IMO, this may not be the best place for an amateur to try to off a recently purchased gun.
This is a very sophisticated group, when it comes to shotguns, and most of the guns presented are actually worth quite a bit less than the newbie thought, or even what he actually paid.
Ideally, the newbie should spend some time here first, and then go shopping.

Well I thought you had a private agenda and you did ! Just wasn’t the agenda I originally thought LOL’s !

I spoke to the poster at length on the phone today. The poster does not own the gun. The gun has been in the original family since new, they are Canadian and the gun is in Canada. The gun is not for sale. The gun was used in the marshes on the north shore of Lake Erie, turkey point,long point etc. The fellow who made the post is advising the family on it's potential value. A local gun dealer offered the family a very low ball number which they rejected and asked the guy that made the post to do diligence and try to get a realistic value. I gave him my input based on my knowledge of the market here in the US. He was most appreciative. My motivation was helping out someone looking for input and the potential of maybe getting a shot at a gun that fits my collecting interests or passing the information on to a like minded friend in the future. I would love to see the owners sell the gun for what it's worth instead of getting shafted. That being said I can understand how the forum administrator thought it smelled bad.

if the gun is not for sale, then why would the family be wanting pricing in response to an offer from another dealer? Sounds like it is for sale to me.

I'll wait to see it pop back up in 6 to 12 months belonging to a forum member with no mention of it coming through the forum. Won't be the first time....

I couldn't have said it any better.

And yes - I deleted that thread.

Have a nice evening,

John D.

Hi Craig - not sure I understand what you're saying. Shoot me a PM please and explain what you thought my agenda was/is.

Best, Dean





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