I have a question?

[If1HitU]

I been going to the same LGS,for over four years,they have cases for new handguns and for used handguns. My question is how long is a handgun consider a new gun for the price it cost when it first hit the market? I see a handgun I like, but it's been there as long as i've been going there. Just wondering.

 

[BWS]

Some,certainly not all,gunstores are like antique furniture shops.Owners are proud of their inventory,priced high,and don't really want to move them?Got to find shops that are really moving stock,they'll deal better..... basic business.

 

[bearcreek]

It's considered a new gun till a retail customer buys it. Doesn't matter how long the model has been available. If the gun you're seeing has been there a very long time it's likely that one or a couple of three things is true. 1. They have it priced too high. 2. It's a crappy model that nobody wants. 3. It's a rare, probably expensive, item that has a limited market.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

Look it up on the net or at other stores for the going price.

 

[FL-NC]

Legally, its new until it has been transferred to a buyer on a 4473.

 

[medalguy]

Or the warranty card has been filled out!

 

[Danoobie]

The real mark-up merchandise at a gun store is NOT guns. It's all the accessories. MAJOR mark-up
there. The most successful gun stores I know of have beau-coup cleaning gear, targets, cases, ammo,
safes, mags, kits, knives, optics, etc, and their guns are usually mercilessly high priced, because, while
they would never admit it to a customer, a gun sale, to put it bluntly, is a big waste of time to them. There
is almost no mark-up on guns.

 

[ontarget]

Could it be a case where they are moving that product but keep only 1 on display to cause buyers to pay up because its the "last one"? I believe that happens often especially on the interwebs. "Better hurry limited stock".

 

[milemaker13]

Or they sell em new in the box, that one is the display unit. I never liked buying a new gun that a thousand people have handled, dry fired, dropped, racked, etc. I like one fresh in the box. Used is obviously a different animal altogether.