Interesting Gun Shop experience

[Lee Enfield]

i feel like you its not right to do business that way i have sold a quite a few things over there last year of learning to sell at shows that were under priced not that i didnt make money i just didnt get going rate. my loss there gain. learn hard way but some people are pigs when they see dollar signs. wife said better to make a few dollars often than on one big amount one time .

Locally we had a business (shut down in Dec '98 when universal registration came in) whose proprietor kept his prices low and made a straight 20% on consignments and sales.

His secret was what he called "serial gun buyers", who traded and returned the same guns over and over as they cycled thru the community.

Some guns which were recognizable (to me) cycled thru the shop 5 or more times (for a while he owned up to 3 stores in the area), netting him 100% profit on a single gun...


I guess I didn't mention the fact that he retired in '99 at the age of 40...having worked the gun business and gunshow circuit since he was 16.

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[Warren]

Locally we had a business (shut down in Dec '98 when universal registration came in) whose proprietor kept his prices low and made a straight 20% on consignments and sales.

His secret was what he called "serial gun buyers", who traded and returned the same guns over and over as they cycled thru the community.

Some guns which were recognizable (to me) cycled thru the shop 5 or more times (for a while he owned up to 3 stores in the area), netting him 100% profit on a single gun...


I guess I didn't mention the fact that he retired in '99 at the age of 40...having worked the gun business and gunshow circuit since he was 16.

I miss Bob, as he ran a good shop.
He paid low and sold low. Always told you what he would sell it for and kept his part of the bargain.
Good guy but sure needed a hair cut!!! :-)##