r/austinguns • • 3h ago

Help and suggestions needed

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Per the suggestions from some of the posts, I listed a couple long guns on the Texas Gun Trader site and I haven't gotten any responses in 20 days. Maybe I was expecting too much.

I previously tried to sell some pistols to a pawn shop and gun store and they wouldn't negotiate and were way to low. I asked a male friend to take them to another gun store to sell and he sold them at the price I thought pawn would pay. I was offered $600, he got $950. I thought it would be $1k and I was right and no longer will try that again. This happened within the last year. I was honestly shocked that the stereotype was true.

Help me think this through.

I do feel my price is fair and I'm open to negotiate.

I believe the price is fair because I had my collection graded and approved by a gunsmith in the last year.

I am realistic, so I did update recently to reduce the price.

I have a good amount of pictures.

Paid the $7 to advertise

They are left handed, maybe they take longer to sell?

What kind of turn around time is reasonable?

Am I missing something? I haven't purchased through the site.

Thanks for any advice and this is not a solicitation to message me. I'm not selling or attempting to do that through this post. Just seeking guidance.