Didn't know where to put this so here it is. I took a Remington 700 to my local Cabelas to trade on another rifle and was told they would not take a Remington 700 in trade. This is because of the trigger recall on some rifles. Mine was not in the recall group but they would not take 15 seconds to verify on Remington's recall site. Didn't matter since it was now "policy". The ten or so they had on the used rack weren't affected I guess. I called corporate and complained that should be noted on their Gun Library site. Got the fog. Cost me 1/2 a day, 26 bucks to have the gun I wanted shipped in and 150 miles of driving.

So sell it FTF private sale then take the cash and make a better deal on the one you want.

Trading firearms like cars at a dealer is not the best way to get the most money.

Cabelas is not the place to get fair value for your guns. They're just employees, and most know far less about current values in the market than we do.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
So sell it FTF private sale then take the cash and make a better deal on the one you want.

Trading firearms like cars at a dealer is not the best way to get the most money.

What does "FTF" mean? I have a few guns I'd like to sell myself but I'm not sure how to conduct the transaction other than face-to-face.

I think you answered your own question. FTF means face to face.

As a PA resident a trade at Cabelas saves me $70 in sales tax on a $1K trade. Usually a private sale is OK but I've lost my patience with some of the nonsense you go through. I have no interest in buying from or selling to strangers on the computer. I'm getting old and tired! I was looking for convenience not maximizing my gun's value. My point was to simply save someone else from wasting time.

Tried the same, wouldn't even look at it. However, they had pulled all the Remingtons off the shelf

Personally I find FTF private sales to be very quick and easy. Hand over cash walk away with gun. Or take cash hand over gun walk away.

None of your friends want your rifle I could sell a good rifle shotgun or hand gun in a couple of phone calls to my hunting buddies.

Ever more so if I was willing to take trade in price.

The last one I brought the guy handed me the gun said pay me tomorrow. I showed up at his place the next day handed him 100 dollars bills and a 50

P Dog you are fortunate. Around here pistols and assault weapons are in demand. Rifles and shotguns are tough to sell. In PA the deer hunting is slugs or muzzle loaders in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia suburbs. In spite of the stock market money is tight. I tried to do a trade because timing was a critical element. The rifle I wanted was not going to sit there very long and I thought a near mint 700CDL Remington in 35 Whelen with Leupold mounts and a Nikon Gold Monarch would be good trade material. I want to reduce the herd not add to it so one has to go before a new one comes home.

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Originally posted by Labman:
I think you answered your own question. FTF means face to face.

Daaa,, I must have had a senior moment. I should have figured this out myself.

Yep, you did- by the way- which foothills are you in? I'm over north of Asheville.

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Originally posted by Dulltool17:
Yep, you did- by the way- which foothills are you in? I'm over north of Asheville.

East side of the Blue Ridge.

FTF could also mean failure to fire or failure to feed !!

There is an idividual who [rarely ] comes on this forum only to make a comment about how dangerous the older 700 trigger was .So Rem made a new one which quickly was recalled !!!

Cabela's or any other successful companies have not been so by giving things away.Profit is the capitalist doctrine,thank God! I am a small business owner in Texas + we believe in free enterprise.That being said,When I was going through my divorce 8 years ago + needed to turn guns into money in a hurry;there was Cabela's;who gave me less than a penny on the dollar.I had to have it or lose property. Simon Legree could'nt have cared less. Times have changed + I have bought back most of my collection but I will never forget that treatment.Cabela's lost more money from me than had they been fair.I'm telling it here,right?

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there was Cabela's;who gave me less than a penny on the dollar.I had to have it or lose property. Simon Legree could'nt have cared less. Times have changed

So you sold then a 500 dollar gun for 5 dollars

Next time you are hard up for money come see be I'll give you 2 cents on the dollar

Cabela's will give you about half the money that they will be able to sell your gun for.

Say for a Ruger #1 that might bring $700 used they will give you $350...

the store in Boise gun library guy told me they seldom go over 60% of what they expect to sell it for...

Cabela's store policy is 60-68% of the current blue book value for any gun purchased. Trades are a bit more flexible.