Selling on consignment

[rmocarsky]

Fellas,

I have been an avid hunter ever since I was in my early 20s. I am now coming up on 62.

I had a heart attack on June 25 and because of that I am seriously considering giving it all up.

I can't imagine dragging a deer out of anywhere now, and the thought of "where is the nearest hospital" always being a priority bums me up.

Anyway, I live in AA Co. and am asking:

In your opinion, where is the best place in northern AA to take firearms for consignment sale?

Rmocarsky

 

[adit]

I was at Scott's last night and he had a handful of guns on consignment.

Check their IP section: http://www.mdshooters.com/forumdisplay.php?f=131

 

[coopermania]

How about getting some exercise and look into a small 4 wheeler ?.

 

[Overboost44]

Anglers has quite a few there on consignment. Check with them. A lot of hunters go in there. Did you consider putting them in the classifieds here?

 

[rmocarsky]

Overboost44:

To answer your question about classifieds, I wouldn't know if I was getting a fair deal or not, most of my stuff is pretty old, but in very, very good shape, and I'd feel more at ease letting a merchant handle the details, as long as his cut wasn't outrageous.


Rmocarsky

 

[budman93]

What are you trying to get rid of? There are plenty of people here who could give you an idea of values.

 

[mopar92]

I've been looking for a .30 caliber.

 

[fabsroman]

Damn, sorry to hear about the health problems.

I have hunted with 70+ year old men and I usually did the dragging of deer. Of course, a small 4 wheeler helps a lot with that, or a small SUV that can get into tighter places.

If you have to give up deer hunting, there is always waterfowling, etc., or just plain old shooting.

 

[K31]

I don't want to take the bread out of anyone's mouth but if you need money right away you might want to consider a non-AA FFL. A while back AACo passed a law that was supposed to keep pawn shops from selling stolen items by requiring the shops to hold on to items for sale for at least 30 days IIRC. Even though AACo gunshops tried get an exemption they were not successful.

 

[Hawkeye]

Honestly if it were me I'd hang on to your stuff, but that's because I don't like selling anything, much less guns.

Having health concerns like that which begin to dictate your activities sucks, though, and I feel for you there. I recently came through a patch of lousy health myself, and it's no fun, especially when you really want to be out doing whatever it is but can't.

What I'd do, in order to sell them, would be to ask around on here a little bit - the large majority of people here are good folks, and I don't think the community in general would allow anyone to intentionally screw you on values. If you've got general hunting rifles and shotguns and such, you can sell them all face to face, and you'll end up with the whole sale without an FFL taking a cut (which can be large, because they have to pay for their time).

 

[John from MD]

You will almost always make more on selling your guns directly than from selling on consignment, if in fact they do sell. Most dealers in AA put a 20% mark up on your gun and, in times of tight dollars, this may be more than people are willing to pay.

Go on gunbroker and see what a gun similar to yours is selling for. Then put it up in the classifieds and around on some gun club bulletin boards.

The problem with selling hunting guns today is that most of the people who buy guns have been buying pistols and black rifles due to the new laws coming. Many don't have the spare cash to buy something that is not currently an endangered species.

 

[Boom Boom]

To answer your question about classifieds, I wouldn't know if I was getting a fair deal or not, most of my stuff is pretty old, but in very, very good shape, and I'd feel more at ease letting a merchant handle the details, as long as his cut wasn't outrageous.

Consignment is usually 80/20. You get 80%. Dealer gets 20%. I've done well selling guns on consignment at my local gun shop (LGS) because quality consignments is one of their specialties. Probably the most important issue is to pick a shop that normally does consignments and has a customer base (collectors) that frequently stop by to look for them, meaning the shop gets top dollar quickly for nice stuff. Nice stuff at my LGS is generally sold in two or three days if under $600.