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Posted: 8/9/2012 4:23:26 PM
I had a lot of transfers done when I lived in NYS and never once did I pay a NICS fee.
But if the out the door price is a good one then I don't really care how many line items are on the receipt. It could read: Glock 19: $3 NICS fee: $200 Transfer fee: $47 Total Due: $250 I'd be a happy camper paying that NICS fee.  |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 4:28:50 PM
Originally Posted By Kharn:
$10 for handguns and black rifles in MD, goes to the start. Some dealers try to charge $20 and say they need the extra for the hassle, I walk out when they refuse to drop it to $10 Kharn Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Please let me know what dealer that is so that I may avoid them. I have never encountered any shop so bold as to charge $20. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 4:42:09 PM
NICS is a simple phone call. There should be no fee, and the cost of the time spent should be part of the firearm purchase.
I've been behind the gun counter and made the call many times. It's not that complicated. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 4:44:21 PM
Originally Posted By JellyBelly: NICS is a simple phone call. There should be no fee, and the cost of the time spent should be part of the firearm purchase. I've been behind the gun counter and made the call many times. It's not that complicated. Not sure of every state, but they are charged for each call, it is just getting passed on. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:02:33 PM
Originally Posted By Bob243:
Originally Posted By JellyBelly:
NICS is a simple phone call. There should be no fee, and the cost of the time spent should be part of the firearm purchase. I've been behind the gun counter and made the call many times. It's not that complicated. Not sure of every state, but they are charged for each call, it is just getting passed on. There is no charge for NICS, the federal system. You are in PA which uses its own system and yes, the state does charge the FFL it and that fee is passed to the customer. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:11:18 PM
Originally Posted By Bob243:
Originally Posted By JellyBelly:
NICS is a simple phone call. There should be no fee, and the cost of the time spent should be part of the firearm purchase. I've been behind the gun counter and made the call many times. It's not that complicated. Not sure of every state, but they are charged for each call, it is just getting passed on. The only cost is the shop's FFL cost. There is no per-call fee for NICS. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:21:43 PM
It's $25 here in Nevada.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:34:42 PM
FDLE background check is usually $5.00 here but I've paid as much as $8.00.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:36:58 PM
Never been charged one in TX. I'd take my business elsewhere unless I was getting a SCREAMING deal.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:37:57 PM
No fee here in CO.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:38:56 PM
Originally Posted By DragoMuseveni:
We pay $2 here but that's the state police fee. Yep, it's just another expense that the shops get charged that they pass on to the customer. Not the end of the world. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:41:10 PM
Originally Posted By akethan:
Originally Posted By Garand_Shooter:
Originally Posted By CombatMP:
I'm talking about the federal check. We don't have a state check here. There is a ripoff store here in NC that charges a $20 "Brady Fee". What? Please post the name of said shop. Hyatt Gun in Charlotte, Don't think I have ever seen something reasonably priced in that store |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:42:15 PM
Originally Posted By Garand_Shooter:
Originally Posted By CombatMP:
I'm talking about the federal check. We don't have a state check here. There is a ripoff store here in NC that charges a $20 "Brady Fee". Wouldnt happen to be in Charlotte would it? |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:43:09 PM
Live in Texas.
Get CHL. Walk in and buy gun. No phone calls needed. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:45:58 PM
Originally Posted By BubbaDog81:
I beleive in Cali its a $25 minimum to fill out the DROS. Haven't bought a gun in a few years so it may have changed. I've seen places like big 5 charge $50. So I don't know if its a state and federal fee, or just an arbitrary fee for filling it out, charged by the business. No you haven't, as posted earlier, the cost of DROS in Cali is 25 dollars, a PPT with DROS is 35 dollars, those are the maximum, state mandated prices. Some shops prey on the stupid and throw additional charges on but the fact remains DROS is 25 or 35 bucks (depending on if it is an FFL or a private party selling) always. No if, ands or buts. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 5:57:16 PM
Originally Posted By Choncer:
Live in Texas. Get CHL. Walk in and buy gun. No phone calls needed. DING DING DING. We have a winner. Tell him what he's won! Never charged, and the plastic in my wallet means I don't even have to wait for the phone call. GOD BLESS TEXAS |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 6:35:12 PM
The only place that I'm aware of in Ohio is AIM Surplus. They charge 15 bucks I believe. That's why I won't buy firearms from them.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 6:46:31 PM
Originally Posted By Garand_Shooter:
Originally Posted By CombatMP:
I'm talking about the federal check. We don't have a state check here. There is a ripoff store here in NC that charges a $20 "Brady Fee". Just what is this Brady fee sounds like a bunch nof shit since the brady law is no longer in effect and the NIC's check is free |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 8:19:26 PM
Originally Posted By Seven_Sixty_Two:
Originally Posted By lew:
Originally Posted By azmp5:
still $0 here in AZ.  Yeah, I;ve never heard of this practice until a couple weeks ago. Never paid a fee here in MI.  Time to find a new FFL Not my FFL. I heard in another thread about the practice somewhere else. Have you ever encountered any in MI? |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 8:21:43 PM
Originally Posted By tboesche:
Originally Posted By Choncer:
Live in Texas. Get CHL. Walk in and buy gun. No phone calls needed. DING DING DING. We have a winner. Tell him what he's won! Never charged, and the plastic in my wallet means I don't even have to wait for the phone call. GOD BLESS TEXAS Michigan has the same setup. I can live with it. 
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Posted: 8/9/2012 8:35:21 PM
I paid $7.50 a couple weeks ago.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 8:40:42 PM
I have never heard of that here either, although I'm not subject to the background check anymore.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 8:42:29 PM
Originally Posted By Bob243:
5 here in PA And that's what we charge. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 10:50:36 PM
Originally Posted By JellyBelly:
The only cost is the shop's FFL cost. There is no per-call fee for NICS. This is how I've always understood it. |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 11:18:04 PM
Originally Posted By underdogII:
$5 Wal-Mart, Up front. Is that Florida law, Walmart policy, or that store's policy? No charge for NICS anywhere I've bought a gun in IA, including walmart. |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 1:29:28 PM
Originally Posted By GC11090:
Originally Posted By akethan:
Originally Posted By Garand_Shooter:
Originally Posted By CombatMP:
I'm talking about the federal check. We don't have a state check here. There is a ripoff store here in NC that charges a $20 "Brady Fee". What? Please post the name of said shop. Hyatt Gun in Charlotte, Don't think I have ever seen something reasonably priced in that store I sent then an email asking about this brady fee here is what they said in there answer Hi Joseph: Since we need to retain your records indefinitely, we charge the $12 to offset this cost. You can save this cost if you purchase online and select store pickup. Thanks for checking with us! Warm Regards, The HyattGunStore.com Sales Team Now if I am not mistaken the requirement to retain records did not come from the brady law and they are only required to keep record for 20 years sound like a bunch of lie's to me. |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 1:31:59 PM
Originally Posted By lew:
Originally Posted By azmp5:
still $0 here in AZ. Yeah, I;ve never heard of this practice until a couple weeks ago. Never paid a fee here in MI. +1 in MI. |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 1:38:14 PM
Originally Posted By para_frame:
Originally Posted By BubbaDog81:
I beleive in Cali its a $25 minimum to fill out the DROS. Haven't bought a gun in a few years so it may have changed. I've seen places like big 5 charge $50. So I don't know if its a state and federal fee, or just an arbitrary fee for filling it out, charged by the business. No you haven't, as posted earlier, the cost of DROS in Cali is 25 dollars, a PPT with DROS is 35 dollars, those are the maximum, state mandated prices. Some shops prey on the stupid and throw additional charges on but the fact remains DROS is 25 or 35 bucks (depending on if it is an FFL or a private party selling) always. No if, ands or buts. OK like I said its been a few years. I also added that I wasn't sure if the business charges that or if it was a gov fee. Its Big 5, would it shock you if they added $25 for themselves. |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 1:38:20 PM
Originally Posted By tboesche:
Originally Posted By Choncer:
Live in Texas. Get CHL. Walk in and buy gun. No phone calls needed. DING DING DING. We have a winner. Tell him what he's won! Never charged, and the plastic in my wallet means I don't even have to wait for the phone call. GOD BLESS TEXAS WV now too as of this June. |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 8:43:15 PM
Originally Posted By HeavyMetal:
Originally Posted By tboesche:
Originally Posted By Choncer:
Live in Texas. Get CHL. Walk in and buy gun. No phone calls needed. DING DING DING. We have a winner. Tell him what he's won! Never charged, and the plastic in my wallet means I don't even have to wait for the phone call. GOD BLESS TEXAS WV now too as of this June. Not until we get the letter from ATF authorizing it. Also, it will only apply to permits issued after a certain date. <–– WV FFL |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 8:50:20 PM
0 in NC
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Posted: 8/10/2012 8:53:44 PM
Originally Posted By Fat_McNasty:
We charge one.. it gets shipped off to OSP at the end of each month.. They bill us, we just pass it on to you. Its been this way since it went into effect. Yup, 10 bucks 
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Posted: 8/10/2012 9:05:15 PM
$10 here in Tennessee
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Posted: 8/11/2012 1:25:57 AM
Originally Posted By BubbaDog81:
Originally Posted By para_frame:
Originally Posted By BubbaDog81:
I beleive in Cali its a $25 minimum to fill out the DROS. Haven't bought a gun in a few years so it may have changed. I've seen places like big 5 charge $50. So I don't know if its a state and federal fee, or just an arbitrary fee for filling it out, charged by the business. No you haven't, as posted earlier, the cost of DROS in Cali is 25 dollars, a PPT with DROS is 35 dollars, those are the maximum, state mandated prices. Some shops prey on the stupid and throw additional charges on but the fact remains DROS is 25 or 35 bucks (depending on if it is an FFL or a private party selling) always. No if, ands or buts. OK like I said its been a few years. I also added that I wasn't sure if the business charges that or if it was a gov fee. Its Big 5, would it shock you if they added $25 for themselves. I don't doubt it happened but when I bought my 24-47 Yugo from big5 in 2009 they didn't try any funny business. |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:09:54 PM
Call Al Sharpton.
That sounds like a modified "poll tax", and is an obvious attempt to disenfranchise potential gunowners. I'm sure that fat, slickhaired media whore will get right on it with a little social justice. |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:15:29 PM
[Last Edit: 8/11/2012 6:16:00 PM by DaffyDuck]
Should call it a douchebag fee. You would have to close your doors in about a month if a dealer started that here.
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:16:28 PM
Nope. I would have walked out.
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:25:53 PM
$0.00 here
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:38:50 PM
Originally Posted By DragoMuseveni:
We pay $2 here but that's the state police fee. Likewise. |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:46:48 PM
I am an FFL in WI. WI has their own system for handguns, which dealers must use at a cost of $13 per name checked. No limit on the number of handguns that can be transferred on the same check. Long gun transfers are called in to NICS, which is no charge. So, $13 for handguns and $0 for long guns here in WI.
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:48:26 PM
then dont buy there
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:50:08 PM
Never paid for a backround check at any gun store, never will.
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:00:26 PM
$25 here in NV like two other posters said. It goes straight to the NHP and is what keeps that agency running.
We used to get an exemption for CCW, but some of the Bubba sheriffs in outstate shithole counties started granting CCWs without running the background checks and we lost it for a few years. We got it back last year, but those of us who had permits issued prior to that, continue to get ass-raped for $25 every time we buy a gun because they won't upgrade us or let us renew early. They won't out the one or two counties that fucked it up, so we all have to suffer. It's not even the $25 that irks me, it's having to wait 20 minutes to 2 hours for the dealer to get in contact with someone who can do the check. |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:07:46 PM
Originally Posted By Garand_Shooter:
Originally Posted By FreeFloater:
Originally Posted By Garand_Shooter:
Originally Posted By CombatMP:
I'm talking about the federal check. We don't have a state check here. There is a ripoff store here in NC that charges a $20 "Brady Fee". I think it's $12...are you referring to Hyatt's? Yep, you are right, only $12- what a bargain! Note that we charge a $12 fee on all firearms purchases picked up in the store to help offset our costs associated with the Brady Gun Control Act
I have been in the store there and actually heard an employee call it the "Brady tax" when he was explaining the charges to a customer. http://www.hyattgunstore.com/frequently-asked-questions.html It's probably been 15 years since I bought a gun at Hyatt's; when did they start doing that? |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:13:54 PM
Originally Posted By DragoMuseveni:
Originally Posted By RenegadeX:
Fees for BG checks are like a poll tax. Poll taxes are constitutional as long as it don't prevent someone from voting. Voting isn't a right, owning guns is. |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:19:49 PM
Originally Posted By skidman: The only place that I'm aware of in Ohio is AIM Surplus. They charge 15 bucks I believe. That's why I won't buy firearms from them. They started that to discourage walk-ins when they had counter sales 5 days a week, not to mention how much time the staff spent waiting on customers rather than the work that needed to get done in the warehouse. Now it's only 1 day a week by appointment. |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:20:48 PM
It is awesome in Texas with the CHL at the gun counter but the State has already "precharged" because the CHL itself is expensive... Even for renewal.
The State is getting their money, call or no call. |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:46:29 PM
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Originally Posted By skidman:
The only place that I'm aware of in Ohio is AIM Surplus. They charge 15 bucks I believe. That's why I won't buy firearms from them. They started that to discourage walk-ins when they had counter sales 5 days a week, not to mention how much time the staff spent waiting on customers rather than the work that needed to get done in the warehouse. Now it's only 1 day a week by appointment. Are they still charging the 15 bucks for the once a week by appointment? |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:54:14 PM
Fy dolla make you hollah!!! In FL
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:55:32 PM
Originally Posted By skidman: Originally Posted By slimslade: Originally Posted By skidman: The only place that I'm aware of in Ohio is AIM Surplus. They charge 15 bucks I believe. That's why I won't buy firearms from them. They started that to discourage walk-ins when they had counter sales 5 days a week, not to mention how much time the staff spent waiting on customers rather than the work that needed to get done in the warehouse. Now it's only 1 day a week by appointment. Are they still charging the 15 bucks for the once a week by appointment? Not sure. Go to AIM in the Industry section and see what Bryan has to say. |
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