JoeSixpack
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So yesterday I picked up 4 guns from my FFL.
A little brackground.
This is a transfer only FFL, they work out of their house.
Their prices are good and they're close..But I ran into a bit of a problem with them yesterday.
I filled out the form and then asked them to hold off on the transfer while I inspected the guns incase one had a glaring defect.
It was at this point they informed me they would not ship a gun back.
The only time they would do that is if I was denied.
So my options was take them as-is.. or.. hell I don't know what other option I had.
They told me they had nothing to do with the guns, they don't keep stock and im buying the gun from the original FFL not them!, All they do is transfers.
At this point Im sensing they're being defensive and I explained I understood that and I was not holding them responsible but if a gun had a obvious problem they would not ship it back? at my cost? flatly.. the answer was no.
I would have to handle that on my own.. but the problem is most shops consider the gun used once it transfers to a unlicensed person.
Most shops warn of inspecting before transfer.
I've always gotten that same advice and It seems sound to me.
Honestly I think the FFL just does not wanna deal with such a problem and only cared about doing the transfer and collecting their money.
At this point it was quickly turning into a argument so I just paid them and left only checking to make sure the guns was the actual guns.
Thankfully I see no issues with the guns after I got them home but I wanted input from everyone on this.
Im currently checking for other FFL's but they're either much higher or much further away.
This was not the first time I'd used this FFL either counting the 4 I picked up I transferred 9 guns in total using them 3 different times in the past.
I'd always looked at the guns but apparently me mentioning shipping back if defective was the magic phrase this time to set off a argument.
Thoughts?
A little brackground.
This is a transfer only FFL, they work out of their house.
Their prices are good and they're close..But I ran into a bit of a problem with them yesterday.
I filled out the form and then asked them to hold off on the transfer while I inspected the guns incase one had a glaring defect.
It was at this point they informed me they would not ship a gun back.
The only time they would do that is if I was denied.
So my options was take them as-is.. or.. hell I don't know what other option I had.
They told me they had nothing to do with the guns, they don't keep stock and im buying the gun from the original FFL not them!, All they do is transfers.
At this point Im sensing they're being defensive and I explained I understood that and I was not holding them responsible but if a gun had a obvious problem they would not ship it back? at my cost? flatly.. the answer was no.
I would have to handle that on my own.. but the problem is most shops consider the gun used once it transfers to a unlicensed person.
Most shops warn of inspecting before transfer.
I've always gotten that same advice and It seems sound to me.
Honestly I think the FFL just does not wanna deal with such a problem and only cared about doing the transfer and collecting their money.
At this point it was quickly turning into a argument so I just paid them and left only checking to make sure the guns was the actual guns.
Thankfully I see no issues with the guns after I got them home but I wanted input from everyone on this.
Im currently checking for other FFL's but they're either much higher or much further away.
This was not the first time I'd used this FFL either counting the 4 I picked up I transferred 9 guns in total using them 3 different times in the past.
I'd always looked at the guns but apparently me mentioning shipping back if defective was the magic phrase this time to set off a argument.
Thoughts?