No Sales On Auction????

44mag

I just finished looking through the "going going gone" section and found 12 full pages with only two sales. There were a few other bids that did not make the reserve. Has the gun market gone south? Or---??

kimberkid

Gun sales typically slow in the summer ... in fact there isn't another Gun Show scheduled in our area until September ... Kansas City has a very few and that's about a 1.5 hour drive (one way) ... sales are so slow dealers dont want to pay $40-$60 per table, pay for motel rooms and eat at McDonalds to display their wares ... only to talk to each other. Between September and May, you can generally count on 2 "big" shows per month in town ... all the small shows have dried up! Two years ago I could hit 6-7 small shows (60-120 tables) a month in a 60 mile radius ... now only the big promoters are putting them on ... and they have been pretty disapointing, new dealers selling new stuff at full retail prices ... and a good 1/2 of the sellers were selling jewelry, beanie babbies, cutlery, sunglasses, or other crap ... occasionaly you could pick up a nice "whatever" walking around ...

Too many people are busy with yardwork, camping, fishing, painting, yada yada yada, to get out and have REAL FUN!

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The only bad thing about choosing a Kimber ...
... there are so darn many models to choose from!
kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com

Alpine

That and some of the starting pricing has been outragous. Saw one shotgun I liked, but is way overpriced. Seller relisted 12 times, and still no bids. I guess he was waiting for someone special.

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