I'm not a gun owner, but before I retired I was in the woodworking business for years. Sometimes folks would ask for a better price than I proposed, and the answer was always the same: I offer my work at the best price I can, so there's no room to go any lower. It makes perfect sense to me. Best luck, and cheers.
Been there and done that. The markup on new firearms is downright pitiful. The only way to make any sort of real profit is on used firearms, accessories and service.
Yep. Retired now. But when I was in business, our inexpensive firearms got customers in the door and then we made the majority of our profits from the retail priced accessories.
I simply contact a few gun shops and ask them their best price for a certain firearm. Whoever can give me the best price shipped to my FFL wins. I totally understand you are in business to make a profit but I go to work everyday to earn a living. My dollar means just as much as yours so don't ask me not to shop around for the best deal I can find.
This person here IS the FFL, who does a bit of legwork to find the best deals for her clients. Since she's not a manufacturer, she's probably not in your supply chain unless you move to the state and start buying from her directly.
General rule is only 10% mark up on most firearms. No one is going to get rich selling guns. People are also cheap and don’t care about your business, don’t waste your time educating them.
SUGGESTION: Charge a ‘finders and pricing fee’ of $50 or more for quote requests. If they end up buying you can apply a percentage of the fee towards the purchase. NO business owner should work for free.
Just shop on line to get a sense of price. If your local store is close on price, buy from your local store. They will service the gun and take good care of you.
Not around here. You buy, the sale is final. You run into issues, you call the manufacturer. They send you a free shipping label, you sned it back to them, they fix it and send it back. Problem solved.
You’re right. I’ve had a couple of unscrupulous gun store owners offer me upwards of $400 less than a gun is worth so they could enhance their own margins by $200 to $250. It pays to do your research.
I recently bought a new handgun and a rifle. I asked what they cost to see if my wallet could afford it. That was the end of that when I said I'll take them. I'm just doing my part to keep these businesses local before there aren't any around. I used to wholesale on the side before, but these are much different times today.
I support my local guy. Ive bought maybe 13 guns off him in the past year. I always ask, hey im looking for X, ive found it for Y online, can you get close? If hes within $200 of it, im happy. Example - Looked for a Zastava AK, online i could buy it for 1100, he said he could get it for me for 1200. Told him to do it. It came in within 2 days. I gave him $100 tip for his service. We sit down, he helps me put on the optics, find whatever ammo i want, we talk about it, learn tricks and tips about it together, then i go show off my new toy for you getting him more buisness. Some people need to stop looking at just the price of the gun, but understand that you are also paying for a service, and relationship with your local seller.
I'm a self employed plumber and simply stopped taking phone calls and doing free site visits a year and a half ago or so. And that's made me money. By saving me from wasting time on dead end leads. I respond to all texts and emails by finding out if the potential new customer wants a mutually beneficial relationship or is a time sink parasite. Granted I'm in a service based industry ( I instruct my customers to purchase their own bug ticket items in order to avoid the necessary markup I'd tack on) but there must be a strategy you brick and mortar guys could implement to cut out those types. Overhead and in this case inventory makes or breaks most businesses and the "something for nothing" crowd must be made to realize that. Otherwise it's a parasitic relationship not a symbiotic one. And that's how you get bled dry. No, the customer isn't always right and no you don't need every customer. Good luck!
I buy from my local guy when he can get me a decent price. Otherwise, I order from someone else and pay him a $50 transfer fee (plus shipping).. unless you live near a lot of big gun stores, you are limited in options 🤔
When you support a business and you want to barter away the price. Don’t be surprised if they act the same way with you if you have any issues with the product. If price is the biggest and the foremost important factor when purchasing a product. Then you are a shopper not a customer. Btw with regards to the price of guns, freedom isn’t free or cheap. Remember the big box stores was to eliminate the small independent gun dealers. And the powers that be want this also because they can control the box stores.
Me saving money is the same as you making money. Just because someone is looking for the best deal does not make them a bad person. It makes them smart with their money. I work hard for my money, and I look for the best deal. Everyone does FFL transfers, but do you go to the shop that want's $100 or the one that want's $20. Me I go to the one that wants $20. Your in business to support yourself and I'm in business to support myself. Just like you don't go with the highest price vendor on everything you buy for your store, or you would be out of bossines
Way back in the day I worked in inventory control and in purchasing for a small hardware chain. People don't understand variable pricing, some items you can put a 2.1 markup on and then offer incentive pricing, certain tool accessories come to mind. People thought that same thing about the tool itself, we used to sell a popular brand of cordless drill for $5.00 over cost. What we called the "Gingerbread" were the accessories, if you weren't making add-on sales then you were cutting yourself short. Stationary power tools like table saws weren't much different, minimal markup on them, but the $100 blade made you $50 or more. The firearms industry is even less forgiving, and it's regulated far more than retail/commercial tool sales.
It's all about how the dealer buys. If the dealer doesn't have the right connection for the absolute best price, guess what, the other dealer does. Buds guns is paying way less than this young lady and she cannot compete with that. She has to know this. The internet has exposed the price differences. I've had small dealers tell me "I cannot buy that gun for that price". That said, the small dealer doesn't have the buying power the huge dealer does. It's that simple. I always try and buy local unless I'm getting royally hosed. That's with anything.
When you work for yourself, people don't understand that your time is money. People like that are just plain cheap! Support your small local businesses.
Support your local gun store. The government is doing their best to drive them out of business so all transactions will be online with a "government approved" vendor. When you go to your local gun store, you can hold it and feel it and get advice from someone who knows their stuff. If you want something they don't have in stock, order it through them instead of buying it online. It may be a little bit more, but it's worth it. It is really hard to run a gun store nowadays with all the stupid regulations. And don't be a Fudd. Join the NRA or GOA. They are fighting for our rights. Feed the tree that feeds you.
A few year ago I was looking for a Ruger 77/357. I had already checked the price on GunBroker. I went into my local gun shop to enquire about their pricing. The price on GunBroker for a new rifle was less than the distributor price my local shop could order it from. My local shop purchased the rifle from the GunBroker seller and I purchased the rifle from my local shop. We all made out OK. Well except for the local gun shops distributor. And that is OK by me.
You would have done much better if you would have bought the gun yourself and had them ship to your FFL. It's not hard to join gunbroker. There are far better deals there, most times anyway.
@@lmbear It was the same price same price as If I had purchased it and had it shipped to him. I did a transfer where I purchased the item on GunBroker and had it shipped to the shop a couple of weeks ago. Still a California Cluster with the ten day waiting period ..... once one starts the paperwork. The item must be at the shop to start the paperwork. The best way to save some money is to shop for the lowest processing fees.
I hope you profit very well and that the anti gun people never cross your door step or affect your business. I hope you sell tons of ammo and prosper well. Blessings to you sister.
Why ask for a discount. Maybe because there might be one. Maybe it's a manufacturer discount that can be applied. Or like when I had a business, I gave military and senior discount, I gave discount for referrals and repeat customers. Personally I like it when a business does like I did and asks if the customer qualifies for a military or senior discount. or any discount that may be had. So I don't have to ask if there are any. A business that offers without me asking is a business that I'm more likely to purchase from again and again. Even if that discount is only $5 it makes me happy. I can buy my gun, and my ammo then take my $5 savings and go buy an ice-cream cone with a smile on my face.
Small businesses do not have the negotiating power or volume to get low enough prices to leave room for negotiation. Big outlets like Bud's and Classic Firearms but maybe quantities and are given lots of free guns. That is how they can afford to sell some guns for so low.
Support our small businesses! Here is an example of a store that actually answers the phone, as well as answer your questions and help you make an informed decision. Why would you not support that customer service?
Here's something to compare it to I do ,, I do h v a c... After Biden took office and they manufacturered The COVID problem.My equipment costs went up sixty percent. Parts and equipment went up sixty percent.. Thanks joe and camela.
Sweetness, owning a gun store can be a VERY dangerous occupation. Sure hope you have exits and security well planned. If you want to make some money you need to add a couple of gunsmiths. However that only works if you have a strong clientele base that need repair or custom work on guns
In my retail business I'm usually putting out $500 to make a $100. But there is a lot of time involved in earning that $100 besides the time to research, order, receive, and stock, there is time to answer questions and complaints. There are costs of having a business place and insurance... and income tax. It's not really even $100. Lucky if you get to keep $50. Let the discount shoppers walk and hang in there.
Question.. Thats all u got to pay is the Transfer Fee? How much is that? U don't have to pay shipping, Taxes, and FFL Fee to pick up firearm at your local gun shop
It’s one of the reasons I am selling up and moving out to the scrub…stupid, selfish people. Smart people understand what’s involved in running a business…dumbasses cheapskates look for handouts. Good luck with your business and may your customers be smart and have lots of cash money. 😉🙂
There is always someone wanting something for free. I have the same problem in making custom leather goods for people. They say I can buy it cheaper at Walmart. So, I just tell them to go buy the cheap crap & don't bother me. It is not custom made at Walmart. I quit making holsters for that very reason.
The actual bottom line is if you are not making money, then you are losing money. There isn’t even a point where you are breaking even. Why people think that any business owner should just be giving stuff away to help them out has got to be some of the stupidest reasoning that I have ever heard of.
Even old gun prices are too high for being an old gun. The difference between an old style gun and a modern version of it is the outside. The internals are typically the exact same.
I encourage everyone to research prices. Maybe a FFL dealer sells a lot and gets lower prices from manufacturers. Then you buy from him and the firearm is shipped to your local FFL holder, possibly at a lower cost than the price quoted. Inventory sells!
So. Lifelong gamer here. With the ease with which you can buy games online now, a lot of game and book stores have taken a real hit. Most have gone out of business. So there is a movement out there to Support Your Local Game Store. And as a gun owner, I can **easily** translate that to support your local gun store. Owning a small business isn't easy and we customers have to be willing to part with a little more money for the convenience of shopping at a storefront with knowledgeable staff.
The big difference here, though, is that games used to be entirely on the disc. Now it's just a key to download. And they don't even have the booklet anymore for the physical copy. So there's really no point.
Most people fail in business, I'm not exception. I tried the FFL gun store thing and the only people making money on firearm sales is the shipper. I'd buy from a wholesaler, it's SHIPPED to me, I sell it online, it's SHIPPED to an FFL. I got tired of shopping for customers, never having the exact gun in stock, then to make $50 on a $500 gun. All while FedEx makes $100. I'll never understand how a brick and mortar gun store survives today. It's impossible to have the inventory and price that consumers are willing to buy or pay for.
Same thing with my line of work. I install and repair garage doors, self employed. I've had people ask for discounts and all that. My favorite is when somebody says "Is that your best price?" No, my best price is about $100 more, which actually is interesting considering I charge about that much less than the other companies in my area...
Cute girls and guns… I’m in. I’d buy without complaining. If you have to ask the price over the phone and can’t drive to the store and see it yourself, you probably can’t afford it anyway.
33% markup is considered the break even point for most physical stores in most industries. Meaning at that markup they make ZERO profit after overhead. Gun stores face regulatory and legal issues no other industry does. I wouldn't hold a 40% or even 50% markup against them knowing that. Online stores are cheaper in most industries, especially large volume ones, because they don't have the same costs a physical store would. Online gun stores also get to skip some of the regulatory things physical gun stores deal with since they don't do the background check and don't have to keep records of it. The cheapest price will always be online unless the physical store is having a going out of business sale.
People aren't in business to give things away, it doesn't matter what business you are in. You can't go to Walmart and dicker on the price. If you don't like the price, shop around.
It’s YOUR STORE. Run it like an American would run it. Like you have been doing. 😊. There’s always going to be someone trying to ice skate uphill in life.
Gun sales are like commercial passenger airlines selling tickets. The airline doesn't make much profit from ticket sales. Their profit is in the cargo the airline carries. A gun store doesn't make much profit selling guns, but makes a good profit from accessories and ammunition they sell. This is why it's very important to stop buying online what a local store sells; only buy online what they don't.
I do etsy and ebay on unique goods for side hustle. I learned to just delete a lot of inquiries. 80 percent by with out mush fuss and 20 percent mess around and waste my time. Decide who they are in 20 seconds.
Feel your pain, I was in fishing tackle and bait there was almost zero profit in rods and reels any money we made was in all the ancillaries like bait line and terminal tackle 🤦🏼♂️ to make things worse you would always get the people that trolled around saying I can get it $5 cheaper down the road etc, just hard work making ends meet.
I went to look at a high end AR that the store wanted $2000, I found it online for $1600, I don't mind paying a little more to a local, but $400 is too much. Daniel Defense DDM4 V7. I did pay a little more and got 1600 rounds from that store that I could have got cheaper online, but we need to support out locals when we can.
If you can't afford a Ruger or Smith & Wesson, just buy a Charter, RIA, or Taurus. They work just as good, but with less fit and finish. There are also budget ARs like PSA for just $500 and they are good quality, also the Maverick 88 is only about $200. If you can't afford that, pick up some overtime or cut back on visits to the jiggle room.
Where I work the mark up is the same, either new or used. Other products are marked up from what we have pay for them slightly more. People think we can order them straight from the manufacturer at a deal. In reality we have to order through a distributor
I'm not a gun owner, but before I retired I was in the woodworking business for years. Sometimes folks would ask for a better price than I proposed, and the answer was always the same: I offer my work at the best price I can, so there's no room to go any lower. It makes perfect sense to me. Best luck, and cheers.
Been there and done that. The markup on new firearms is downright pitiful. The only way to make any sort of real profit is on used firearms, accessories and service.
Yep. Retired now. But when I was in business, our inexpensive firearms got customers in the door and then we made the majority of our profits from the retail priced accessories.
I simply contact a few gun shops and ask them their best price for a certain firearm. Whoever can give me the best price shipped to my FFL wins. I totally understand you are in business to make a profit but I go to work everyday to earn a living. My dollar means just as much as yours so don't ask me not to shop around for the best deal I can find.
This person here IS the FFL, who does a bit of legwork to find the best deals for her clients. Since she's not a manufacturer, she's probably not in your supply chain unless you move to the state and start buying from her directly.
General rule is only 10% mark up on most firearms. No one is going to get rich selling guns. People are also cheap and don’t care about your business, don’t waste your time educating them.
You're right. 10% average.
Accessories is where many make the real money.
I dont you know how the black market works. Everything's involved with that
She is beautiful!!!!!!!
If thats 200 above msrp definitely nobody will be buying that unless uneducated
Thats why i like pete in the alley he's not affraid to bargain and none that sticky unconstitutional paper work 😁😁😁😁😁
Good thing she’s not at my local gun store. I’d be broke with a houseful of guns.
Simp
You and me both
Great job girl! I like your honesty!!
SUGGESTION: Charge a ‘finders and pricing fee’ of $50 or more for quote requests. If they end up buying you can apply a percentage of the fee towards the purchase. NO business owner should work for free.
Good idea 😂
Just shop on line to get a sense of price. If your local store is close on price, buy from your local store. They will service the gun and take good care of you.
Not around here. You buy, the sale is final. You run into issues, you call the manufacturer. They send you a free shipping label, you sned it back to them, they fix it and send it back. Problem solved.
No matter what you sell, and no matter the price, people want it cheaper. Don't expect anything different.
Dont let the broke minded mentally bankrupt annoy you
You are fair in your dealings and an honorable business woman
Thank you for all you do
She’s beautiful 😍
She's right about buying new guns. They make money on marking up the price on used guns.
You’re right. I’ve had a couple of unscrupulous gun store owners offer me upwards of $400 less than a gun is worth so they could enhance their own margins by $200 to $250. It pays to do your research.
I recently bought a new handgun and a rifle. I asked what they cost to see if my wallet could afford it. That was the end of that when I said I'll take them. I'm just doing my part to keep these businesses local before there aren't any around. I used to wholesale on the side before, but these are much different times today.
And they say the perfect woman doesn’t exist! ❤
Goodness Gracious this Lady is Pretty 😍, and supports the 2nd amendment, what a Lucky man her husband is! ❤ God Bless America 🇺🇸 🙏
Spot on. You are in business to make money. If they are not willing to pay a reasonable mark up you are better off with out them.
Damn right! Support your local gun store.
I support my local guy.
Ive bought maybe 13 guns off him in the past year. I always ask, hey im looking for X, ive found it for Y online, can you get close?
If hes within $200 of it, im happy. Example - Looked for a Zastava AK, online i could buy it for 1100, he said he could get it for me for 1200. Told him to do it.
It came in within 2 days. I gave him $100 tip for his service. We sit down, he helps me put on the optics, find whatever ammo i want, we talk about it, learn tricks and tips about it together, then i go show off my new toy for you getting him more buisness.
Some people need to stop looking at just the price of the gun, but understand that you are also paying for a service, and relationship with your local seller.
I'm a self employed plumber and simply stopped taking phone calls and doing free site visits a year and a half ago or so. And that's made me money. By saving me from wasting time on dead end leads. I respond to all texts and emails by finding out if the potential new customer wants a mutually beneficial relationship or is a time sink parasite.
Granted I'm in a service based industry ( I instruct my customers to purchase their own bug ticket items in order to avoid the necessary markup I'd tack on) but there must be a strategy you brick and mortar guys could implement to cut out those types. Overhead and in this case inventory makes or breaks most businesses and the "something for nothing" crowd must be made to realize that. Otherwise it's a parasitic relationship not a symbiotic one. And that's how you get bled dry.
No, the customer isn't always right and no you don't need every customer. Good luck!
Tell it like is Lady , you're spot on , 😊😊
Tell them to go buy it somewhere else !!
LOL, I'm sure they do that all on their own.
God bless you ❤❤❤
Bloody dreamers , the world is full of them .instead of doing thier own research on pricing they waste other peoples time .
👍. I totally understand and agree ! 🇺🇸
She's telling the truth.
I buy from my local guy when he can get me a decent price. Otherwise, I order from someone else and pay him a $50 transfer fee (plus shipping).. unless you live near a lot of big gun stores, you are limited in options 🤔
I own 11 guns, I have never tried to talk the price down. It's an American business, I support them.
AS the old adage goes. “If you know how many guns you have you don’t have enough.”
@@uprebel5150 I know how many guns I have AND that I dont have enough, they aint cheap tho
When you support a business and you want to barter away the price. Don’t be surprised if they act the same way with you if you have any issues with the product. If price is the biggest and the foremost important factor when purchasing a product. Then you are a shopper not a customer. Btw with regards to the price of guns, freedom isn’t free or cheap.
Remember the big box stores was to eliminate the small independent gun dealers. And the powers that be want this also because they can control the box stores.
As a gun shop owner once said " I'm not running a nonprofit here"!
Me saving money is the same as you making money. Just because someone is looking for the best deal does not make them a bad person. It makes them smart with their money. I work hard for my money, and I look for the best deal. Everyone does FFL transfers, but do you go to the shop that want's $100 or the one that want's $20. Me I go to the one that wants $20. Your in business to support yourself and I'm in business to support myself. Just like you don't go with the highest price vendor on everything you buy for your store, or you would be out of bossines
Way back in the day I worked in inventory control and in purchasing for a small hardware chain. People don't understand variable pricing, some items you can put a 2.1 markup on and then offer incentive pricing, certain tool accessories come to mind. People thought that same thing about the tool itself, we used to sell a popular brand of cordless drill for $5.00 over cost. What we called the "Gingerbread" were the accessories, if you weren't making add-on sales then you were cutting yourself short. Stationary power tools like table saws weren't much different, minimal markup on them, but the $100 blade made you $50 or more. The firearms industry is even less forgiving, and it's regulated far more than retail/commercial tool sales.
Shes forgetting about competition. Its called negotiating. Sell apples less negotiating😂
You have overhead taxes electricity liability ins plus paperwork fees,I get it.but people are cheap and stupid.
It's all about how the dealer buys. If the dealer doesn't have the right connection for the absolute best price, guess what, the other dealer does. Buds guns is paying way less than this young lady and she cannot compete with that. She has to know this. The internet has exposed the price differences. I've had small dealers tell me "I cannot buy that gun for that price".
That said, the small dealer doesn't have the buying power the huge dealer does. It's that simple.
I always try and buy local unless I'm getting royally hosed. That's with anything.
I never tell a man what he is worth, l just tell him if I can afford him. Everyone has to make a living.
Cheap, good guns long gone so is the ammo. Government blocked imports.
They don’t understand that you need to make a living.
When you work for yourself, people don't understand that your time is money. People like that are just plain cheap! Support your small local businesses.
Support your local gun store. The government is doing their best to drive them out of business so all transactions will be online with a "government approved" vendor. When you go to your local gun store, you can hold it and feel it and get advice from someone who knows their stuff. If you want something they don't have in stock, order it through them instead of buying it online. It may be a little bit more, but it's worth it. It is really hard to run a gun store nowadays with all the stupid regulations. And don't be a Fudd. Join the NRA or GOA. They are fighting for our rights. Feed the tree that feeds you.
When people want "internet pricing" they should expect "internet service".
She's right, the margin on mark ups is minimal.
Keep up the good work Ivana.
These are people that have never owned a business. They don't understand overhead and not being in business to lose money.
Considering that the firearm you purchase can save your life, I would not scrimp on quality.
Why do so many of the comments only talk about her looks and not about her business. Not thinking with their top brains?
Thank you 🙏
A few year ago I was looking for a Ruger 77/357. I had already checked the price on GunBroker. I went into my local gun shop to enquire about their pricing. The price on GunBroker for a new rifle was less than the distributor price my local shop could order it from. My local shop purchased the rifle from the GunBroker seller and I purchased the rifle from my local shop. We all made out OK. Well except for the local gun shops distributor. And that is OK by me.
You would have done much better if you would have bought the gun yourself and had them ship to your FFL. It's not hard to join gunbroker. There are far better deals there, most times anyway.
@@lmbear
It was the same price same price as If I had purchased it and had it shipped to him. I did a transfer where I purchased the item on GunBroker and had it shipped to the shop a couple of weeks ago. Still a California Cluster with the ten day waiting period ..... once one starts the paperwork. The item must be at the shop to start the paperwork.
The best way to save some money is to shop for the lowest processing fees.
I love it. I would love to order from you!
I’m sorry people really should all ready know this it’s called making a living and thank you for sharing
I hope you profit very well and that the anti gun people never cross your door step or affect your business. I hope you sell tons of ammo and prosper well. Blessings to you sister.
Why ask for a discount. Maybe because there might be one. Maybe it's a manufacturer discount that can be applied. Or like when I had a business, I gave military and senior discount, I gave discount for referrals and repeat customers.
Personally I like it when a business does like I did and asks if the customer qualifies for a military or senior discount. or any discount that may be had. So I don't have to ask if there are any. A business that offers without me asking is a business that I'm more likely to purchase from again and again. Even if that discount is only $5 it makes me happy. I can buy my gun, and my ammo then take my $5 savings and go buy an ice-cream cone with a smile on my face.
Small businesses do not have the negotiating power or volume to get low enough prices to leave room for negotiation. Big outlets like Bud's and Classic Firearms but maybe quantities and are given lots of free guns. That is how they can afford to sell some guns for so low.
Support our small businesses! Here is an example of a store that actually answers the phone, as well as answer your questions and help you make an informed decision. Why would you not support that customer service?
Here's something to compare it to I do ,, I do h v a c... After Biden took office and they manufacturered The COVID problem.My equipment costs went up sixty percent. Parts and equipment went up sixty percent.. Thanks joe and camela.
The gun industry can be a tough business to be in not to mention haveing to go through all the audits from the ATF
Trump 2024
Sweetness, owning a gun store can be a VERY dangerous occupation. Sure hope you have exits and security well planned. If you want to make some money you need to add a couple of gunsmiths. However that only works if you have a strong clientele base that need repair or custom work on guns
In my retail business I'm usually putting out $500 to make a $100. But there is a lot of time involved in earning that $100 besides the time to research, order, receive, and stock, there is time to answer questions and complaints. There are costs of having a business place and insurance... and income tax. It's not really even $100. Lucky if you get to keep $50. Let the discount shoppers walk and hang in there.
There is nothing wrong with saving money. Just don't be an ass when trying to !!
You dont want clientele like this anyways.
I'm going to try supporting my local FFL more, I haven't been able to as much as I want to due to a tight budget atm
That's why you buy your guns at gunbroker and just pay the transfer fee.
Question..
Thats all u got to pay is the Transfer Fee? How much is that?
U don't have to pay shipping, Taxes, and FFL Fee to pick up firearm at your local gun shop
It’s one of the reasons I am selling up and moving out to the scrub…stupid, selfish people. Smart people understand what’s involved in running a business…dumbasses cheapskates look for handouts. Good luck with your business and may your customers be smart and have lots of cash money. 😉🙂
Well said!!!😊👍👏🏻
There is always someone wanting something for free. I have the same problem in making custom leather goods for people. They say I can buy it cheaper at Walmart. So, I just tell them to go buy the cheap crap & don't bother me. It is not custom made at Walmart. I quit making holsters for that very reason.
The actual bottom line is if you are not making money, then you are losing money. There isn’t even a point where you are breaking even. Why people think that any business owner should just be giving stuff away to help them out has got to be some of the stupidest reasoning that I have ever heard of.
Even old gun prices are too high for being an old gun. The difference between an old style gun and a modern version of it is the outside. The internals are typically the exact same.
You owe it to all of your customers to make a profit. How else could they expect you to still be there when they need product support?
People who do not own a business often have very unrealistic expectations product margins and a business owners flexibility.
She made.me.forget about guns
I encourage everyone to research prices. Maybe a FFL dealer sells a lot and gets lower prices from manufacturers. Then you buy from him and the firearm is shipped to your local FFL holder, possibly at a lower cost than the price quoted. Inventory sells!
Wow……… and that is not for the gun story. Nature has its beauty!
Stand Your Ground , Don't Let those people waste Your Time !!! It's NOT worth your time !!!
So. Lifelong gamer here.
With the ease with which you can buy games online now, a lot of game and book stores have taken a real hit. Most have gone out of business. So there is a movement out there to Support Your Local Game Store.
And as a gun owner, I can **easily** translate that to support your local gun store. Owning a small business isn't easy and we customers have to be willing to part with a little more money for the convenience of shopping at a storefront with knowledgeable staff.
The big difference here, though, is that games used to be entirely on the disc. Now it's just a key to download. And they don't even have the booklet anymore for the physical copy. So there's really no point.
@@sonofanug Well, I meant RPG books, but you make a valid point about computer games.
God bless keep up the good fight. There are a bunch of cheap clowns in the firearm community.
Way to go. Thanks.
Most people fail in business, I'm not exception. I tried the FFL gun store thing and the only people making money on firearm sales is the shipper. I'd buy from a wholesaler, it's SHIPPED to me, I sell it online, it's SHIPPED to an FFL.
I got tired of shopping for customers, never having the exact gun in stock, then to make $50 on a $500 gun. All while FedEx makes $100.
I'll never understand how a brick and mortar gun store survives today. It's impossible to have the inventory and price that consumers are willing to buy or pay for.
Same thing with my line of work. I install and repair garage doors, self employed.
I've had people ask for discounts and all that. My favorite is when somebody says "Is that your best price?" No, my best price is about $100 more, which actually is interesting considering I charge about that much less than the other companies in my area...
Cute girls and guns… I’m in. I’d buy without complaining. If you have to ask the price over the phone and can’t drive to the store and see it yourself, you probably can’t afford it anyway.
33% markup is considered the break even point for most physical stores in most industries. Meaning at that markup they make ZERO profit after overhead.
Gun stores face regulatory and legal issues no other industry does. I wouldn't hold a 40% or even 50% markup against them knowing that.
Online stores are cheaper in most industries, especially large volume ones, because they don't have the same costs a physical store would.
Online gun stores also get to skip some of the regulatory things physical gun stores deal with since they don't do the background check and don't have to keep records of it. The cheapest price will always be online unless the physical store is having a going out of business sale.
It's the ammo and other items that have the much larger percentage of mark up.
LOL, do you just buy all of your stock from one place without looking for a better deal?
People aren't in business to give things away, it doesn't matter what business you are in. You can't go to Walmart and dicker on the price. If you don't like the price, shop around.
What city is your store? Would like to support your business but I’m in nc
Fedex
Ivanawilliamsarmory.com
Glad you're a 2 a supporter - but there's very little profit margin in gun stores once all the overhead is subtracted.
It’s YOUR STORE. Run it like an American would run it. Like you have been doing. 😊. There’s always going to be someone trying to ice skate uphill in life.
I would love to go to her store 🎉
Gun sales are like commercial passenger airlines selling tickets. The airline doesn't make much profit from ticket sales. Their profit is in the cargo the airline carries. A gun store doesn't make much profit selling guns, but makes a good profit from accessories and ammunition they sell. This is why it's very important to stop buying online what a local store sells; only buy online what they don't.
I can just order it off-line cheaper than you can get it and just pay you a $20 transfer fee. I do that all the time.
+1
I do etsy and ebay on unique goods for side hustle. I learned to just delete a lot of inquiries. 80 percent by with out mush fuss and 20 percent mess around and waste my time. Decide who they are in 20 seconds.
They have this thing called the internet. Figure out what 🔫 u want and find the lowest price. It's pretty simple.
Bingo
Feel your pain, I was in fishing tackle and bait there was almost zero profit in rods and reels any money we made was in all the ancillaries like bait line and terminal tackle 🤦🏼♂️ to make things worse you would always get the people that trolled around saying I can get it $5 cheaper down the road etc, just hard work making ends meet.
Simple, it’s a thing called profit, and it’s what makes the business world go round and round
I went to look at a high end AR that the store wanted $2000, I found it online for $1600, I don't mind paying a little more to a local, but $400 is too much. Daniel Defense DDM4 V7. I did pay a little more and got 1600 rounds from that store that I could have got cheaper online, but we need to support out locals when we can.
This is exactly why I go to places that actually stock the gun I’m looking for. I look at the price and I buy it.
Great video Ivana. Keep your head up!
If you can't afford a Ruger or Smith & Wesson, just buy a Charter, RIA, or Taurus. They work just as good, but with less fit and finish. There are also budget ARs like PSA for just $500 and they are good quality, also the Maverick 88 is only about $200. If you can't afford that, pick up some overtime or cut back on visits to the jiggle room.
Does your jiggle room offer flexible pricing ??
Where I work the mark up is the same, either new or used. Other products are marked up from what we have pay for them slightly more. People think we can order them straight from the manufacturer at a deal. In reality we have to order through a distributor
If she is not married yet, this is a woman to try and marry. Good looking, straight talking. Did I mention, she owns a gun store.😊
If you are a guy, it ain’t gonna happen.
People are cheap. And rich people are even cheaper.
Look at Trump, he's so cheap he doesn't even use his own money, he's rich from OPM ( other peoples money )
I'm sorry that you have to deal with idiots like that. It's an unfortunate part of business these days I guess.
Yeah! Those idiots should be looking for the highest prices and pay all they can! That’s the smart thing to do!