Do you warranty the guns you sell?

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As per the title, if you sell a 2nd hand gun, do you offer any warranty as such, if so what is a reasonable time?

I've always bought 2nd hand and always accepted that I MAY have to fork out for a service or a repair.

Recently sold a £1000+ PCP recently serviced, all fine, excellent across a chrono.

3 weeks down the line, a problem, power has dropped.

Sadly service warranty was 3 months.

Opinions pls?
 
If it was local I'd have a look and try and sort it, distance sale I'd probably offer to be reasonable in offering cash towards a repair but I'd not be offering any kind of concrete guarantee, lucky I've only sold two guns ever and those were traded in jn shops so I felt no obligations regarding them (not that I was aware of any faults outside of one of them being a gamo / BSA lightning which was cursed, but then they all probably are).
 
Pretty much the same as buying a car, running sweet one minute and on the back of a recovery truck the next, id always welcome a potential buyer to test shoot a gun and see what there buying, I actually prefer it to posting to be honest, iv bought used guns that have developed issues less than a week after buying it, as no warranty was implied or given i see it as now my issue to sort out, you pay the money and take a chance etc, if its got known issues id be upfront about it personally as would most people on here, but you do get the odd one that forgets to tell you something 🙄
 
New items comes with warranties. Second hand items bought from a commercial dealer or retailer might come with a warranty and it would seem good practice for them to stand by their items for at least a small period of time, say 3 months maybe.

But private sales? No chance. As a buyer, if I buy something second hand privately direct from the owner, whether it be a car, a rifle or whatever, as soon as the cash is exchanged and I walk away, it is on me. So the other way round, I would not offer anything back to a buyer once they have gone and taken the item in good faith. As soon as it is out of your sight and away, you have no idea what the item will be subjected to. There is a reason why new items are considerably more expensive.
 
I have sold a few air rifles to friends and have always said any issues let me know and i will sort it, I have the advantage that I am in the trade and a air gunsmith, the same with any services i have done any issues talk to me.
 
Neither expect or give one on anything secondhand ..it is what it is..that is why i prefer not to post..try it ..buy it.
Just bought a motorhome..but missed a few things..no problem..just fixed them..and afterall the price was right.
 
On second hand, I wouldn't expect it, and I wouldn't offer it. Maybe if I believed it was sincere and it was something I could personally rectify, I would, otherwise, nope.
 
Simples, don’t sell 😉 , but seriously, it’s going to depend on what your selling, if it’s old then a description of condition and operation at the time of sale is probably only good for the next ten shots, old seals etc. if it’s new or nearly new then it should be as described ie not mucked about should mean that the previous owner has not been in it trying to fix it enough to sell on. So probably more about the honesty of the seller?
 
Sometimes you can tell how the seller reacts when you say you are interested. They are obviously hiding something.

Like the now ex member from here who offered a rifle for sale and when a member said they were interested the seller tried to put them off the sale .

Alarm bells rung that day.
 
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