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<blockquote data-quote="AlongCameJones" data-source="post: 3691722" data-attributes="member: 47875"><p>I never gave the Classifieds here a single thought. I guess I could have if I thought about it. Of course, paid standalone online marketplace listings are going to reach potential buyers nationwide. I don&#039;t figure gun ads here would get national exposure on an Oklahoma-specific website. One can Google &quot;Glock 21&quot; or &quot;Ruger American 6.5&quot; and probably find a bunch of such listings on Gunbroker instantly. I also figured the particular two guns I was selling had low market demand in SW Oklahoma since five months of listing on Armslist bore no fruit anyway. What I was peddling was just not moving. A few text hits from lowballers and people asking if &quot;the gun was still for sale&quot; and that&#039;s it. Two out-of-town phone callers (one from OKC and another from Witchita Falls, Tx) &quot;wanted to come by to look at my guns whenever they happened to be visiting Lawton in the near future&quot; but they both eventually flaked out. There&#039;s a lot of flakiness one has to deal with in the gun business sometimes. You know, like tire-kicking and smoke-blowing on a dirt used car lot. Gunbroker buyers/bidders tend to be serious.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="AlongCameJones, post: 3691722, member: 47875"] I never gave the Classifieds here a single thought. I guess I could have if I thought about it. Of course, paid standalone online marketplace listings are going to reach potential buyers nationwide. I don't figure gun ads here would get national exposure on an Oklahoma-specific website. One can Google "Glock 21" or "Ruger American 6.5" and probably find a bunch of such listings on Gunbroker instantly. I also figured the particular two guns I was selling had low market demand in SW Oklahoma since five months of listing on Armslist bore no fruit anyway. What I was peddling was just not moving. A few text hits from lowballers and people asking if "the gun was still for sale" and that's it. Two out-of-town phone callers (one from OKC and another from Witchita Falls, Tx) "wanted to come by to look at my guns whenever they happened to be visiting Lawton in the near future" but they both eventually flaked out. There's a lot of flakiness one has to deal with in the gun business sometimes. You know, like tire-kicking and smoke-blowing on a dirt used car lot. Gunbroker buyers/bidders tend to be serious. [/QUOTE]

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