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i posted this as a response to someone on the forum, but after reading it I think it's worth a separate post. Please feel free to add your own suggestions. I didn't address including quality pictures, for example. Here goes.
Just a note for those people selling or trading firearms here. Your integrity is all you have going for you. One really negative post on your trading feedback can sabotage your future sales or trades. Nobody with any sense will take a chance on you once that happens.
Be honest about round count. If you don't know exactly how many you put through it, overestimate it and be honest that it's an estimate.
Fess up to any problems the weapon might have had. That includes trips back to the manufacturer and what they did to correct the problem. Be willing to drop the asking price a bit if necessary.
Thoroughly clean and lightly lubricate any weapon you're putting up for trade/sale. Assume you're selling to a smart person who will at least field strip the gun before they commit to buying it. I just sold my Walther PPS M2 yesterday and the buyer did just that. You don't want to be standing there at the FFL when the internals of your pistol look like it came out of the La Brea Tar Pits.
Finally, although you may not want to go this far, I always inform people who buy any of my firearms to call or text me if there's even the slightest problem with them. I'd rather take the gun back and refund their money before things get to the point where they post negative feedback on my profile. For people who I haven't sold to or traded with before, my feedback is the only thing they can see that tells them what kind of a person I am.
Also, when I'm on the receiving end and get a pistol that has problems, which luckily hasn't yet happened, I would at least give the seller the chance to make it right before posting anything negative about him/her. People are usually willing to do the right thing if you're honest with them. Not always, but more often than not.
My two cents, anyway.
Just a note for those people selling or trading firearms here. Your integrity is all you have going for you. One really negative post on your trading feedback can sabotage your future sales or trades. Nobody with any sense will take a chance on you once that happens.
Be honest about round count. If you don't know exactly how many you put through it, overestimate it and be honest that it's an estimate.
Fess up to any problems the weapon might have had. That includes trips back to the manufacturer and what they did to correct the problem. Be willing to drop the asking price a bit if necessary.
Thoroughly clean and lightly lubricate any weapon you're putting up for trade/sale. Assume you're selling to a smart person who will at least field strip the gun before they commit to buying it. I just sold my Walther PPS M2 yesterday and the buyer did just that. You don't want to be standing there at the FFL when the internals of your pistol look like it came out of the La Brea Tar Pits.
Finally, although you may not want to go this far, I always inform people who buy any of my firearms to call or text me if there's even the slightest problem with them. I'd rather take the gun back and refund their money before things get to the point where they post negative feedback on my profile. For people who I haven't sold to or traded with before, my feedback is the only thing they can see that tells them what kind of a person I am.
Also, when I'm on the receiving end and get a pistol that has problems, which luckily hasn't yet happened, I would at least give the seller the chance to make it right before posting anything negative about him/her. People are usually willing to do the right thing if you're honest with them. Not always, but more often than not.
My two cents, anyway.