what's best way to sell my spoons for decent price?
 

I've got a couple of guns that I no longer want and trying to sell em off and get the most money out of em as I can. gun store gives me chump change for it. what's better place to sell em for decent value?

Marlin Papoose 70PSS stainless steel. 22LR. with carry bag and orig box. guessing about 100 rounds fired. asking $200
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Heritage Arms Roughrider. blued 22LR and 22Magnum. also prob about 100 rounds fired. asking $150
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Gunbroker.com

"Spoon" is a web-safe generic term, so that when your tit gets in a wringer and the District Attorney or BATFE agent "Googles" (your name + gun), it won't return this thread.

I believe the euphanism 'spoon' was coined as a reference to Tabs, who is an avid collector of fine rugs, spoons, as well as firearms. It is uniquely Pelican.

I find the prices on gunsamerica.com a bit high for buying, but selling...

GunsAmerica - Guns - Guns For Sale Classifieds & Auctions B"H - Guns For Sale & Gun Auctions B"H

You might want to post some pics and prices here first. You might find some interested buyers, including me!

You probably wouldn't get more than $250 for them at a pawnshop.
Jim

Posting you guns on GB or GA...is the best way...check out price structure on your pieces

If for gun X the going rate is say $500...post yours for $490...so the buyers will call your first.

I always try and negotiate a price..so the asking price on GA is a starting place.

The trick is to leave alittle something on the table for the buyer..to make him feel happy. Remember the old saying about bulls, bears and pigs.

I bought a Browning mdl 42 shot but basically NIB for $775 off of GA...everyone was asking $900 to 1K for the gun...

Tabs started the term.

I agree with gunbroker being your best bet.

The primary reason why I started using the term was NOT the BATF...but because of bad guys out there...and secondarly as a play on the MOWAT..

krystar, thanks for asking what I've been trying to figure out. I read back a ways using the search term"spoons" and I guess tabby has been using the term for some time. I think he did collect real silver spoons, though. So, it's confusing.

Now, what's MOWAT?

Spoon? What's the point....according to DARISC, this site is a FBI favorite.

i guess change of topic then. spoons for sale with pix updated in first post :)

I'll PayPal you right now if you'll UPS them directly to me, no FFL's involved (I need a few "throw-away" guns). ;)

....isn't that illegal? gunbroker says i gotta ship to a FFL if it's going out of state.

That's correct.
I have one (FFL). After seeing the photos I could go higher. What are you looking to get for them?
Jim

i put the prices in first post. :)

Nah...it's considered a person-to-person transfer. Just throw them in a padded mailer. If the postmaster asks "what's in the package?" just tell them "spoons"...

Wasn't there a Mosin Nagant? Or is it buy two get one free?
I'd be upside down on the Marlin at the least, perhaps would be best to pm me should you feel the need for further negotations.
Perhaps HVW is a better alternative than me.
Jim

Not really. He'll be in the big house if he just drops them in the mail. This really isn't the place to be selling guns.

hehe yea. i came here asking about good venues. i'd wanna do it proper channels but someone was interested.

i found a local buyer for the mosin already. the greeter that works at the cabela's hehe

You might want to consider holding on to them a little longer:

Two Illinois state lawmakers, both Democrats, have asked Governor Pat Quinn and Mayor Richard Daley to do something about rising Chicago violence. National Guard troops are being requested by John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford who say something needs to be done to help the people of Chicago feel safe again.

In what he concedes is a drastic call to action, Fritchey said that he’s not looking for tanks to roll down the streets of Chicago, but what he is looking for is perhaps an increased presence especially in certain neighborhoods where crime is rampant. So far this year 113 people have lost their lives in Chicago violence; National Guard troops would help curb that say Ford and Fritchey.

The lawmakers pointed out that National Guard troops were being used in Afghanistan and Iraq to help with security matters there; so why not deploy them here where they are needed just as bad. The number of Chicago murders is the exact number of U.S. troops killed in both Afghanistan and Iraq combined.

Is it the right thing to do? Should the National Guard be used to help curb Chicago Violence? National Guard troops have also been requested by some on the U.S. Mexican border where violence has risen to unprecedented levels. I think if the situation warrants, why not send the National Guard in to calm things down in Chicago? Why let a bad situation grow worse?

Of course Governor Quinn has said he will not send the National Guard in unless Chicago Mayor Richard Daley requested troops. That seems unlikely to happen. Daley said that the Chicago violence National Guard solution would only be a temporary fix to a long term problem. Okay Mr. Mayor, then do nothing and maybe the problem will mysteriously fix itself; a likely response from a career politician.

yea i know. with budget cuts and police force cuts, it's getting rowdy. but i'm not in chicago. i'm in outer burbs. so unless that spills outwards, ain't gonna affect me much.

Krystar - Shoot me an e-mail (you won't allow email via Pelican and I have my PM off - can't change it on my iPhone) "soukus at comcast dot net."