I could see that.I have been on the receiving end of a dirty gun... I was not impressed.
Once you receive it, it's kinda to late to negotiateOpen invite to beat em up on price!!![]()
One simple word.....liability. If the gun doesn't work properly and the seller swears it was "fine" when he sold it to us, WE can be on the hook for any repairs, etc. No sir - you bring a gun in, we're going to sell it as received, and priced accordingly.I've been into local gun shops looking at used firearms and noticed some that were not cleaned.
I can't see why a person, wanting to trade a firearm in, doesn't even make an attempt to clean it, …. much less the gun shop who doesn't go through it, and clean it prior to putting it on the shelf for sale...
JMO
That's absurd, the gun should be checked out by the dealer before they take it inOne simple word.....liability. If the gun doesn't work properly and the seller swears it was "fine" when he sold it to us, WE can be on the hook for any repairs, etc. No sir - you bring a gun in, we're going to sell it as received, and priced accordingly.
I agree , when my “ soap bar “ arrives I expect it’s clean !!Gun should be clean when the new owner receives it IMO.
If the seller is willing to pay for the service, that's fine - but as an example, a few years ago we received a consignment of over 250 guns to sell. We offered to function-test, test fire and clean each of the guns for about $25/ea. The seller declined - said to sell 'em "as is". Fine - that's exactly what we did. We made the same offer to potential buyers - if the gun failed, they'd only be out our fee. Not one took us up on it. Flip side is, the guns were priced accordingly - and not a single one of those guns came back with any kind of an issue after the new owner took 'em to the range.That's absurd, the gun should be checked out by the dealer before they take it in