Posted: 2/9/2010 6:07:28 AM EDT
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I am about to make a new purchase and leaning toward buying 2 at the same time. I know pricing can be all over the place........
Just curious if anyone has a feel for what percent markup most gun shops use? Or put another way, how much leverage can I get if I buy 2 at the same time? Like I said, am sure there are a lot of differences. Just wondering if they are selling a pistol at $590, did they pay something in the 400's for it or are the margins much slimmer. |
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wholesale for the xdsc is (or was)around $430, the xdm i'm not sure of. Thanks, appreciate it. Would love to hear if when purchasing 2 pistols ––- if that got you a better price? Depends on the deal usually what gets you a better deal is flashing green and not plastic. |
| also some gun companies demand that authorized dealers must sell at a certain price point. This is also very geographic in variation- in my area with a lot of restrcitions on pistol ownership and consequent lower demand, price is much lower than in a high demand area. this goes for used items also |
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depends.
if they are hot sellers, i doubt it but it will depend on the shop. my LGS doesnt make that much on NIB gun sales so he cant do alot of the price. Used is a different story. you will probably spend more $$$ going to differetn shops trying to save the difference. |
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The best my dealer will do is write up the sale as an out of state internet sale and charge me no sales tax. Your dealer may not want you posting this information on a public forum. What he's doing would be illegal.... Illinois is kind of weird on that matter. If the customer pays the shop to get the gun, then the customer pays the shop sales tax on the full amount. If the customer pays the seller the amount and the seller is out of state, the shop charges $20 + tax on the twenty dollars+ $5 for the phone call. If the seller is in state, is a retail shop and NOT a private seller, who is not required to collect sales tax, and the customer pays that retailer, it is up to the seller to collect the sales tax, not the receiving shop, but if the customer pays the shop, then we have to charge him the sales tax on the full amount and not just on the $20. Don't argue this if you don't live, own, and operate in Illinois, are not an FFL retail outlet, and have not conferred with your own tax attorney, because the owner has done just that. Fair warning to that dealer, "conducting business in an unorthodox manner", can cost him his license and his livelyhood. |