>At local gunshow >Go check out the milsurp table >See

Eventually somebody will buy them.

The saying "more money than sense" is not just an old timey meme.

There are real people like that.

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>>34018482
if you see something you like, you wait until the end of the show when they're getting ready to pack shit up. that is when you start your haggling, plebian

this may come as a complete surprise to you because of your daft naivte' but if you do it right there is a difference between asking price and selling price

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>>34018482

I know that precise feeling:

>go to LGS
>$550 for a No1 Mk3*
>$500 for a beat to shit Norinco SKS
>$400 for a rusty turk mauser

These people clearly have no idea that gunbroker and other online sites exist.

>>34018604
See, they can put whatever price they want on a gun and hope some fool will buy it. It's in your ability and rights to suggest a different price if you have intention to buy it.

If you're just being a loud faggot about how you think something is overpriced, fuck off. But if you say "would you be willing to go down to $___ for this?", the worst they can say is no. Especially if you can show, via your smartphone or something, that someone else is selling the same gun for less. If they don't price match on NEW guns, at least, they don't deserve your business anyway.

>>34018482
Martin county fairgrounds by any chance?

>>34018482

>Turn 360 and walk away

Buyer makes a complete 360 on the price

>>34018482
>Turn 360 and walk away
How?

>>34019362
^^^
This

>>34018604
You'd be surprised at how much people are willing to spend to have something RIGHT NOW instead of having to wait a few days/ go somewhere else.

American example:
>pay $.99 for a single-serving bag of chips located near the checkout lane
>pay $2.50 for a bag that contains 10 servings but requires 2 minutes of walking back to the snack aisle

>>34018482
SE pa gun show represent

>>34019392
The show was the worst at Oaks in a long time

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>be me
>looking at gun show for AR-15 trigger maybe a barrel
>browsing around
>all triggers 150 dollars with anti rotation pins being an additional 30$
>check online for triggers
>triggers be a lot cheaper and include anti rotation pins
>spend all day looking at nahtsea stuff and more ar -15 stuff
>barrels all nameless crap for 200 dollars.
>guy makes 150 dollar sling
>hardpass
>come up to final table selling AR-15 stuff
>disappointed again
>notice sign on table that says "If you can buy it cheaper online then why are you here?"
>MFW I get a chicken on a stick and walk out the door

>>34019409
>"if you hate making money, why did you set up a table?"

>>34019362
>>34019386
>not moonwalking away

>>34018482
Orlando today?

>>34019362
>>34019386
By lurking more.

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>>34018482
>want to make myself a obrez nugget
>plain jain 91/30 now go for 350+

>want to make myself a tacticool .45ACP Enfield plinker
>they do not sell for under 400

>>34018482
I bought a sporterized M95 carbine at a VFW flea market for $175. It was in decent condition but any remnant of collectors value was destroyed when they bubba'd the poor thing. It was a 1930 Hungarian conversion, chambered in 8x56r. Can't find ammo for shit unless I buy it online.

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>>34018482
>find fal at gunshow
>pic related except it had a bigass nikon scope on it
>"2400"
>lmao inside and ask how long he has had this
>"years"
>gl nigga
>go to gunshow 6 months later
>same dude
>same fal
>how much
>"2400"
>i'll give you 1300 and some dd rails i got on clearance, just take the scope off
>fill out 4473 and walk out with fal
Try haggling next time you stupid faggot

>>34018482
>at fun show
>looking for 1200 winchester or 1897
>find sweet riot 1200 will about 80% blue
>asking 450
>explain to him its worth 300 at the most
>"sorry pal, I can only do 400 for it"
>fml

>>34018604
>work at gun store
>we buy a used SKS
>in good shape but not quite perfect
>boss puts price tag on the gun
>$599.99
>laugh out loud
>tell boss "nobody is gonna buy that for $600"
>he replies "yes, they will"
>two days later some fool with money walks in
>tells me about how it was his birthday and grandmammy gave him some big boy bucks
>looks for a few mins
>sees SKS
>gets very excited
>asks me to see the gun
>sure bud
>hand him the gun
>he has it for like 30 seconds
>"I'll take it"
>no haggling for price or anything
>"sure thing, lets do paperwork"
>"do y'all have ammo"
>"sure do and a range if you want to shoot today"
>in the end he spent almost all $1000 dollars grandma gave him for a SKS, 1000 rounds and 1 hour in a gun range
>a fool and his money are soon parted

>>34018581
>so what's your bottom dollar?

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>>34018482
>be inna gunshow
>fingerfucking a CZ858
>priced at 64000 SEAMonkey Pesos (roughly 1200 burgerbux)
>exhibitor tells me it's a shame I couldn't buy one right now because lolnot21 and the dut-dut train plans to ban "high-powered" firearms from civilians because "commies are going to raid collector's houses to take yer gunz"
>mfw

>>34019406
I was planning on going tomorrow, how horrible is it?

>>34019473
This. Most of the fudds at the shows expect you to haggle.

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>At gunshow
>table of various antique pistols in pretty rough shape
>all chained together
>struggle check the barrel condition of one as gently as I can
>causes another gun to shift
>"I tell you what, how about we don't bang the guns together?"

How about fuck yourself and your overpriced shot out garbage

>>34019800
IO and century AKs as for as the eye can see, with the addition of overpriced McARs and HI point carbines.

I got something I wanted but it was a private sale from another guy attending.

>>34019467
Thank fucking God. We don't need more bubba bullshit.

>>34018482
>>Turn 360 and walk away
So you walked through their counter?

>>34018555

Nope nigger. You stupid. Eventually the gun wont move and either they will discount it or let it rust to shit

>>34020798
>obrez
>bubba
kys

>>34023462
>>34020798
>>34019467
An actual antique Russian obrez from the 20s, while still a bubba job, has its own sort of historicity. Your homemade obrez done in your garage in America with a hacksaw in 2017 is absolutely "bubba bullshit".

>>34019467
trolling is a art

>>34018482
Gunshow sellers are like those guys in tourists following you around and trying to sell you a useless souvenir for $10 when you can get the exact same thing at a nearby gas station for $1, they basically prey your ignorance or laziness is great enough that you don't realize how bad you're getting scammed.

>>34019318
yep so much this.

>>34019406
Dont go any show around philly is full of derped out rooodie poos and nogun fiends from jersey which makes it a sellers market. If you want the real pa gun show deals check out the ones in western and central where its all backswoodsy fudds. Im kicking myself for not picking up a german drilled k98 for 80 bucks at the last york show. I know I fucked up hard.

>>34019362
sdrawkcab

Gun shows DO suck now but it seems the bitching is mostly about milsurp prices. Cheap milsurp is gone FOREVER. No one will ever make more Enfields or Nagants or Mosins. the chances of some secret horde of arms from over seas flooding our market and driving down prices is almost exactly ZERO.

If you are a youngfag who missed the glory days I'm sorry for your loss. To anyone who wants to own milsurp from the 20th century: Buy now. Do not wait. Prioritze this over guns of current manufacture. These pieces will only be going up in price and down in quality from here on out.

Here endeth the lesson.

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>The only time a gunshow has anything good
>Get delayed
>Most of the venders I was going to buy guns from run stores out of state
At least I got some banging new pants for $15.

>>34019409
Woah!


a whole chicken?

>>34024565
That's America for you

They do this because:

>Fool and his money
>Expect haggling
>No 3 Day wait if you don't have CCW
>Lol taxes?
>Lol FFL fees?
>Lol shipping costs?

Some people though are absolutely pants on head retarded. Like: >>34019409

>>34024565
He's a big guy

>>34019390
This. I paid around $50 more for a VP9 Tactical at a local gun store than what I could've bought it for Online + Transfer fee but I didn't want to go through the hassle and I got to take it home the same day.

Convenience > a few more dollars.

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>>34024729
>>34024729
>>34024729
>>34024729

Gotta eat big to get big.
4 (you)s, come on!

>>34018482
I used to work in markets and we had a huge problem with this

>vendors who were just there to advertise or buy, not really to sell anything
for the price of a stall major brands were buying them up as billboard space, organizers loved it but it started killing the marketplace

>long shot vendors who would come three months in a row selling hideously overpriced shit, in the hope that one big sale to a retard would cover them for the next three, usually commission of larger vendors; but sometimes people who just didn't know what their own shit was worth

in the end several major markets died because
A. serious buyers were sick of the time wasting
B. serious sellers stopped coming as a result
C. the whole place was shat up with brick-a-brack

you have to charge a significant entrance fee, which is refunded on purchases above a certain level
that stops it becoming a craft show

then you have to boot out vendors who arn't selling anything

you get a car dealership type event, instead of a weekend fair

>>34018482
>Turn 360 and walk away

how does work exactly ?

360 is a complete circle yes ?

>>34019772
How's firearm ownership like in Asian Mexico?

>>34024905
>being this new

>>34019479
You lucked out because 1200s fucking suck.

>>34021791
so you're retarded?

>>34024905
>summer

I stopped going to gunshows because boomer fudds cannot and will not budge on jack shit out here. They're also obnoxious to a fault and all know each other.

>go to show with my Mossberg looking for a trade or $175, whichever comes first
>first stall offers $60, because "AH MEMBER WHEN DEM MAWSBUURGS WAS NAHNTY NAHN NAHNTY FAHVE NEEEWWWW"
>two stalls over
>"Y'all done saw Kenny over there? What'd he offer?"
>stupidly tell him
>"Bes' ah c'n do is sebenty fah"
>this continues for the next twenty minutes
>I don't even tell them what anyone offered, they already know what each other offered somehow, I'm guessing they just texted
>last table I bothered with had a Maverick 88 for $325
>decide to be a jackass, offer him $50 for the "mexican made knockoff of a real mossberg"
>he's not happy
>leave, list on gunbroker, sell within a week

Last I heard the shows are getting less and less popular, and at least one of them hasn't been announced yet, meaning they probably haven't planned it.

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>>34025021
Hell I'd give you 175 for a mossberg today

>>34024905
b8ing on b8

>>34024018

Only current production thing I'm planning on buying is a couple AR lowers because my state AG is a piece of shit.

Other than that every cent is going to milsurp for the foreseeable future.

>>34025114
It was an older gun (fixed choke), but it was still in good condition, and it wasn't a single action bar, either.

>>34024886
You've just described every CA gun show I've been to.

>>34018482
>Why do they do this /k/?

Because guns to men are like shoes to women, and bitches want their wall hangers.

Welcome to the free market. You don't need what they sell so it's a discretionary purchase. They don't have to dump their stock so they can sit on high asking prices.

>>34024918
Innaboonies? Everything fucking goes, as long as your neighbors are not snitches. Most farmers have .22S/L/LR rifles for pests and thieves.

Want to do it legally? Pay your way in as per the system, different amounts for different number of guns you want to keep. Full automatics are grandfathered in/ ""transferrable""(requires more money to pay your way through the cops).

Can't build without manufacturer's license. Gunsmithing requires another license, and you have to keep track of every gun repair you did.

le dut-dut train has arrived and said that there are upcoming changes in the gun laws, and distributors should be ready for any change in the law. I can feel a retarded US nanny state-tier "assault weapon ban".

I'm a relatively poorfag no-guns fuck who justs wants a taste of 'murica in this shithole of a paradise full of people who just blindly supports a former tolerable mayor of my city that went full retard. He's probably preparing our collective anuses for the Eternal Chink.

>i would never stat my own online-based store selling relatively rare slavshit by the crate
>i would die in the resistance movement after my matchpowder musket misfires and air pistol sidearm runs out of HPA shooting at chink fucks stealing our rightful clay

Here lies anon. He never scored.

>>34018604
>These people clearly have no idea that gunbroker and other online sites exist.
Do you really expect a bunch of old fat boomers to know what the internet is?

>>34024905
I see summer is here already

>>34025437
IV8888 did a video calling out old guys who aren't aware of the Internet. It was pretty good. Basically he told them that if you see a young guy in your store walking around looking at his phone he checking your prices and you better be doing the same to stay competitive.

>>34018482
if at some point there were priced honestly, it could be due to a feedback loop where they pay for a table at a gun show, don't sell them, so they feel the need to jack up the prices a bit to cover the expense of the table, and so on and so forth.

in reality, they probably buy those guns for next to nothing then overprice the fuck out of them since as long as they sell one that will be a week of profit to them.

>>34019586
so you charged $600 for sks and $400 for 1000 rounds of 7.62x39? is there anything you kikes don't sell at double the price?

that's assuming you gave him free range time after raping him so bad, but you probably didn't even do that.

>>34018482
A fool and their money are soon parted, and they know this.

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>>34025577
Link?

>Go to gunshow
>Walk up to ww2 German booth
>Look at all the patches and old guns
>See a sign that says "white is right, marriage between a man in a woman" with an old picture of a german solider holding up his wife
>ask if I can see the price of an antique 1911
>Old man Looks me up and down and says "We dont see to people like you"
>I shrug my shoulders and start picking up some of his other newer stock
>Another old white dude gets up and gets a police officer
>Police officer is basketball american
>Comes up to me and tells me to browse another booth
>Once a few steps away shakes my hand and tells me "good job"
Not basketball I'm hispanic and white.

Another
>See a 686 sw + on display for 1000
>Say Ill buy at cash price with my card was 920
>They get mad and tell me thats that retail price
>Ok
>Comeback at the end of the next day
>Still sitting there but this time have 900 bucks cash
>Offer them 900 dollars
>Still say no and hear one of the younger guys at the booth say he doubts that I could even pass a background check.

Fun stuff, plan on going next year again

>>34018482
If you turned 360 and walked away then you would walk into the table with the rifles

>>34018482
I stopped going years ago, it just attracts the biggest losers.

>Go to gun show.
>See a lot of reasonably priced milsurp, but little of it that meets my current desires.
>Need to save money for other things, still consider making a couple of offers.

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>show
>see mini14 for 1300
>ask him why so much
>"this old m14 is worth the money for the history of it"
>Jesus Christ Edgar
>try to imply it's not an m14
>"look SON, if you can't appreciate history then you don't need to by anything at my booth"
>I missed out on a sw 659 that looked new for 250
>guy right after me bought it
>I cry
>next booth
>actual m1a for 400 cash
>can't get my wallet it fast enough
>pull my spaghetti out with it
>"Sorry Pal, Dale's my buddy and if he don't trust you I don't neither."
please

>>34026103

Best not to argue with the fudds. If they can't give a good reason just nod and walk away.

>>34018482
Gun shows are not for well informed buyers to find deals, they are for dealers to find uninformed idiots.

>>34021797
I've seen it dozens of times and have a lgs that lives off overcharging milsurp by 30-35%. Some idiot will buy it eventually.

>>34018482
Because some moron will pay that. A lot of people think anything old must be valuable.

>>34025834
Same thing with old cold weapons, I harass a guy at an antiques fair since two years, he has a nice kindjal but in the ugliest replacement scabbard I've ever seen and is asking a completely ridiculous price for it. At this point I'm pretty sure he refuses to sell it to me just because he is pissed off that he wasn't able to sell it at his price in two years.

>>34026135
I shoulda known

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>>34026103
>>"Sorry Pal, Dale's my buddy and if he don't trust you I don't neither."