svt40 wanted!

I had two up for sale and managed to sell one of them. I had the other up for the price I paid last summer - no takers.

I think high shipping costs are a barrier to selling them at this point.

I am just going to have to keep it and shoot it...
 
NaviDave said:
I had two up for sale and managed to sell one of them. I had the other up for the price I paid last summer - no takers.

I think high shipping costs are a barrier to selling them at this point.

I am just going to have to keep it and shoot it...
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What were you asking? The two I sold about a month ago I listed at $325.00 each plus shipping and they both sold in about 2 days.
 
I was asking $320 local. I don't intend to sell at a loss.

I can see them going to $600 in the near future (collector-grade). They are difficult to clean and non-corrosive x54 is $1 a round.
 
NaviDave said:
I was asking $320 local. I don't intend to sell at a loss.

I can see them going to $600 in the near future (collector-grade). They are difficult to clean and non-corrosive x54 is $1 a round.
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Funny the other didn't sell. But if you are only selling local it does cut into your potential buyer list. I know I have seen a few guns that I was interested in until I saw the "local sale only" part of the ad. It also kind of turns me off to the seller when I see that. But that's just my opinion. The 2 I sold the buyers had no qualm with paying what the actual shipping was.
 
gunsaholic said:
Funny the other didn't sell. But if you are only selling local it does cut into your potential buyer list. I know I have seen a few guns that I was interested in until I saw the "local sale only" part of the ad. It also kind of turns me off to the seller when I see that. But that's just my opinion. The 2 I sold the buyers had no qualm with paying what the actual shipping was.
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Canada post wants hard cases now. $45 shipping plus $28.50 for a hard case. I wasted way too much time quoting shipping to ON only to never hear back.

That's why I will keep it unless I can sell local at my asking with minimal hassle.
 
NaviDave said:
Canada post wants hard cases now. $45 shipping plus $28.50 for a hard case. I wasted way too much time quoting shipping to ON only to never hear back.

That's why I will keep it unless I can sell local at my asking with minimal hassle.
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Who is telling you that? I see you are in Manitoba. I am in Winnipeg and used cardboard boxes when I sent my two SVT's last month. I just sent a .22 today in a cardboard box. I have received a couple in the last week that were in cardboard boxes. First off, you don't have to disclose to the post office what is in the box so how can they tell you it needs to be in a hard case? Plus I have never been asked about contents and a couple of the postal employees knew they were firearms. If you look online, the regulations say it has to be in a sturdy container, not a hard case. If a hard case is required, then 99.9% of the sellers who ship guns are breaking the rules.And the shipping cost goes by length, width, weight , where it is going and whether you put signature and insurance on it although I believe it is supposed to have a signature. I believe the shipping on the two I sent was around $35.00 to $38.00 each. Of course if something is going from one end of the country to the other, the cost will be higher. I have found that most buyers understand that a package has to get there somehow and it ain't done for free. Of course you get wanna be buyers who aren't serious to start with but that's the way it goes with all sales. One certainly doesn't have a buyer every time someone inquires. No different than someone walking into a store and asking for help/info etc and then walk out empty handed.
 
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