I have been through shows where I have stirred up a conversation with a guy that is selling a gun. I ask him how much he is asking for it and if it is too high, I say "Thanks for letting me see your gun" and move on.
I have also been the guy that is carrying the gun and had the same thing happen to me.
When I was at an unnamed show, I walked in with a gun that I was sure of the value. The first table that I walked past, the guy asked me how much I was asking and I told him. He promptly told me I was asking way too much. I said thanks for looking and moved on. As I was at the next table, I could hear the guy at the first table telling all his buddies that he couldn't believe what I was asking and that it didn't even have wood grips! (the original grips were rubber)
Every time I walked past his table, I could hear him mocking me and my asking price. I wasn't about to get into a yelling contest, and the show wan't that good, so I left.
I promptly went home, listed it on GunBroker and sold it for $100 more than my asking price at the show.
Have you ever had this happen? What should I have done?
...When I was at an unnamed show, I walked in with a gun that I was sure of the value. The first table that I walked past, the guy asked me how much I was asking and I told him. He promptly told me I was asking way too much. I said thanks for looking and moved on. As I was at the next table, I could hear the guy at the first table telling all his buddies that he couldn't believe what I was asking and that it didn't even have wood grips! (the original grips were rubber)
Every time I walked past his table, I could hear him mocking me and my asking price. I wasn't about to get into a yelling contest, and the show wan't that good, so I left.
I promptly went home, listed it on GunBroker and sold it for $100 more than my asking price at the show.
Have you ever had this happen? What should I have done?