Okay I got to ask....... reference Firearm sales

[Rubbermittens]

Question, Why is it customary when someone sells a Firearm for the buyer to pay for the transfer? Not that I care but I do find that a little odd, To me, If I am selling something, I am usually happy to sell it. I also wonder why so many people are selling off their Firearms, That is something I would never voluntarily do especially since you never know what tomorrow may bring. Again thats just me

[Havfun]

Never sold a gun but it may be to get something you want more. Now selling a gun and not replacing it with another gun is criminal

[bigbore44]

I never have sold a gun, as I don't want to think about what the buyer may do with it. Just not a comfortable issue for me personally. A lot of sellers offer to either pay for the transfer, or split it. You just haven't seen one of those yet.

[mattyj513]

Selling your personal guns is a sign of weakness. The one exception would be medical expenses, and even then an attempt should be made to secure a loan/buy back agreement.

I would assume the buyer pays because he is buying in the first place, could always negotiate it off the sale price if anything i guess.

[Barnslayer]

I think most sell firearms to finance buying some other firearm they now want more. I used to hang out at a dive watch forum. The guys would go crazy about some watch. Then they'd buy it, post photos. Then before you knew it, half of them would post that watch for sale because some different watch became the object of their lust.

[Redcoat3340]

Selling your personal guns is a sign of weakness. The one exception would be medical expenses, and even then an attempt should be made to secure a loan/buy back agreement.

I would assume the buyer pays because he is buying in the first place, could always negotiate it off the sale price if anything i guess.

Sign of weakness....horsefeathers!

I just sold three personal pistols today, a S&W/Walther 990L, a Star 30MI and a Star UltraStar. All good guns, all in great shape, and all pistols I enjoyed shooting. But I wanted to seriously upgrade my safe and I sold them to finance a Sig P250 (to go with the other 5 Sigs I own). And I made money on all three sales, not a lot, but enough to keep me happy.

I've sold half a dozen personal pistols since the beginning of the year, not out of weakness, but because I wanted something better, such as the Sigs, a Walther P5, Colt 9mm Government Competition, a Lahti M40, and Browning BDM.

There's lots of good reasons to sell a gun. I finally offered up a couple of my Mauser milsurps as I could no longer manage those "sights made for 20 year old eyes" with my 65-year old plus eyes. So I put some glass on my Swiss K31 and still get a lot of pleasure out of my rifles.

[anothersteve]

This may be sacrilege but I sold two just because I had too many.
Later, Steve

[sheeple]

This may be sacrilege but I sold two just because I had too many.
Later, Steve

Woah.....woah...."too many"? Sacrilege! Turn off your computer and think about what you just said.

[anothersteve]

Woah.....woah...."too many"? Sacrilege! Turn off your computer and think about what you just said.

When shit hits the fan, and it will, you can only take so many with you.

[sheeple]

When shit hits the fan, and it will, you can only take so many with you.

Okay, I'm set.

[John060404]

For me, I would sell/trade firearms that are gathering dust to fund something "new" and exciting that will actually be used. The only time I think I personally could justify owning a pistol that I don't use (safe queen) would be if the firearm is truly a collectible or has significant value or sentimental meaning (passed down from father, etc.). Like anything else, you can lose the "passion" or usefulness for a specific firearm... when that happens (unless it's going to be a collectible) it's time to go... the wishlist will always be longer than the inventory!!!

The transfer fee is used like shipping and handling on eBay... If a seller wants to sweeten the deal, they pick up the S&H on eBay. If you price the firearm aggressively to sell and/or the firearm is in great demand, then you would probably ask the buyer to pay the transfer fee. Additionally, sellers often give the buyer the flexibility to choose their own FFL for the transfer.

I've only done this once to date. My first pistol was an HK P30L (9mm)... I later bought a VP9 and the P30L rarely saw the light of day from that fateful day on... I recently used that P30L to fund my new VP40 since I really wanted a .40 S&W.

[LI Ammo]

Question, Why is it customary when someone sells a Firearm for the buyer to pay for the transfer? Not that I care but I do find that a little odd, To me, If I am selling something, I am usually happy to sell it. I also wonder why so many people are selling off their Firearms, That is something I would never voluntarily do especially since you never know what tomorrow may bring. Again thats just me

For you old guys out there (over 50) , do you remember when we had baseball cards? They were the X-Box of the day. We 'flipped' cards with each other, and we exclaimed, "got it" or need it", and then we traded.
Buying and selling guns is an extension of baseball card trading. If you have 10 mausers and you don't have a 9mm carbine, you might sell or trade one to get the other. Makes sense to me.

And if SHTF, stockpiling ammo will be more important than stockpiling guns. I'm more afraid of a guy with two guns and 20,000 rounds of ammo, than I am of a guy with 50 guns and a box of ammo for each.

That being said, I sold 3,000 guns in the last three years as a dealer, but as an individual, I've sold one (and it was my wife's).

[Dan44219]

For you old guys out there (over 50) , do you remember when we had baseball cards? They were the X-Box of the day. We 'flipped' cards with each other, and we exclaimed, "got it" or need it", and then we traded.
Buying and selling guns is an extension of baseball card trading. If you have 10 mausers and you don't have a 9mm carbine, you might sell or trade one to get the other. Makes sense to me.

And if SHTF, stockpiling ammo will be more important than stockpiling guns. I'm more afraid of a guy with two guns and 20,000 rounds of ammo, than I am of a guy with 50 guns and a box of ammo for each.

That being said, I sold 3,000 guns in the last three years as a dealer, but as an individual, I've sold one (and it was my wife's).

I'd sell my wife before my guns

[MossbergMan]

Selling your personal guns is a sign of weakness. The one exception would be medical expenses, and even then an attempt should be made to secure a loan/buy back agreement.

It's ok to sell a gun if you buy a better gun has always been my policy

[Huntington Guy]

For you old guys out there (over 50) , do you remember when we had baseball cards? They were the X-Box of the day. We 'flipped' cards with each other, and we exclaimed, "got it" or need it", and then we traded.
Buying and selling guns is an extension of baseball card trading. If you have 10 mausers and you don't have a 9mm carbine, you might sell or trade one to get the other. Makes sense to me.

And if SHTF, stockpiling ammo will be more important than stockpiling guns. I'm more afraid of a guy with two guns and 20,000 rounds of ammo, than I am of a guy with 50 guns and a box of ammo for each.

That being said, I sold 3,000 guns in the last three years as a dealer, but as an individual, I've sold one (and it was my wife's).

Problem is, I always seemed to sell or trade the Hodges or the Willie Mays rookie card. The 6 others in my shoe box all got lost, worn out or clothes pinned to the spokes of my bike.
The one that gets away will always be the swan.