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What Is A Fair Price?

gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in Ask the Experts
A firend of mine has a rifle he wants to sell and said "make me an offer". I don't want to say something that is lowball just fair, do want to buy before he puts it in the paper. The rifle is a Remington 760 Gamemaster "5 diamond" in 30-06 in good condition w/: metal in 90% and wood about 80% with surface scratches mostly on but stock, has rubber recoil pad and iron sights. Not shot much but mostly taken for walks as action still tight & very little wear. Any help is well appreciated as would like to get it at fair price that we would both be happy with.

Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is a man that I have been in contact with that is an expert with those Remington guns. I have his email address and if you email me at quamnet@execpc.com I can give it to you. I am sure he will be more than happy to help you with a price.
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  • airborneairborne Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    gunpaq...I've always been prejudice towards the 700 ADL/BDL's, but have some fellow hunters that carry a 760 Gamemaster. Made a call or two and checked the Blue Book of Gun Values. Don't think you would be hurt or hurt your friends feeling to make an initial offer of $300.00.

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  • martzkj@msn.commartzkj@msn.com Member Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well hear are my thoughts on doing business with a friend. Pin him down on a price. If you like the price buy it if not pass and tell him if he can't get that price to let you know first before going lower. That way their can be no hard feelings later. Remember he is a friend and you don't want to offend him by offering $200 for a gun he would like $400 for.
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  • bullelkbullelk Member Posts: 679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    martzkj's right.
    Have him go out an get it appraised at a local gun shop, and get his best offer for it, then ask him what you can have it for.
    In excellent condition, it should be worth around $300.00

    "If All Else Fails, Read The Directions
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm with the 300.00 fellas, but.....it probably only cost slightly more than that new, yeah I know, inflation. I wouldnt be insulted if someone offered me 250.00 for mine.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought a really nice one w/scope from a pawnshop for $180. out the door. I saw one in a shop the other day in .308 for $229, no scope. Like these guy's said, get him to give a price if you want to remain friends.

    Thanks, Grizztribefans@sssnet.com
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  • drl50drl50 Member Posts: 2,496 ✭
    edited November -1
    With strangers, I usually lean toward tactfully pointing out its their gun, please put your value on it. From there, a counter offer is not inappropriate if you think he's high. Usually a seller's prompt to make an offer without a set price is in hopes you will offer more than its worth. A good friend probably wouldn't sell it to you for much more than he thought it was worth. Maybe he really doesn't know. In that case help him appraise it. Any severe deviations from approximate value may jeopardize your relationship later.Seems like you're doing that here with some good advice from others experiences. Its not a particularly collectable gun that will appreciate much outside of the inflation factor, but its not a Parker Shotgun price tag either.

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  • rsnyder55rsnyder55 Member Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would probably take it to a place the buys used guns, ask them what they would pay for it (wholesale)and then how much they would sell it for (retail). Then split the difference.
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  • marinebadgermarinebadger Member Posts: 115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My father's house is home to two such rifles. A 760 and a 7600
    Difference being only age and a little styling of the fore.
    The new one he paid $400 for brand new several years ago. He
    is a very practical man and this was probably his most expensive
    firearms purchase. (I guess I am just illustrating how much he
    loves those guns)
    I would agree w/the others that $300 is a fair price to play with.


    "a Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean amother"
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for all the input. My buddy took his gun to two gun shops for a price. One said he could get up to $500 for it because of it being the older "5 diamond" and the other offered him $200 for it - that one sort of burst his bubble. I am going to offer $300 firm as it is a very nice piece. Will let you know how it goes. Thanks again.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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