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Example, one dealer there has a colt SP1 carbine, stock except for the El Cheapo $30 scope on the CH. He's wanted $1800 for that thing for 3 years now, no negotiation. I'm going to walk up to his table with a noban and chuckle. J.
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He probably increased the price since it's now a 'rare preban' SP1: "they don't make them like this anymore."
I used to go to a lot of gun shows and you see idiots like this ALL the time. The same morons will have the same gun for years. Same with the mag sellers. Guys selling preban (before the ban expired) Glock mags for $125. Even worse, they'd have 'rarer' mags like MP5 mags, AUG mags, etc. for $150+. How many friggen AUGs are there? Not many, so do they really think some sucker with an AUG is going to stumble upon their table some day and buy all their AUG mags at $150 each???
These guys need to take a business class. I almost think they ENJOY paying $50 a table every weekend so they can haul around the same shitty over-priced guns year after year. I guess it's a hobby to post "DO NOT TOUCH" signs and act arrogant to your potential customers, all while telling stories of your 'glory days' as a Navy Delta Force SEAL in Desert 'Nam II to any teen dressed in full camo with a Blackhawk vest who happens to stumble across your table. (Sorry for the run on sentence)
Like someone said, bad dealers ARE a threat to gun owners.
On the other hand, some guys really know how to do business. Price the guns right and you will move them fast. One of my local gun stores gets the picture, and he moves guns fast. And I used to see a guy (when I lived in KS) who always had a great selection of black rifles, including some 'exotics'. The guy always had a new set of guns at each show because he priced fair.
Would you rather sell 10 guns in one day and make $100 profit each, or mark ONE gun up $1000 and sit on it for a year hoping you find a sucker?