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Are my prices too high?

257izmycal257izmycal Member Posts: 684 ✭✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
Auction #s

102447556
102447878
102449358
102451653

I can't seem to get many bidders.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance, 257
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Here's a link to your auctions


    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/SellerAuctions.asp?User=210584
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  • Trader DaveTrader Dave Member Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your prices are fine - give it a bit more time. Browning should sell but remember - Summer = Slow Sales for Long Guns. Good Luck.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,539 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 257izmycal
    Auction #s

    102447556
    102447878
    102449358
    102451653

    I can't seem to get any bidders.

    Any suggestions?

    .

    Thanks in advance, 257


    Sit tight. Money is tight for some. Hunting season is around the corner.
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    no, its just the people are cheap and they want you to give it to them.[:D]
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
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  • CutiegirlracingCutiegirlracing Member Posts: 2,595 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sales on everything is slow.
    It does help to make sure you get your product out to as many buyers as possible.
    When I sell an item, I will put it on Ebay, Craigslist, local paper, forums, company bill boards, etc. The more people that see you ads the more likely you will sell.
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  • dgacdgac Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You have to think of it this way. A gun is worth what someone will pay for it. I personally wouldnt pay the price of a barrett 50 bmg but people do. It all depends on how much someone wants it. If I was in the market for your items I would bid because they are fair prices. Besides guns dont go bad and you dont have to feed them.


    dgac
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  • Dakota308Dakota308 Member Posts: 4,162
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dgac
    You have to think of it this way. A gun is worth what someone will pay for it. I personally wouldnt pay the price of a barrett 50 bmg but people do. It all depends on how much someone wants it. If I was in the market for your items I would bid because they are fair prices. Besides guns dont go bad and you dont have to feed them.


    dgac


    yes you do have to feed them[8D][:D]
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't have near as many sales as most people but I have sold everything I've listed, I find that not using the buy now feature can enhance the auction aspect of the sale, seeing the eventual price can deter a bidder who originally did not want to pay that much but in the frenzy of "Winning" his/her gun sometimes they have actually outbid the buy now price, that same frenzy in my opinion can be to your advantage more without a final price posted. Use the reserve and start at a penny interested bidders will "search" for the reserve price, I know I have actually bought two firearms I really wasn't ready to buy due to the fact that while searching the best price I found a gun that matched my description and placed a low ball bid and won, so followed through and bought, my .26 cents long post sorry
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    they look good to me
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    yeah their to high,whoosh i'll give you $100.0 for the lot[:D] their just fine
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    May be that danged reserve and people just go on by.
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  • wolfdog45wolfdog45 Member Posts: 584 ✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, drop the reserve and just have the starting bid be what the reserve was.
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  • CUEANDCUSHIONCUEANDCUSHION Member Posts: 79 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Prices are fair. If you need to move them "out of season" you have to make them cheap, not fair.

    I say wait till fall.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wolfdog45
    Yep, drop the reserve and just have the starting bid be what the reserve was.


    Good advice, I never, ever bid in reserve auctions.
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  • txlawdogtxlawdog Member Posts: 10,039 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't care for reserve auctions either.

    I wonder if 257 has even looked at all these posts? He has not posted here again?

    I say, lose the reserve, roll the dice, start them cheaper. They will sell for a good value I'm sure.
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  • 257izmycal257izmycal Member Posts: 684 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have read the posts and know that some will not bid on reserve auctions.

    I also realize that summer is a slow time.

    I also know that starting at a realistic price set on the items did not allow them to sell.

    At the advice of several, start them low and they will sell for a good price" I ended up selling a $400.00 rifle for $299.00. I won't make the mistake of doing that again.

    I also have been offered $150.00-$250.00 guns for a $425.00 gun. I have been offered a 10/22 for the SPS and been offered a Benelli Nova for it also. (seperate offers) This doesn't make much sense does it?

    I simply asked if my prices were out of line.
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