I think one thing that goes on with consignment guns is when the consignor hears about the dealer's consignment percentage, they insist on stepping up the price to "make them whole", i.e., consignment fee to the buyer. I've had some dealer friends tell me they run into this all the time. The better dealers try to persuade the would-be consignor to get realistic or else their gun's going to languish in the case. Some I know turn consignors away under those circumstances. Others figure it's not costing them anything to put the gun in the case, and there's a fool born every minute.
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