Selling guns, should I sell my extra mags and accessories with the guns or separately

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I guess the title says it all. I'm selling off most of my collection. Am I better off selling my holsters and extra mags with the guns or separately?

My AR has 7 20 round mags (20 rounds are the maximum mag size you can buy in MD). 2 are cheapies, 5 are Colt. Do they add enough to the value of the gun that they are worth including or would I get more selling them separately? The $100 soft case probably is worth about $0 used either way.

My CZ (which I may not sell) has a set of Hakan grips on it. They are pretty popular with the CZ crowd. I also have the original grips as well.

Several of my handguns have holsters. The cheaper holsters would probably just go with the guns (and not change the asking price). However, I have a couple nice holsters (but mass produced- I have a really nice Galco Skyops tuckable IWB for instance which goes for $80 new and I only wore it once or twice).

I also have a few extra mags for my handguns. Certainly, selling as a package will be easiest, but will the loss v. selling the extra mags separately be worth the bother of selling them separately?
 
Sell everything as package deals. Not everyone will want the complete set, but better for you to sell it all at once than to end up with a bunch of parts, mags, holsters, whatever that you have no use for at all.
 
Good point Nasty. Finding someone who wants a used Taurus PT 140 M. Pro tuckable IWB holster may be tough, though with the AR mags I probably won't have too much trouble selling them (then again, they are 20 rounders, not 30 rounders).
 
I prefer the 20's.., but that is all preference...

For the most part, I agree with the package deals, but it is a case by case decision

For the AR for instance, I would include say... 3 mags and sell the others individually to make more money that way..

Holsters, I would sell with the gun as an incentive and to possibly make a couple extra bucks.
 
Unless the "extras" are worth more than the guns (optics come to mind), in most cases you'll be better off packaging all the goodies with the gun. Don't expect to get A LOT for them, but they will make your deal look better than the other 5 that are at or near the same price.
 
Throw it in when you are negotiating...

Example

Guy A: Hey man I think your gun is a little overprice, can you come down 50 bucks?

You: Man, 50 bucks? how about I throw in an extra mag and holster?
 
List them with the accessories. That pretty much guarantees that someone will contact you wanting to buy just the extras.
 
If you don't sell them together try selling the mags and accessories first.

If they sell great, if not you can package them with the firearm later. In either case you won't be stuck with stuff you can't use.
 
In my experience, you almost always come out ahead by selling the accessories separately. When I sell a gun, I will usually list it with whatever it came with originally. If I have one extra mag or something small, I might list that together with the gun. But, if I have many mags, or if I have expensive leather or a top-notch optic, then that usually sells better separately. Yes, it's more trouble to sell more individual items, but the extra cash makes it worthwhile to me.
 
I agree with Minuteman. Most people won't pay much for accessories even though it would cost a lot of money to buy them extra.
If it's a nice holster or more than one mag, I would sell it separate. Or, say something like $650 with accessories or $600 without. But you might want to price accordingly because sure as shooting, somebody will say "How about $600 with the accessories ?"
 
I, too, agree with Minuteman. If you have multiple magazines, package a couple with the gun. You might offer the others (for an extra charge) to the buyer of the gun. This would be especially true for common magazines for common firearms. E.g., hardly any additional value to packaging a lot of spare mags with an AR. The extra mags will sell quick enough on the boards.

And a good holster is a good holster. I've sold a lot of them separately, either for guns I no longer owned, or extras that I tried for a while and didn't like. Not too hard to move them, unless they are for oddball guns.
 
seperate. You will make more money. Put them on Gun broker or gun auction.Not having a holster or even an extra mag will not stop a sale.
 
Here's one other thing I do sometimes if I have lots of accessories. I'll first auction the gun itself (with a mag or two--whatever came with the gun originally). When the top bidder contacts me (but before paying), I'll then offer the extras for a flat price, usually without additional shipping. Some buy them and others don't. Whatever doesn't sell that way goes into a separate auction.
 
used to the only time i let accessories go with a gun is when I would have no use for the extra mags or speedloaders. I have gotten to a point where holsters and accessories fit several different guns that I own now, so the buyer doesnt get any extra goodies anymore.
 
I'd include whatever came with the gun originally, then use the others as bargaining chips to throw in on a deal. than sell the rest on GB or Ebay.
 
I agree with walksbyhimself. Offer just what came with the gun. Sell slings, magazines, upgrades,etc. in other venues. In my experience a buyer, especially a dealer, will mentally disregard the value of any extras and focus on the value of the gun. Frankly, I find myself doing this.
 
SELL THEM SEPARATE. Its kind of like chrome on a motorcycle. Looks good, may perk some interest, but you rarely come out ahead when you sell.

Lets, say you got a $450 gun. Buy a good holster, a few extra mags, maybe some custom grips and you are now sitting on $650-$700 in investment. You still have a $450 gun depending on where you sell it and condition. Most people just won't cough up the extra cash for your accessories.


I also never trade a gun ~ Its like trading cars, most dealers will low ball your gun and inflate the cost of theirs. That's just the nature of business. Buy with cash, you will get a better deal. Research your options, there are too many out there unless you are buying a "one of a kind", not to shop around.
 
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I find that it is easier to sell them separate. Hardly anybody wants to have to buy a "packaged deal" except some noob who doesn't know what to buy for the gun. I sell guns much faster without extra accessories to jack up the price. The most I might try to include is the extra mags, sometimes at no extra cost just to get the thing sold faster. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
 
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As others have said the best way to get as much money as you can for your accessories is to sell them separately. I do like the idea of offering them separate to the gun buyer. If you make the price attractive enough they will probably jump for the chance at cheap magazines.
 
As others have said, sell the gun first, then offer the accessories to the buyer for an additional price. If they don't buy them with the gun, then take them to a gun show to sell them.
 
Yeah, but you can offer them as a package deal, and explain that
the gun is x
the accessories are x
and you save $20 by buying both,

that way when you list it, you can still attract buyer for all, one or both with the same add.
 
PT1911 said:
For the AR for instance, I would include say... 3 mags and sell the others individually to make more money that way..

Include them all with the rifle. You're not going to make much selling used aluminum 20-round mags, even with a pony on them. We live in the PMAG era now.
 
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