be hard to enforce if a seller merely changed something when relisting a gun for the umteenth time. It would enhance my experience if we could at least filter out the sucker fishermen when we do our searches.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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I can see where this will hurt the small seller who only has a few products to sell or even the one off seller. The complications of shipping, payment and 20% fees make it easier to use an auction house. I can also see the opportunity for a new selling site to establish itself that avoids the discouragements Gunbroker is moving towards.
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You mean like 200 plus Stevens .410 sxs listed for 800!
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There are other ways of doing things. usedguns.com.au ozgunsales.com As a buyer I deal direct with the seller & have nothing more to do with the web site after finding information there on the gun & seller contact. Have a look at their advert conditions, cost & times.
You may want to start your own sellers site. O.M
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Do you think I should buy the 10 gauge Pedersoli percussion ? O.M
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charging fee on shipping does nothing to reduce the sellers fees. It just adds revenue to Gunbroker. Just call a spade a spade, don't blow smoke up our collective butts. Gunbroker is moving to an EBay system. I no doubt think that their [politics will too. they are adopting the EBay philosophy and business model of screwing over sellers (their cusomters) for the sake of buyers (who Gunbroker does not earn a dime off of.
Brian LTC, USA Ret. NRA Patron Member AHFGCA Life Member USPSA Life Member
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Shipmygun shows 29.95 min. to ship and that doesn't include insurance. I asked Shipmygunsome questions. 'The main one is how do they get UPS to pay a damage claim on a $5000.00 gun when UPS will not pay more than $1000 damages or loss for a collectable firearm. That's not rumor, that is form UPS (and FEDEX) website.
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An Australian website does us a whole lot of good!
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I have sold some items on gunbroker. The only stuff I have is the is cheap stuff that just will not go away, I think the gun broker buyers are trolling for under priced bargains. When I have tried to put a nice gun on GB, lots of lookers, no buyers. So, I will not care about the new seller fees. Some of the changes I do agree with. I see some sellers put up stuff and it just stays there. Just cheap advertising.
John Boyd
John Boyd Quality Arms Inc Houston, TX 713-818-2971
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