islandgun Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Anyone have experience of selling at auction, can you recommend one, good or bad idea ? cheers IG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Good way to sell ....but! The entry cost, sellers premium plus VAT on sale make it a poor deal..............ok if you paid little for the item and whatever it sells for brings in a profit.....but if you are selling something you paid good money for, you'll probably take a kicking? Same as buying at auction....beware the buyers premium and VAT!.......as always, Caveat emptor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 hello, depends what you are selling ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, depends what you are selling ????? Very true , as panoma 1 stated about the commission fees which is roughly 20% on the selling price , also a auction house near mine used to charge £10 for a gunsmith to check the gun over and say weather it was safe to sell , although I am not if this still apply . If you selling a run of the mill s x s then don't give up your day job , they are making very little money and the buyer can pick up something decent for around a £100 . You can look on some of there web sites to see what the guns made at the previous auction to give you some idea what's what , this also tell you what to expect to pay if you are buying one , and remember the buyers premium on top of the selling price . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Our local auctioneers, Horners of Acle have a couple of gun sales a year. I went to the last one and bought a few things. I think it's 18% goes to the Auctioneer. Some things go for good money but there are bargains to he had especially lower grade side by sides which more often that not went for <£50. Details of the next "Guns at Noon": https://www.horners.co.uk/5015-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 50 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, depends what you are selling ????? Hmm thanks men, not sure what i want to get rid of yet, nothing outstanding. I would like to sell privately but given where i live, it makes it difficult. I wondered about dropping the lot off at an auctioneers on a visit down south. TBH if the guns were to go for silly money i would rather offer them on here at a reduced price.. as an example and for arguments sake, I have a T Wild 3" chambers, C&H single folders 410-20-12 g Beretta o/u, Ugartechea 10g, Remington r/f...... This is NOT an advert just looking for advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, islandgun said: Hmm thanks men, not sure what i want to get rid of yet, nothing outstanding. I would like to sell privately but given where i live, it makes it difficult. I wondered about dropping the lot off at an auctioneers on a visit down south. TBH if the guns were to go for silly money i would rather offer them on here at a reduced price.. as an example and for arguments sake, I have a T Wild 3" chambers, C&H single folders 410-20-12 g Beretta o/u, Ugartechea 10g, Remington r/f...... This is NOT an advert just looking for advice hello, ok that looks some nice shotguns, the other thing with Auction houses is if there is a no sale you have to collect which if as you say down south might not be easy to do, is there a local RFD who would sell on commission ? or you could sell via gun watch bearing in mind RFD costs, if it were me i would make a list of what you wish to sell, then look at what prices these go for or sold prices say on google, once you have a price decide if you want to sell a bit lower as you mentioned and add cost to RFD, i cannot see any of those guns not selling for the price your happy to get, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 When I've looked back over the realised prices on guns and carts some items go for well above what I would have thought they was worth, especially when there's similar items that didn't sell. Could just be luck of the draw I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 if I were you I would do sale or return with a gunshop you know/trust.Auctions are v expensive and mainly used to shift 'tat'..or v top end stuff.Think 25% + vat..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, dougall said: if I were you I would do sale or return with a gunshop you know/trust.Auctions are v expensive and mainly used to shift 'tat'..or v top end stuff.Think 25% + vat..... Great advice as always folks, I like the idea of commission sales cheers OPP but going off the auction idea [dougall ] Trouble is my RFD doesnt have a gunshop really, and is always busy doing his day job. I might put some adds out there over time and see what transpires cheers IG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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