Buddy wants to buy my guns- how to be fair about prices...?

I come up with a price I will sell for on the open market, then in that instance give a friend first chance at it.

A real friend would never take advantage of a friendship to get something cheaper.
 
Sell them to your friend for the same price you'd sell them to me or any other stranger. That's the right answer. AFAIC just knowing someone shouldn't make one entitled to special pricing. On the other hand, if you got buddies that'll help you out with stuff, drop by with beer, grab you a lunch without worrying about "getting them back" or that type of thing, go for it, they've earned karma.
 
XCR User said:
There are a few rules I have always abide with in my life time. 1) Never loan out your credit card. debit card to a friend or buddy. 2) never borrow your wife to anyone for anything. 3) Never borrow anything to anybody no matter who it is because it may never come back. 4) Never borrow your fire arms to anybody or buddy since it may come back with defects. 5) Never sell your guns because you'll regret it
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You're using borrow wrong. And contradictorily.
 
Mik123 said:
I wouldn't do business with a good friend.
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I guess it depends if you're dealing with a friend, or just an acquaintance...
Over the years I've bought/sold/loaned/borrowed guns with friends and families, no issues. Some I've probably paid too much (because he was short of $), some they've probably paid too much (because I was short of $). I got some stupid deals, also gave some stupid deals. In many cases, I've gotten a call (many years after selling it) to see if I was interested in buying it back. Returned the favor when selling.
 
XCR User said:
There are a few rules I have always abide with in my life time. 1) Never loan out your credit card. debit card to a friend or buddy. 2) never borrow your wife to anyone for anything. 3) Never borrow anything to anybody no matter who it is because it may never come back. 4) Never borrow your fire arms to anybody or buddy since it may come back with defects. 5) Never sell your guns because you'll regret it
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'Lend' means to give something to someone to be used for a period of time and then returned. 'Borrow' means to take and use something that belongs to someone else for a period of time and then return it.
 
I don't like lending out tools myself- couldn't imagine lending out a gun unless it was immediate family. I talked to him and we are fairly close I thing- just the scope, I don't think he knows what it is.
 
I have rules about buying and selling from friends......I just dont. I have got stung buy giving a friend deal and it bit me in the a$$. So now it just easier to sell to a stranger.
 
I've dealt with friends several times and given them the "friends and family discount". Each time, without fail, they have sold the firearms at a profit. Done...
 
Honestly- I wanted a 243 and wasn't and isn't really familiar with the name- I do know CZ/BRNO. I do know that Zastave has suspended civilian production and are making military firearms for the Ukrain conflict.
I like a bunch of actions and while the M98 is a little sloppy and isn't ###y anymore- it's still a solid performer in my books. Compromise may be a wrong term- it was cheaper to get what I wanted vs other makes.
 
dfarr67 said:
Honestly- I wanted a 243 and wasn't and isn't really familiar with the name- I do know CZ/BRNO. I do know that Zastave has suspended civilian production and are making military firearms for the Ukrain conflict.
I like a bunch of actions and while the M98 is a little sloppy and isn't ###y anymore- it's still a solid performer in my books. Compromise may be a wrong term- it was cheaper to get what I wanted vs other makes.
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make more sense now.
 
If a friend wanted to buy a rifle that I was wiling to sell, I would sell at a good price. BUT, there would be an agreement that if he decided to sell it in the next 2 years, he would offer to me, first, at the price I sold it.
 
Tough call. I'm not one to judge either, I've made buying/selling decisions I wish I could take back...but here we are. lol

Based on my mistakes, I'd suggest you tread lightly. If your motives are to move along these pcs. to recover some $ to put towards other toys/bills=why should you sell at a loss and have to pay more for the things you want to do so that your buddy can pay less? Is he after the makes/models you have because he's anticipating a deal and wouldn't buy them otherwise, or, are these guns/actions/calibers he's been pining for? The answer would color my decision.

If what your buddy does with them AFTER you sell them to him matters to you, I'd say you're not ready to let them go or at least...not really keen on selling them to him the first place.

I've been in the situation and opted to give a buddy an amazing deal on a rifle. For a host of reasons (some touched on in this thread) I wouldn't do it again.
 
I only sold one gun to a friend that I regretted selling when I needed the cash, but was able to buy it back later at the price I sold it for when he needed the cash, so that worked out. Another gun I traded to a friend in lieu of his skilled labor, so we were both happy.
 
infidel29 said:
I only sold one gun to a friend that I regretted selling when I needed the cash, but was able to buy it back later at the price I sold it for when he needed the cash, so that worked out. Another gun I traded to a friend in lieu of his skilled labor, so we were both happy.
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Have done the same hahaha. Have also borrowed one back, decided I just couldn't give it up again, and said "I'm gonna put down money on the table cause this is comin with me. Stop me when it hits the amount that lets us still be besties" lol.
 
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