Gunbroker price vs Shop price ?

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Found a pistol on gunbroker that a local shop has for sale on there.The gunbroker price is $1370 and the shop has a tag on it for $1500.I asked the guy the difference in the prices .He said for gunbroker you need to add taxes and credit card fee($137),shipping($40),and insurance $20 per $1000($40).So I come up around $1590.Price for me at the shop $1500 plus tax and credit card fee($150) total $1650.
I must be missing something because it just didnt add up to me.I could understand gunbroker price with taxes and credit card fee without shipping and insurance because I was picking it up.
Maybe I will see it somewhere else at a descent price. Rant over lol
 
In-store shouldn’t have a cc fee, just tax.

Another thing to keep in mind is gunbroker will charge him a fee if you buy it there so in theory, he’s making more profit of you buy it in-store.

Did you ask if you can buy on GB and pick up in-store, eliminating shipping and insurance? That seems fair.
 
I believe Gun Broker is also charging a new 1% "compliance fee" to the buyer. I agree with you and @Jerzsubbie, it should not cost more to make an in-store purchase.

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I've used Gunbroker twice for select firearms that I could not find anywhere else. Real easy. Paid GB straight up and the guns were at my FFL within the week.
 
Conversely the GB seller pays fees as well. I have bought and sold on GB many times but I estimate the higher auction market price is reduced by 10% plus the shipping hassles.

Happy to sell local FTF for 10-15% under recent GB comps on most guns.

Pawn shops etc that sell on GB come out ahead selling in store for less. This LGS you mention is playing both sides of the game IMHO.
If that gun sells for $1500 they have this set the market - if not they are overpriced.
 
I always did better on Armslist, before they went shitty, got deals on stuff locally and stuff not available here and shipped for less than Go Broker.
 
Most dealers I know sell a lot of used guns on Gunbroker because used guns will bring 20-25% more than they will in our part of the country.
Average Joe said:
I believe Gun Broker is also charging a new 1% "compliance fee" to the buyer. I agree with you and @Jerzsubbie, it should not cost more to make an in-store purchase.

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Compliance Fee

What is the Compliance Fee? The Compliance Fee is a fee assessed by GunBroker.com and added to the price of the Item at the time of purchase. The U.S. states have been very active in passing new ...
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I’ve never had a compliance fee added to any of my GB purchases
 
I’ve never had it added to any of my purchases. But I haven’t purchased off GB in awhile. Only way I knew about it was from reading an ad a week or so ago.
 
Jerzsubbie said:
In-store shouldn’t have a cc fee, just tax.

Another thing to keep in mind is gunbroker will charge him a fee if you buy it there so in theory, he’s making more profit of you buy it in-store.

Did you ask if you can buy on GB and pick up in-store, eliminating shipping and insurance? That seems fair.
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The is store price includes a credit card fee even if it’s not listed. Dealers have to add something in since the vast majority of purchases in a LGS are with a card these days. When we go to gun shows, almost all new guns are bought with a card and about half of the used guns with the except being older collectible items. They are usually bought by old farts like me that only deal in cash. When I purchase in a gun or pawn shop, I make sure the owner knows I’m dealing with cash (that saves him 3-4%) and that I have a concealed permit so he or his employee does not have to spend 15-20 minutes doing a background check. That can get costly.
 
Etruett said:
The is store price includes a credit card fee even if it’s not listed. Dealers have to add something in since the vast majority of purchases in a LGS are with a card these days. When we go to gun shows, almost all new guns are bought with a card and about half of the used guns with the except being older collectible items. They are usually bought by old farts like me that only deal in cash. When I purchase in a gun or pawn shop, I make sure the owner knows I’m dealing with cash (that saves him 3-4%) and that I have a concealed permit so he or his employee does not have to spend 15-20 minutes doing a background check. That can get costly.
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Yes, that’s what I meant by my comment. There’s no need to add a cc fee for an in-store price.
 
Jerzsubbie said:
In-store shouldn’t have a cc fee, just tax.

Another thing to keep in mind is gunbroker will charge him a fee if you buy it there so in theory, he’s making more profit of you buy it in-store.

Did you ask if you can buy on GB and pick up in-store, eliminating shipping and insurance? That seems fair.
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To be honest I gave up when he explained the difference in price.
 
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cubrock said:
Our tag prices are cash prices. Credit card gets 3% added on. Plenty of shops do the same.
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Interesting. I’ve never seen that in a store, only gun shows, but I also don’t shop brick and mortar gun stores much at all.

How do you manage this without violating the terms of your credit card processor?
 
Jerzsubbie said:
Interesting. I’ve never seen that in a store, only gun shows, but I also don’t shop brick and mortar gun stores much at all.

How do you manage this without violating the terms of your credit card processor?
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Those terms got overturned in a court case, to the best of my understanding. There was a huge class action lawsuit a few years back about it.

Lots of merchants add on a credit card fee, both online and in store. Not just gun dealers. I’ve seen it plenty.
 
cubrock said:
Those terms got overturned in a court case, to the best of my understanding. There was a huge class action lawsuit a few years back about it.

Lots of merchants add on a credit card fee, both online and in store. Not just gun dealers. I’ve seen it plenty.
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Ooh, shows how long it’s been since I’ve looked at a cc vendor agreement haha.

Aside from very small businesses, I very rarely see it online. The only sizable online business that I can think of is Buds.
It seems like a borderline deceptive marketing technique for an online business since cc is the normal form of payment, so why advertise a price that doesn’t apply to the vast majority. I fully understand the cost impact for the business, but like most things, there are different ways to handle that. Advertising a cash price, generally turns me off, just like adding a multitude of various fees. Just my 2 cents as a consumer.
 
cubrock said:
Our tag prices are cash prices. Credit card gets 3% added on. Plenty of shops do the same.
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Technically it’s again the agreement signed to take credit cards. You can officer a cash discount, but can’t charge extra to use a credit card. I know lots of places do it, but a phone call from an upset customer can get your credit card service canceled.

I like that some shop’s listed price is out the door pricing.
 
AR10ShooterinNC said:
Technically it’s again the agreement signed to take credit cards. You can officer a cash discount, but can’t charge extra to use a credit card. I know lots of places do it, but a phone call from an upset customer can get your credit card service canceled.

I like that some shop’s listed price is out the door pricing.
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We have tried "out the door" pricing. The vast majority of buyers see only the sticker price. They can't be bothered to do basic math and see that X out the door price is better than Y price plus tax, etc. Same reason we upcharge for credit card rather than offer a cash discount. People are lazy and/or incapable of doing the math.

You have no idea how many times I've been asked to match an online sticker price, show the buyer we are already $X cheaper once you add in shipping and transfer fee, and they still can't get past the online sticker price being slightly cheaper than our sticker price.
 
cubrock said:
Our tag prices are cash prices. Credit card gets 3% added on. Plenty of shops do the same.
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Interesting, I kinda' lived in gun shops 'up north' and never heard of that. It's usually, "I'll knock the price down a bit if you're paying cash.' Honestly I'd be a little pissed if I saw a gun I wanted for the price I wanted, and when I took out my credit card the price went up. But if that's normal here, I'll have to get used to it.

Two different friends own two larger shops in NY. They said if they had to compete with GunBroker prices they'd go out of business. Some GB sellers are HIGH volume sellers, so they can buy/sell somewhat cheaper than smaller shops. Some GB sellers also don't have rent, utilities and a payroll to deal with, so it's hard to compete with a guy in Arkansas working out of his garage. Up there, if you order/win a NEW gun from GunBroker, the shops will charge as much as $90 for the FFL/NICS fees.
 
Dan0311 said:
Interesting, I kinda' lived in gun shops 'up north' and never heard of that. It's usually, "I'll knock the price down a bit if you're paying cash.' Honestly I'd be a little pissed if I saw a gun I wanted for the price I wanted, and when I took out my credit card the price went up. But if that's normal here, I'll have to get used to it.

Two different friends own two larger shops in NY. They said if they had to compete with GunBroker prices they'd go out of business. Some GB sellers are HIGH volume sellers, so they can buy/sell somewhat cheaper than smaller shops. Some GB sellers also don't have rent, utilities and a payroll to deal with, so it's hard to compete with a guy in Arkansas working out of his garage. Up there, if you order/win a NEW gun from GunBroker, the shops will charge as much as $90 for the FFL/NICS fees.
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Some of those Gunbroker sellers don't even have the new stuff in stock. They are drop shipping it.
 
Jerzsubbie said:
Ooh, shows how long it’s been since I’ve looked at a cc vendor agreement haha.

Aside from very small businesses, I very rarely see it online. The only sizable online business that I can think of is Buds.
It seems like a borderline deceptive marketing technique for an online business since cc is the normal form of payment, so why advertise a price that doesn’t apply to the vast majority. I fully understand the cost impact for the business, but like most things, there are different ways to handle that. Advertising a cash price, generally turns me off, just like adding a multitude of various fees. Just my 2 cents as a consumer.
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KYGunCo is the most obvious online company I see advertise it…clearly listed on every item.

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