prices, come on people!!

[H4831]

Gunshows, an interesting and very suitable subject for a thread, so please allow me to add a bit more.
I am always involved to some extent in the Salmon Arm gun show, which comes in late October. What I have learned over the years is that the dealers do indeed, trade vigorously in the hour they have before the show is open to the public. The dealers get along very well with each other, and will, without hesitation, direct you to another dealer for something you are looking for.
There is quite a band of dealers that take in most of the shows, in this case in BC and Alberta. I visited with some of the dealers at Kamloops that I knew from them being several times at Salmon Arm.
I have sometimes had a table, or shared a table, and I can assure you, the hour before the public gets in is the best hour of the show. I've had more fun, wheeling and dealing with the dealers, than I usually have with the public.
I have also found the dealers to be very honest and straightforward. I have no hesitation in taking their word for condition, if asked, regarding the material they sell.

 

[TheTooner]

Isn't value based on what it would sell for?? In which case it actually it isn't worth anything if it doesn't sell!

It's worth what any one person would give up to have it. The seller can set the value just as much as a buyer can. If you would give $1000 to get the item, you say it is worth that much to you. If the seller gives up the $1000 he could have had from you, he proves it is worth something more than $1000 to him. It doesn't sell, but a $ value has been proven.

 

[wetcoaster]

What is the big deal? A free market is a free market.

Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. If they aren't willing to pay it won't sell.

 

[SuperCub]

What is the big deal?

The big deal is that people don't expect to pay full or nearly full price for used stuff at a glorified yard sale.

We like smoking good deals on used and hard to find stuff that you don't get from Wholesale Sports ..... The kind of deals we can brag about to our friends. That's why the EE here is so popular. Once in a while you can get a deal like that right in the comfort of you own home.


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[albayo]

Gun Show Prices

If you are going to a gun show for vintage or military stuff, if you can afford it get good reference material by starting a library. If you know what you are looking for study up on it. Then when you go to a show and see something on a table don't tell the guy what he has because it will cost you more. Just ask him "what is it" if he says it's something common, and you know it isn't it will save you money. If it's at a good price try to talk him down, if you just pay him without hageling he might think it's too cheap.
I collect military firearms and bayonets and all the guys know it, if I don't haggle it means I pay more next time.