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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:12:45 AM EST
I just called by local dealer about what he would charge to handle the transfer for me on an AR15.com lower.  His quote - $125.



When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.



It is his business and he is free to price his services however he wants, but I am not going to be buying from him anymore.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:14:49 AM EST
[#1]
Sounds like CCA close to my house.

Not as bad as that, but cheaper places out there.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:14:53 AM EST
[#2]
Riflegear just quoted me $75.00..................

I am still gonna get the receiver.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:14:55 AM EST
[#3]
How can $125 be loost when they dont even cost that? My local guy has them for $89.95
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:15:53 AM EST
[#4]


You can buy lowers for less than $125, which means the dealer's making $20 at most on each one.

I'd find another dealer - National List of FFL's, Courtesty of ATF.  The XL spreadsheets are easier to search than the text files.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:16:41 AM EST
[#5]
sounds like the jackass bought a bunch of "obama buying frenzy" lowers at elevated prices, now no one will touch them, so he's refusing to do transfers.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:16:42 AM EST
[#6]



Quoted:


How can $125 be loost when they dont even cost that? My local guy has them for $89.95


Typical transfer fee around here runs about $75.  He sells lowers for $150 and up.  So transfer fee plus some of his lost profit = $125.



 
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:16:44 AM EST
[#7]
Wow. He must not need any business.  There's one here that will do them for $10. It's a pawn shop but the owners are cool and know their shit. I would have never found the place if not for their cheap transfers. Seems like good business to me.

Maybe he's taking a stand against the internets? Bet he isn't able to defeat them.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:17:30 AM EST
[#8]
I'm afraid I would tell them to fuck off. $125.00 is about $100.00 too much.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:18:24 AM EST
[#9]
Quoted:
I just called by local dealer about what he would charge to handle the transfer for me on an AR15.com lower.  His quote - $125.

When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.

It is his business and he is free to price his services however he wants, but I am not going to be buying from him anymore.


My dealer charges me $25 for the transfer and can care less where I buy my shit.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:18:39 AM EST
[#10]
Don't you guys have local pawn shops?  I've never paid more than $25 for a transfer.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:19:02 AM EST
[#11]
My local shop went full retard a year ago too.  I don't remember if it was $75 or $100 for a transfer but I have not been in the shop since.  I drive to another shop that is about 45-minutes away that charges $20 and now I buy everything I need from them instead!  I bet the old shop had to raise their fees more to cover the losses of their high fees
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:20:18 AM EST
[#12]
My local dealer is a pawn shop. They sell all sorts of cool odds and ends for guns, as well as stocking the big brands.





They quoted me 20 the other day.



ETA: They also handle a lot of law enforcement stuff. A year ago they had Binelli M1's for 600 bucks.



 
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:20:34 AM EST
[#13]
I pay $10 per transfer from my FFL.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:20:49 AM EST
[#14]
Quoted:
Wow. He must not need any business.  There's one here that will do them for $10. It's a pawn shop but the owners are cool and know their shit. I would have never found the place if not for their cheap transfers. Seems like good business to me.

Maybe he's taking a stand against the internets? Bet he isn't able to defeat them.



Yeah I have a guy that does transfers out of his living room for $10.....If you don't mind having an 8lb dog trying to molest you for 15 minutes..
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:20:53 AM EST
[#15]
To clarify a bit.  Each dealer has to charge $25 for the State Dealer Record of Sale (DROS).  On top of that, I have seen charges of anywhere from $25 to $75 for them to do the transfer.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:21:02 AM EST
[#16]
My local guy charges $30 for anything you want to order.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:22:03 AM EST
[#17]
Typical transfer is $75?

Time to move.

ETA: I've never paid more than twenty bucks
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:22:18 AM EST
[#18]




Quoted:

I just called by local dealer about what he would charge to handle the transfer for me on an AR15.com lower. His quote - $125.



When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.



It is his business and he is free to price his services however he wants, but I am not going to be buying from him anymore.




He makes a $125 profit on the lowers he sells? Damn, no wonder you wanted to do a transfer.

Hope you have someone else in the area who can do it for you.

Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:22:58 AM EST
[#19]
Quoted:
I just called by local dealer about what he would charge to handle the transfer for me on an AR15.com lower.  His quote - $125.

When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.

It is his business and he is free to price his services however he wants, but I am not going to be buying from him anymore.


That dude would never get another dime from me.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:23:28 AM EST
[#20]
Quoted:
I pay $10 per transfer from my FFL.


Same here.

Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:24:33 AM EST
[#21]
We charge $25 for a transfer. If it is a new gun the customer is ordering we will try to beat the price so he will buy it from us instead. If not, no big deal, we still get $25 for a few minutes of paperwork.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:24:33 AM EST
[#22]
gar that is ridiculous
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:25:33 AM EST
[#23]
Quoted:
Sounds like CCA close to my house.

Not as bad as that, but cheaper places out there.


I hate that place.

I'd buy from them if they didn't have their prices 30% too high and their heads 80% too far up their anal cavities.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:26:07 AM EST
[#24]
$25 is normal which I consider very fair.


Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:26:26 AM EST
[#25]
I think I get charged 10-20 dollars. been awhile since i've done a transfer but I know it was cheap.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:26:55 AM EST
[#26]
most pawn shops with FFL's will do it for $10 + DROS fee......for some reason i thought fedral law states $100 maximum charge for transfer?....idk why
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:27:03 AM EST
[#27]
I typically pay $20 for a transfer. Last time the guy cut me a break because I had two things in. He charged me $20 for both.

The most I've ever paid for a transfer was $30 I believe. I would never go higher than that as long as there are other options.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:28:24 AM EST
[#28]
I'd never pay a cent over $25, and in Va, you don't have to. There are plenty of FFL's that will gladly do a transfer for that or less.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:29:09 AM EST
[#29]
Quoted:
I pay $10 per transfer from my FFL.


me too!
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:29:34 AM EST
[#30]
Guys it's California.... Everything costs more.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:29:44 AM EST
[#31]
Quoted:
When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.


I guess my Acura dealer should charge me $8,000 for an air filter to make up for the profit he lost by my not buying a new car.

That dealer deserves to go out of business.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:29:49 AM EST
[#32]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Sounds like CCA close to my house.

Not as bad as that, but cheaper places out there.


I hate that place.

I'd buy from them if they didn't have their prices 30% too high and their heads 80% too far up their anal cavities.


You can add me to the list of CCA haters.  I live near them, but will drive 20 miles out of my way to avoid them.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:30:30 AM EST
[#33]
The local dealer used to charge between $100 if it was anything he had in stock or could have in stock.  He retired and closed up his shop.  The other dealer in town refuses to do transfers.  

Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:31:25 AM EST
[#34]
Yeah, California...
I pay $10 for any transfer

I would try to find someone else; another dealer or private FFL to do the transfer at a reasonable price. No way would a pay that much on top of the price of the receiver.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:32:36 AM EST
[#35]
Quoted:
Quoted:
I just called by local dealer about what he would charge to handle the transfer for me on an AR15.com lower.  His quote - $125.

When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.

It is his business and he is free to price his services however he wants, but I am not going to be buying from him anymore.


My dealer charges me $25 for the transfer and can care less where I buy my shit.


mine too,25 bucks
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:32:42 AM EST
[#36]
Thanks for reminding me I should go buy something from the shop near me that does free transfers for anyone. They need to stay around forever.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:36:58 AM EST
[#37]
Quoted:
My local shop went full retard a year ago too.  I don't remember if it was $75 or $100 for a transfer but I have not been in the shop since.  I drive to another shop that is about 45-minutes away that charges $20 and now I buy everything I need from them instead!  I bet the old shop had to raise their fees more to cover the losses of their high fees


I'm worried my local pawn shop might end up doing this.  I had a Saber lower transferred last month and he kept telling me about the mixed parts Bushmaster he had for $900.  I have to make up excuses why I don't buy the $450 used and beat up Glocks every time I go in or that I can build a brand new AR with top quality parts for the same price.  
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:37:01 AM EST
[#38]
add me too, they act like my money is not good enough for them. and their prices are way out there, just like randys in halls. ill stick with mikes up in tazewell.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:37:15 AM EST
[#39]
I use a pawn shop with very little stock for most of my transfers.

I try really, really hard not to have someone do a transfer for something they stock.

Bad manners IMO.

Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:39:12 AM EST
[#40]
My transfer fees are $10.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:42:56 AM EST
[#41]
The going rate at any shop that wants future business is $20-25. Time to find a new shop.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 9:59:57 AM EST
[#42]
Quoted:
I just called by local dealer about what he would charge to handle the transfer for me on an AR15.com lower.  His quote - $125.

When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.

It is his business and he is free to price his services however he wants, but I am not going to be buying from him anymore.


He doesn't sound like that savvy of a businessman.  He's operating under the false assumption that your options are:

A)  Buy lower elsewhere with him transfering it.
B)  Buy lower from him directly

He's forgetting Option C.

C)  Buy lower elsewhere and have someone else transfer it for a competitive price.

His loss, go find someone who will make the transfer for you.  My local guy charges $20.

Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:01:57 AM EST
[#43]
Quoted:
Wow. He must not need any business.  There's one here that will do them for $10. It's a pawn shop but the owners are cool and know their shit. I would have never found the place if not for their cheap transfers. Seems like good business to me.

Maybe he's taking a stand against the internets? Bet he isn't able to defeat them.


Yep, cutting of his nose to spite his face.  Not only will he not get to sell a lower, but he's also going to pass up on getting paid to do a transfer.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:03:07 AM EST
[#44]



Quoted:


I just called by local dealer about what he would charge to handle the transfer for me on an AR15.com lower.  His quote - $125.



When I asked him why so much, his response was because I sell lowers, so if you want to have me handle the transfer on something I sell, then I have to recoup the profit I am loosing by not selling you one of my lowers.



It is his business and he is free to price his services however he wants, but I am not going to be buying from him anymore.


Which FFL is this? Guns and Gear?



 
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:04:39 AM EST
[#45]
Damn.  Everyone around here does it for $25.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:05:07 AM EST
[#46]
me, going to the next dealer ––––>
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:05:17 AM EST
[#47]
Quoted:
The local dealer used to charge between $100 if it was anything he had in stock or could have in stock.  He retired and closed up his shop.  The other dealer in town refuses to do transfers.  



If he's the only game in town then you know what you need to do...

Unmet consumer need + your specific set of skills = PROFIT!
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:06:18 AM EST
[#48]
I think gunbroker.com has a link to find FFL's who do transfers in your area. Shop around, you should be able to find someone to handle that for you.
I have a guy so does them for 30~40, also a local pawn shop does them for that.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:06:20 AM EST
[#49]
Seems to be more and more common.  Some FFLs make their keep by just doing transfers.
Link Posted: 7/19/2010 10:07:26 AM EST
[#50]
I don't understand why dealers do that. I would much rather accept "I do not do transfers on anything I normally stock" as an explanation , then charge a stupidly high fee.
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