Thread: Anyone ever traded in a rifle before?

If a shop buys a rifle for $1000 from a wholesaler and sells it for $1300 retail, the moment it goes out the door it is second-hand and has a trade-in value slightly less than the cost of a new replacement from the wholesaler. It is only after a few years of inflation that your trade-in value will exceed the price you paid, and that only applies if you have looked after it. Standard business practice. No shop is going to do a trade-in for more than the cost of buying a new item at the wholesale price.