Snyper
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You could put $2.00 on it, and the first customer would still say, "Is that the best you can do?"
It won't bring in more business if you aren't making money, and the mark up on guns hardly covers overhead for a retail store
Do you haggle with gun stores?
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It won't bring in more business if you aren't making money, and the mark up on guns hardly covers overhead for a retail store
Nope, but fortunately we have a "no haggle" shop in town. The owner said years ago he got tired of playing the negotiating game - it wasted his time as customers tied him up haggling, then left to haggle with another shop, and came back for round two of negotiations.
He just hangs a low price on 'em - no negotiation (and he's hard to beat on price).
If it wasn't for him and his policy, I'd probably own many fewer guns than I do.
I gots better things to do with my time that waste it negotiating.
He just hangs a low price on 'em - no negotiation (and he's hard to beat on price).
If it wasn't for him and his policy, I'd probably own many fewer guns than I do.
I gots better things to do with my time that waste it negotiating.
lonegunman
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Depends on the store and if the gun is new or used. My favorite store has wiggle room on both and since he knows I'll buy if the price is right, he wiggles a little.
That being said, I feel it is a waste of time to try it at big box stores and places like "Sportsman's Warehouse" or Cabela's. At the Sportsman's Warehouse going out of business sale, they discounted a $1200.00 scope by almost $7 dollars when I asked them what was the best they could do?
Yep,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.0058% off full retail. Explains why they were going out of business in a nutshell.
That being said, I feel it is a waste of time to try it at big box stores and places like "Sportsman's Warehouse" or Cabela's. At the Sportsman's Warehouse going out of business sale, they discounted a $1200.00 scope by almost $7 dollars when I asked them what was the best they could do?
Yep,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.0058% off full retail. Explains why they were going out of business in a nutshell.
TimSr
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I don't play those games. On a used gun I might ask if they can do better, and based on what they say, I will take it or leave it. New guns, I'll take it or leave it based on what's marked. If they want to play games, I'll just move on to a dealer that puts actual prices on the tags. Higher prices on tags to make somebody feel like they hosed you because you dropped the price when they asked, turns away all those who look at the price tag, thinking its an actual price tag. It discourages more business than it creates.
Two reasons. The inevitable folks who only come in once or twice (or who don't ask) get to pay full price (which still ain't bad) and that means the shop makes more money off them. They leave knowing they got a decent price and the shop feels good about taking in a few extra bucks on the sale.
The regulars get the better deal, if they ask, and that makes them feel special--more likely to come back and more likely to recommend the shop to others.
Nobody really loses and a few folks come out feeling really good about the deal.
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