Posted: 8/9/2007 5:48:42 AM EDT
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How do you all feel about the FFL transfer fees? I can understand that they have to charge a fee. The dealers have to make a living. But man I just had to fork over 25 bucks plus shipping to have a dealer send a rifle to another party. And the other party also has to fork over some pesos to the dealer at his end. Some charge a fee per 4473 form and some charge a fee for each item that goes on the form. It's starting to resemble the whole housing industry where they charge a fee to fax paperwork from one room to another. Hey, I'm not trying to flame dealers here, it's just frustrating. Man, when I was a dealer I didn't charge anyone anything. But that was before the whole background check was implemented. I know there was a charge to do the background check at one time but that was when the local authorities performed the checks. Do the FEDS charge for background checks? |
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Yeah, I'm going to have to find another FFL. But that's about the lowest I could find. Others charge 50 or more and some don't want to send them out just receive. I thought about shipping it myself to the dealer but I wasn't sure on the legalities anymore. I thought about using USPS but I wasn't sure. UPS is a hassle to ship because you have to show them the weapon before you ship. It's a total hassle. |
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$20-$25 seem to be the norm. Some FFL's are real peices of work. There's one that I know that charge $20 + 10% of the cost of the firearm to do a transfer. His reasoning-you can buy it from him directly, cheaper. He does have good prices, but that doesn't help if your getting a rare/collectable/hard to get gun. |
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This is the way I look at it. If I just buy a stripped lower for say $100 shipped then have to pay $30, that sucks= $130 . If I buy for a local guy $100+ tax 7% = $107 no transfer fee. Know if I buy a complete lower $400 shipped + $30 transfer= $430 Complete lower local $400+ tax 7%= $428 I would rather loose $2 rather then $23 on a stripped lower. My last complete lower was about $500 shipped +$30 FFL. I would have cost me the $5 more if I could have found a local dealer. But could find one that had a POF lower. |
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Around $25 is the going rate in my area. I do know of one gun store that charges $100 per transfer. Personally, I think that is just highway robbery. I don't mind paying a gun dealer a small fee for the transfer, but I think $25 is the upper limit (and $100 is just plain ridiculous). |
