Gunbroker help

Nbruton

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When creating this post i checked the area “has this been asked before” and didn’t exactly find what i was looking for. I’ve got two firearms i want to get rid of, I’ve bought on gunbroker but never sold. I understand money orders are pretty straight forward but i also would like to include credit/debit options…do any of you have experience with the payment gateways? The ones i have looked up so far seem geared towards dealers and high volume sellers. I just want to sell my two guns simply and be done with it.

To summarize, i would really enjoy feedback on which payment gateways you have used. I’m brand new here, so not able to ask this in classifieds.
 
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Nbruton

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Would be awesome but i believe it’s an unauthorized form of payment.
 
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Idk if you have one available. But what I did was pay a commission to an ffl, he charged me 20% but with him being an established seller with feedback, and his excellent photos and shipping included, I feel he at least paid for his cost in the fact the guns got bid higher, and all I had to do was drop them off.
 
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Nbruton

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Idk if you have one available. But what I did was pay a commission to an ffl, he charged me 20% but with him being an established seller with feedback, and his excellent photos and shipping included, I feel he at least paid for his cost in the fact the guns got bid higher, and all I had to do was drop them off.
Honestly had not thought of that, I’m friends with the owner of a local gun shop here. I’ll have to stop by and ask them.
 
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Local cash sale is the best if not needing the money right away. Local gun shop might sell them for you for a small fee. classified ad in local paper or online site like Armslist.
 

MThuntr

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I've never sold guns on Gunbroker.

This forum has a firearm sales category...if the guns are of any use and you're not asking a wild price they'll sell fast enough.

My preference lately would be face to face deal.
 
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Nbruton

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I may hold them until I’m able to post here in classifieds.
 

Kindo

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I've sold around 15-20 firearms on GB over the years. All I used to accept was a USPS MO and they all went well. I figured they were more difficult to duplicate and when I went to the PO to ship the firearm, I could have them verify the MO in their system. The problem was that I couldn't ever cash the MO at the PO since they never had enough cash on hand.

I just sold two rifles in the last couple of weeks and used the Gun Broker Pay thing that they push. There was still a 1-4 day delay in processing the payment but all is good so far. The process is much more streamlined than it was 4-5 years ago. Now you can upload your shipping info etc and its more of a "back and forth" process between buyer and seller. Overall, I am very happy with the process now. Its probably a lot easier than selling a gun on the classifieds as far as keeping everything on the up and up.

One draw back is that they report sales tax....so there's that.
 

Mikido

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You can easily ship a firearm from your state to their state without an FFL, if Both states allow. A lot of times, an FFL won’t receive a shipment from non—FFL, regardless of the law. You should shop your local FFL’s for transfer fees (should be $20-$50), and keep that in mind. Just like selling on eBay, except with FFL.

I’ve bought all my firearms through gunbroker and sold a few without issue.
 

Wvroach

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Something else to consider if you have no feedback on GB your items value will be impacted. Also your listing time will make a big difference. Most people approach new sellers with caution rightfully so. I purchased a colt m4a1 for around 700$ off there, from a unrated seller, with a primary arms acss optic. He lost a significant amount of value out of that sale partially because he had no feedback and also because his item ended at 11pm est.
 
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