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Northwest Armory, and The Gun Broker before it has std practice of 60% of used blue book value of a firearm they buy off the street. What you paid has nothing to do with what they buy used guns for. Its like cars, I paid $15k for my car. Its 7 years old now, its not worth 15K despite low miles and very good condition. If I want to trade it in, I may get 7K out of it. Maybe. Probably less. Retailers need to pay the bills and their employees. Used Glocks typically retail for $400, maybe 450. Not being terribly familiar with the going rate on your other gun, but going off what you saidd you paid for both, and generalizing that a used gun will be worth no more than 80% retail value, I'd say $500 would be in the ball park for a pair you paid $1200 originally for.
Thats why unless you need cash now, its better to find a private buyer and just use the FFL for the transfer. You get maximum value, and sometimes a guy has been wanting XX gun so bad they don't haggle. Your $1200 of guns could net you $960 if you were patient, assuming again 80% of retail. $700 is fair for both parties in your deal if you accept it- he gets a good discount, and you get quite a bit more than the dealer can pay.
As for the circumstances of your new deal, not shady at all. He followed you out so as not to piss off the shop, they almost all hate customers making deals in their store and get vocal about it. He may have guns on order, or consignment and didn't want to rock the boat. That he gave you $100 cash deposit speaks to him being straight up to me, rather than nefarious. He may not have had $700 in disposable cash at that moment.
I'd hunt for a good shop to do your transfer that won't rape you for 10 mins of paperwork, that you both agree on, then just sit home ogling pix of the gun you are after, sounds like an M17?
Northwest Armory, and The Gun Broker before it has std practice of 60% of used blue book value of a firearm they buy off the street. What you paid has nothing to do with what they buy used guns for. Its like cars, I paid $15k for my car. Its 7 years old now, its not worth 15K despite low miles and very good condition. If I want to trade it in, I may get 7K out of it. Maybe. Probably less. Retailers need to pay the bills and their employees. Used Glocks typically retail for $400, maybe 450. Not being terribly familiar with the going rate on your other gun, but going off what you saidd you paid for both, and generalizing that a used gun will be worth no more than 80% retail value, I'd say $500 would be in the ball park for a pair you paid $1200 originally for.
Thats why unless you need cash now, its better to find a private buyer and just use the FFL for the transfer. You get maximum value, and sometimes a guy has been wanting XX gun so bad they don't haggle. Your $1200 of guns could net you $960 if you were patient, assuming again 80% of retail. $700 is fair for both parties in your deal if you accept it- he gets a good discount, and you get quite a bit more than the dealer can pay.
As for the circumstances of your new deal, not shady at all. He followed you out so as not to piss off the shop, they almost all hate customers making deals in their store and get vocal about it. He may have guns on order, or consignment and didn't want to rock the boat. That he gave you $100 cash deposit speaks to him being straight up to me, rather than nefarious. He may not have had $700 in disposable cash at that moment.
I'd hunt for a good shop to do your transfer that won't rape you for 10 mins of paperwork, that you both agree on, then just sit home ogling pix of the gun you are after, sounds like an M17?