Online Guns Auctions - The Best Kept Secret in the Firearms Industry?
Online gun auctions offer a tremendous opportunity for gun buyers to compare, price shop, and purchase firearms without ever leaving the house.
(PRWEB) December 13, 2004 -- For the last few years, the gun industry has
quietly been changing. More and more Federal Firearms License (FFL) dealers and
private citizens have started selling their firearms through online auctions
instead of a traditional brick and mortar gun store.
How popular are
online gun auctions sites? Gunbroker, one of the larger online gun auctions
sites, reports nearly 100,000 completed firearms auctions a month with a total
monthly sales volume exceeding $1.7 million.
Why go to an online gun
auction to buy a firearm? Well, for savvy gun buyers, it offers a tremendous
buying opportunity through:
- Selection – No gun store in existence today
will ever come close to having the product selection that is available at online
gun auctions.
- Convenience – Rather than going to every gun store within 10
miles to compare models and prices, customers can review and compare hundreds of
available guns while sitting at their computer.
- Discount pricing – Here’s
the best reason of all. Sellers at online gun auctions don’t have the overhead
that a traditional brick and mortar gun store will have. As such, these sellers
at online gun auctions can afford to offer guns at a much lower price. In some
cases, these savings can be as much as 15% to 20% less than normal retail
pricing.
Many potential gun buyers often ask if it’s legal to buy
firearms this way? To ensure compliance with ATF and state regulations regarding
the sale and transfer of firearms, most online gun auctions use a system where
the sale can only completed through a verified FFL holder. The larger online gun
auctions have a pre-approved network of FFL dealers who participate in their gun
auction program.
To learn more about online gun auctions and how they
work, please visit http://www.online-gun-auctions.com.
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