Not sure if this is allowed, but I'm going to put this out there.

I buy n sell a massive amount of reloading equipment, components, presses, etc.

I love coming here on VGT to find deals, swap, trade, sell, with local guys, especially powder and primers.

Unfortunately I continue to see for sale ads, with constant bumps, sometimes for months and months, with no movement.

When this happens, your pricing is too high, we are NOT in covid anymore. Everything has come back down. I just bought 20k primers, shipped to my house for 3.5 cents a piece. $60-$80 per 1k primers are long gone.

I have a ton of stuff that I would love to buy in here, but the pricing is so unreasonable, I dont even want to make a fair offer based on other comps. (Other forums, mewe, brian enos, 1911 forums, ar15.com, etc, etc)

Just my 2 cents, but its not just one person, for some reason, this forum is usually crazy high on pricing.

Hope this helps some of you move some items, and look up pricing on items for comparable sales.

Thanks for my ted talk

Many folks base their pricing on what they see on Gunbroker, but sellers on GB increase their price to cover the fees. So if a VGT seller is basing price on a GB item it will tend to be higher than the " book used" price.

I know what I got!!!!

The forever bumps......5 bumps and lower that price!!

{------- Runs back to bunker!!!

I think you're only seeing the ones that are overpriced or rare, there are lots of things that get posted and bought/traded the first day.

As a potential buyer, I can tell you it is more than just price.
Over-inflated price is first, but followed quickly with insisting on transfers at FFL or so-called "good guy creds." I skip every ad that insists on DL and CC permit, and bill of sale.
I think we all know by now that only valid DL is required and yet many sellers insist on making the transaction more odious.

"Well if it is used in a crime..." blah blah blah. Spare me. You will receive exactly the same scrutiny whether you have a BOS or not. They will still come to you and you will explain that you were at work or 200 miles away or whatever, and that is that. Handing them a BOS does not prevent them from investigating you before dismissing you.

And requiring a carry permit? That is just plain retarded. I can go into any gun store today and buy any rifle or pistol I want without having to show a concealed carry permit. So why do so many private sellers want to add more requirements than are required by the law/FFL dealer? Doesn't take sense and I see many of those ads sit longer than they need to.

ETA. and ads without pictures are really annoying. Unless the item is something I just have to know more about, I skip every ad that doesn't have pictures.
It is 2026 and everybody has a really nice camera these days - selling something without complete descriptions, including clear pictures, is absurd. Links to pictures are fine, but just writing something like "text me for pics" is lazy and I just skip on by and never really consider something that maybe I might have otherwise.

If you want stuff to move price it 15-20 % under market price.

The FFL transfer thing is a no-go unless you have something super hard to get.

I know that alot of people including myself ask to see #1 a VA drivers license for handguns because per current law it is illegal to sell a handgun to people from out of state. #2 a Concealed permit because that prevents people from selling firearms to felons. Imagine if you sold a firearm to a felon or illegal and they turn around and kill people with it. You will be charged and spend some time in jail. #3 A bill of sale protects the buyer and seller so if down the road it gets picked up and traced the seller doesnt get screwed for selling it to a felon, Juvinile, Ect. and that the seller cant try to scam the buyer and report the firearm as stolen and get the buyer a criminal charge.

As someone who has done alot of buisness here if you dont like protecting yourself and others try coming down here to Richmond and go to Mosby, Gilpin, Hillside court and buy a firearm from a street corner where they dont ask as many questions.

If you dont like how people do things the just go to your local gunstore or order online and save your feelings for someone who honestly cares.