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Classifieds; Why Post Trade Only?
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I will admit, when I post up a wtb/wtt... Sometimes (often) I have no clue what I want. I just know I want a change. I look at what I have.. I keep very little I don't want, but I draw a line a say... I'm will to put this up as trade barter if I can get something equal or greater... I have no problem adding cash, ammo, 2 for1 to make a deal...
avboiler11
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I recently posted a WTT because what I desire isn't readily available for purchase, and what I'm willing to part with also isn't readily available for purchase.
Because a "trade only" policy defies logic and common sense. Very difficult to find two parties who both want to trade something of equal value. Much more efficient to get cash and buy what one wants.
If one's significant other says "no more guns", then selling for cash and buying another means a net increase of zero guns. I didn't major in math, but I'm pretty confident about the arithmetic on that. And if one's SO resists that logic, I pity the fool.
avboiler11
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This is based on the assumption that "what one wants" is readily available for purchase.
It'll cost ya 1000 per. I know what I have and what there worth, cheaper than dirt is never wrong.
I list for trade for 2 reasons.
1. I got burned once on a gun deal and sold a 1911 for $800 and ended up with $437 and some funny money.
2. I sold some ammo recently to a sob story only to see it immediately turned around to gouging on another site.
With all the panic buying there is an increasing amount of desperation that comes with it; trading reduces the risks of that desperation affecting me.
If the world currently turns upside down guns and bullets may end up the new currency..
1. I got burned once on a gun deal and sold a 1911 for $800 and ended up with $437 and some funny money.
2. I sold some ammo recently to a sob story only to see it immediately turned around to gouging on another site.
With all the panic buying there is an increasing amount of desperation that comes with it; trading reduces the risks of that desperation affecting me.
If the world currently turns upside down guns and bullets may end up the new currency..
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This is the danger of being a good human being. Too many people will see you not ad being kind or generous but rather an easy mark. If you find a balance that allows you to be the person you are without becoming a target, please let me know. I'm still working on that question.
One of the wiggle areas on Trades is people that buy a $500 gun then put $500 in Upgrades - some very pricey (binary triggers / threaded barrels ) - which others would not justify as a face value increase -- so if you have 2 people who have done that to different firearms --- a trade makes more sense
To the OP, it's a lifestyle choice... a matter of taste.
Growing up, I knew my dad to purchase what "normal people" would consider a "lot" of guns... but that was dwarved by the hundreds upon hundreds of guns he traded for with friends, acquaintances and relatives. All of which were quality firearms, all of which had been and were fired.
As a boy, I witnessed the start of a trade numerous times, the start was often subtle, but somewhere along the lines, the following two sentences got uttered:
"Man, that is nice, I always wanted one of those." (or "had one I wished I'd never got rid of")
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"Well, what do you have to trade?"
Horse trading is a finely honed art among some... when done well, it's a beauty to behold.... like watching a well-played poker game... though usually, both sides felt they had won. Lol!
Second, it only adheres to "logic and common sense" for someone who doesn't have a collection of desirable firearms with which to trade... and likely a similar universe of guns they'd like to have... only the one specific firearm they want to sell and only the one specific firearm they want to purchase... in that case, it is pretty much the only way, barring a rare alignment of the stars, for a person in that position to "trade" A for B.
For most on here, that just isn't the situation.
Growing up, I knew my dad to purchase what "normal people" would consider a "lot" of guns... but that was dwarved by the hundreds upon hundreds of guns he traded for with friends, acquaintances and relatives. All of which were quality firearms, all of which had been and were fired.
As a boy, I witnessed the start of a trade numerous times, the start was often subtle, but somewhere along the lines, the following two sentences got uttered:
"Man, that is nice, I always wanted one of those." (or "had one I wished I'd never got rid of")
- and -
"Well, what do you have to trade?"
Horse trading is a finely honed art among some... when done well, it's a beauty to behold.... like watching a well-played poker game... though usually, both sides felt they had won. Lol!
First, on it's face, not factual. One trade transaction is more efficient than two sale/purchase transactions.
Second, it only adheres to "logic and common sense" for someone who doesn't have a collection of desirable firearms with which to trade... and likely a similar universe of guns they'd like to have... only the one specific firearm they want to sell and only the one specific firearm they want to purchase... in that case, it is pretty much the only way, barring a rare alignment of the stars, for a person in that position to "trade" A for B.
For most on here, that just isn't the situation.
I'm skeptical of the WTT only folks. To me they sound as if they want to haggle in person or on the phone.
I much prefer to make deals agreed to in advance, with time to research for both parties.
I will and have traded item for item, but I'd much rather do cash. Much simpler and only one party is doing the grading of what they are getting.
I much prefer to make deals agreed to in advance, with time to research for both parties.
I will and have traded item for item, but I'd much rather do cash. Much simpler and only one party is doing the grading of what they are getting.
$3k won't get you far when you're talking actual TL-15 safes.
It'll get you an OK residential security container, however.
As far as this thread goes: I cannot remember if I've ever done WTT only... But I'll generally do a WTS/WTT instead.
I have a good friend who retired recently as a senior captain for United (777). Years ago we were talking, and he asked me if I knew what the biggest raise in a pilot's career was. I had to admit that I did not know, to which he said "Keeping your first wife"
