Switzer's Auction today

Buyer's is 15%; seller's is 25%.
If a large lot, or high value items were consigned, it would be worth asking if the seller's premium could be reduced.
 
There is a lot to be said for consigning to an auction. Apart from strong sales, there is no need to do the legal clearing, pack and ship.
 
I bought the 12(3) AK, they had it listed wrong, trying to replace the last one that I bought from Landsborough auction, RCMP wanted some work on it and they had Gretch outdoors do the work and the guy deactivated it, so after a just about a year I finally got the money back
 
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I didn’t have a good enough view from my phone to call it. Will check it out again when I get to the house tomorrow.
 
*lawrence said:
I sold two rifles today at decent prices so no complaints. Both went to a buyer in Arizona.

I won a lot yesterday at a slightly indecent price.
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Did you had to do any paperwork for exporting them to Arizona, or is that something the auction deals with?
 
Alex36 said:
Did you had to do any paperwork for exporting them to Arizona, or is that something the auction deals with?
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Export paperwork is the responsibility of the buyer. The auction has a list of exporters for pretty much anywhere in the world.

This auction had buyers (that I noticed) from Czechia, Iceland, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA.
 
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Andy said:
With what you can earn at an auction you'd be crazy to sell on the EE.
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LOL! So I threw 50 reloaded 44 Mag 240 grain xtp's in one of the triggers and bows auction and it went for $75. I think I ended up with $60 after fees. I have a pile going into the next auction as I sold my 44 (regrettably) and don't feel like pulling them apart. I think I have around 800 or so going into auction which will probably bring me just shy of $1000. Some of the prices I have seen on reloads makes me want to load a bunch to simply auction it off.
 
tiriaq said:
There is a lot to be said for consigning to an auction. Apart from strong sales, there is no need to do the legal clearing, pack and ship.
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and no need to provide multiple pictures for the collectors, no need to provide a "three day inspection period with return costs split", no need to "negotiate" who pays for insurance, no flakes who back out after saying they'll take it because their girlfriend's cat needs a hysterectomy or their truck needs a transmission, no need to provide fodder for the old biddies starting threads about how stupid the asking price is............... ETC.
 
Auctions are great for getting rid of accumulated items that you aren't using. I filled a large box with gun related items a couple of months ago, took them to an auction house and ended up with a $500 cheque. Selling these items online or renting a table at a gun show would have been more trouble than the extra amount of money I might have made.
 
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mmcintyre1220 said:
LOL! So I threw 50 reloaded 44 Mag 240 grain xtp's in one of the triggers and bows auction and it went for $75. I think I ended up with $60 after fees. I have a pile going into the next auction as I sold my 44 (regrettably) and don't feel like pulling them apart. I think I have around 800 or so going into auction which will probably bring me just shy of $1000. Some of the prices I have seen on reloads makes me want to load a bunch to simply auction it off.
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I would NEVER sell reloaded ammo - hope you have a buttload of liability insurance.
 
On one hand reloaded ammo is sold as a source of components, buyer's risk and responsibility... I believe that note protects the consignor from liability...? It's not a bad way to offload existing ammo, especially from estates, instead of just garbaging it...

On the other, just making some ammo to sell this way is a bit unethical. Just sell the components.
 
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