To many people looking in the candy window

[littleliver]

Do you ever get the feeling there are to many people looking in the candy window? I get questions about my listings and that's OK. I get texts, and calls, some long. And many, many promises of a purchase. I give them all the information they need and suitable arrangements, but then SNAP, never an answer back nor a message. Window shoppers and wannabees I suppose. The worst are the ones that want you to travel for the sale with no idea they would show. I've had people try to entice me to a gun show for a sale, good luck with that!

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[Knute]

Do you ever get the feeling there are to many people looking in the candy window? I get questions about my listings and that's OK. I get texts, and calls, some long. And many, many promises of a purchase. I give them all the information they need and suitable arrangements, but then SNAP, never an answer back nor a message. Window shoppers and wannabees I suppose. The worst are the ones that want you to travel for the sale with no idea they would show. I've had people try to entice me to a gun show for a sale, good luck with that!

Hope you're giving them all bad reviews so everyone can see the troubles, and if they smell fishy enough you can report them to the forum admins

 

[frank linkh]

No. Next question . You must be from California . Does your mom know you're out ?

 

[P7M13]

Can be a PITA. On the bright side, you had some very fine firearms to sell.

 

[JRuby]

I have been fortunate of late but between the extreme wait times and higih prices i am being very selecthve.

 

[gmerkt]

You get all kinds of people to deal with. The ones you remember most are the stinkers. And there are some out there. Just like any retail business.

I had a couple of extra black rifles to sell a while back. I live north of Seattle some distance. A guy messaged me about one of the AR's. He wanted me to meet me at his dealer in Olympia. I think what he said was, "I'd like to look at the rifle at my dealer (in Olympia)." He was annoyed when I nixed the idea.

The deal is, in this country it's accepted custom for the buyer to go to where the merchandise is. If the seller agrees to some other arrangement as a motivation to move what he's selling, that can work too. BUT: Cabela's won't come to your home or personal FFL dealer to make a sale. It's customary to go to Cabela's to do the business. As a seller, I've been willing to do a few meet-ups in between locations of seller and buyer. And I've been lucky because they went okay. But there are any number of ways for these things to blow up and not work out. One or the other guy gets lost. Guy gets sick. Guy goes to the casino the night before. Guy's wife gets on his case the night before. Ad infinitum.

When I had a business some years ago, there was a time when I advertised that I would deliver. Which in this case, the item wasn't sold until I had taken it to an address. My product was at that time in most every home. Some customers were old and infirm and couldn't drive; some low income people didn't have a car; etc. So if I didn't take the product to these customers, I couldn't make the sale. But I discovered after while that outside sales dragged me down more than it benefited so I discontinued it. Some of the same issues as meet-ups.

 

[MannyGlocks]

littlel,

Quit selling - problem solved

 

[Helocat]

I own a business and in the last 5 months customer contact jumped 30% before a sale. Calls/emails/PMs #1 People have more time on their hands. #2 in the last 60 days its all about "is it in stock" as every one in my industry that does not manufacture their own stuff is running out. (We manufacture our own stuff right here in the PNW. Take that China and competitors that sell mainly imported crap. )