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Posted: 7/20/2014 3:46:31 PM EDT
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It depends on each FFL
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Posted: 7/20/2014 5:30:51 PM EDT
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Most dealers will give a quantity discount. You still only have to run one NICS check on 10 lowers.
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Posted: 7/20/2014 7:57:05 PM EDT
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Every dealer is different. Some will charge a flat rate regardless of the amount, some charge per firearm, some charge extra after a certain number, some charge a separate rate for stuff they carry. Some dealers won't transfer that many lowers to one person at one time because of fear of da man. Call around and ask.
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Posted: 7/21/2014 6:57:30 AM EDT
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What it is, me and a couple of friends want to buy some lowers, and one FFL wants $25 per lower to transfer instead of $25 per person.
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Posted: 7/21/2014 8:10:43 AM EDT
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What it is, me and a couple of friends want to buy some lowers, and one FFL wants $25 per lower to transfer instead of $25 per person. He is completely within his rights to charge you and your friends as he wants. You and your friends are completely within your rights to use a different FFL. Now if he is the only FFL in your state, I'd say you are kind of stuck with him. |
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Posted: 7/21/2014 8:20:22 AM EDT
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Find another dealer who will work with you.
Scroll to the bottom and there is a section you can enter your zip and it will show the FFL's in your area and sometimes the cost of transfers. http://www.gunbroker.com/FFL/DealerNetwork.aspx |
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Posted: 7/21/2014 12:35:00 PM EDT
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....Say I buy 10 stripper lowers..... Quoted:
What it is, me and a couple of friends want to buy some lowers, and one FFL wants $25 per lower to transfer instead of $25 per person. What you better be concerned with is the dealer refusing to complete the transaction at all. First you say "I buy...", then it becomes "me and a couple of friends...." 
You damn well better be clear and upfront with your dealer on EXACTLY who the actual buyer/transferee is...........because the dealer may refuse it if you negotiate the transaction, and then three dudes show up to get their lowers. If you buy multiple lowers with the intent to resell them to your friends............it's a federal crime. if you buy multiple lowers on behalf of another person...........it's a federal crime. |
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Posted: 7/21/2014 1:40:04 PM EDT
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What you better be concerned with is the dealer refusing to complete the transaction at all. First you say "I buy...", then it becomes "me and a couple of friends...."
You damn well better be clear and upfront with your dealer on EXACTLY who the actual buyer/transferee is...........because the dealer may refuse it if you negotiate the transaction, and then three dudes show up to get their lowers. If you buy multiple lowers with the intent to resell them to your friends............it's a federal crime. if you buy multiple lowers on behalf of another person...........it's a federal crime. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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....Say I buy 10 stripper lowers..... Quoted:
What it is, me and a couple of friends want to buy some lowers, and one FFL wants $25 per lower to transfer instead of $25 per person. What you better be concerned with is the dealer refusing to complete the transaction at all. First you say "I buy...", then it becomes "me and a couple of friends...."
You damn well better be clear and upfront with your dealer on EXACTLY who the actual buyer/transferee is...........because the dealer may refuse it if you negotiate the transaction, and then three dudes show up to get their lowers. If you buy multiple lowers with the intent to resell them to your friends............it's a federal crime. if you buy multiple lowers on behalf of another person...........it's a federal crime. Let me totally clear me and a couple of friends want to buy some lowers |
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Posted: 7/21/2014 2:33:14 PM EDT
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i was under the impression the purchaser had to pick them up. If Harry buys ten lowers harry needs to pick up the ten lowers. What he does after that is Harry's problem.
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Posted: 7/21/2014 3:45:30 PM EDT
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He is completely within his rights to charge you and your friends as he wants. You and your friends are completely within your rights to use a different FFL. This. The FFL can charge however he wants--flat fee per transferee, flat fee per item, $x for first item and $y for each additional on the same transaction, hourly rate, extra charge because he doesn't like the color of your shoes, no charge at all, whatever. There is no law, regulation, rule, or industry standard on the subject. If you don't like the fee arrangement that this FFL is proposing, either negotiate to improve it or find another FFL. If you've already had the lowers shipped to this FFL, you're kind of stuck--should have investigated this first. |
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Posted: 7/21/2014 4:01:30 PM EDT
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i was under the impression the purchaser had to pick them up. If Harry buys ten lowers harry needs to pick up the ten lowers. What he does after that is Harry's problem. Well, yeah......that's what I wrote above. And it's not just Harry's problem.....if the dealer believes harry is not the actual buyer he cannot complete the transaction.
Only the actual buyer/transferee can complete the 4473/NICS. If Harry buys ten lowers they better be for Harry or to be given as gifts. Harry cannot buy firearms from a licensed dealer with the intent to resell them to friends later. |
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Posted: 7/21/2014 4:24:52 PM EDT
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This. The FFL can charge however he wants--flat fee per transferee, flat fee per item, $x for first item and $y for each additional on the same transaction, hourly rate, extra charge because he doesn't like the color of your shoes, no charge at all, whatever. There is no law, regulation, rule, or industry standard on the subject. If you don't like the fee arrangement that this FFL is proposing, either negotiate to improve it or find another FFL. If you've already had the lowers shipped to this FFL, you're kind of stuck--should have investigated this first. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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He is completely within his rights to charge you and your friends as he wants. You and your friends are completely within your rights to use a different FFL. This. The FFL can charge however he wants--flat fee per transferee, flat fee per item, $x for first item and $y for each additional on the same transaction, hourly rate, extra charge because he doesn't like the color of your shoes, no charge at all, whatever. There is no law, regulation, rule, or industry standard on the subject. If you don't like the fee arrangement that this FFL is proposing, either negotiate to improve it or find another FFL. If you've already had the lowers shipped to this FFL, you're kind of stuck--should have investigated this first. Thank you, that's what I was wanting to know. |
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Posted: 7/23/2014 9:25:51 AM EDT
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I generally charge per item.
Very rarely I used to consider cutting the per item rate if someone was buying 6 lowers, for instance Usually only done for repeat guys who'd been through the door a lot of times for previous transfers |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:01:59 PM EDT
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Dealers around here prior to December 2012 would charge a flat rate transfer fee. $15 for one gun or $15 for 10 guns. It didn't matter.
When the panic hit, a lot of people would buy onesies and twosies here and there and have the dealer hold onto them until the buyer had a bunch of guns stored at the dealer's shop so they only had to pay $15 for the transfer. The dealers got pissed and changed their ways to $25 per gun, |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 12:12:08 PM EDT
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I charge per shipment/transaction. If you get 20 firearms in one shipment and pick them up in one transaction, it's one fee.
If you get 20 firearms from 20 different shippers and pick them up in one transaction, it'll cost you up to 20 times the basic transfer fee, but still only one background check fee ($10 to the state, here, to exercise your constitutional rights). I've charged a reduced fee in the past for several shipments received, but picked up at one time, provided it was for a good, repeat customer and they're not going crazy using me as their free gun storage unit. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 10:38:38 PM EDT
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I charge per item.
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