Okay, my buddy is not very savvy on computers, and found a firearm that he has been looking for. Not only is he not confident on computers, he has never placed a bid on EBay. He mentioned this to an FFL dealer that he has done some work for and the dealer offered to help him out by bidding on it. It was the dealer who bid and paid for the item and shipping. It was the dealers purchase and kept it to "sell' it to my buddy. It was the dealers firearm till he sold it to my buddy for all actual expenses. That was fine except he also charged him $25.00 for the transfer and that was not expected. .....Pahoo, I am trying to understand your complaint
Again, in Iowa the cost of the FFL transfer is included in the purchase price.
The transfer fee is absolutely expected, and par for the course.Okay, my buddy is not very savvy on computers, and found a firearm that he has been looking for. Not only is he not confident on computers, he has never placed a bid on EBay. He mentioned this to an FFL dealer that he has done some work for and the dealer offered to help him out by bidding on it. It was the dealer who bid and paid for the item and shipping. It was the dealers purchase and kept it to "sell' it to my buddy. It was the dealers firearm till he sold it to my buddy for all actual expenses. That was fine except he also charged him $25.00 for the transfer and that was not expected.
And I think the rest of the universe disagrees.Pahoo said:Okay, my buddy is not very savvy on computers, and found a firearm that he has been looking for. Not only is he not confident on computers, he has never placed a bid on EBay. He mentioned this to an FFL dealer that he has done some work for and the dealer offered to help him out by bidding on it. It was the dealer who bid and paid for the item and shipping. It was the dealers purchase and kept it to "sell' it to my buddy. It was the dealers firearm till he sold it to my buddy for all actual expenses. That was fine except he also charged him $25.00 for the transfer and that was not expected. .....
Again, in Iowa the cost of the FFL transfer is included in the purchase price.
It's my buddy's complaint and I agree .....
It's not your FFL, you don't get to determine what the fair price is.$20.00 in my mind is fair
I dunno.. Im gonna back them up on this.. 20 is fair.It's not your FFL, you don't get to determine what the fair price is.
I mean if I was to order a gun using my FFL for my own collection how does such a thing even work.
I'm not an FFL holder, so I don't know the current cost of the license, BUT I do remember the big screams that were heard when the CLINTON administration raised the FFL fee from $30 to $300. And I believe renewal are full cost.
You have given me my laugh of the day.JoeSixpack .........Let me tell you it takes very little time to actually earn that 20 bucks.
I've overheard phone calls to NICS line.. the conversation is like 3mins.. round it up to 5 to be generious.
Lets say it took me another 5 mins to fill out the form.
That's 10mins of work plus what ever time they need to make their bound book entries.
How many people here are better at math than you?How many people here are making 60-80 dollars an hour?
Granted, you don't really know jack squat about anything to do with FFL transfers.Granted I don't know any FFL's doing transfers round the clock like that but that's what it breaks down to.
The current fee for an 01FFL (Dealer) is $200 for the application and first three years. Each three year renewal after that is $90. Not exactly a deal breaker for someone who is genuinely engaged in the business of dealing in firearms.44 AMP I'm not an FFL holder, so I don't know the current cost of the license, BUT I do remember the big screams that were heard when the CLINTON administration raised the FFL fee from $30 to $300. And I believe renewal are full cost.
Not exactly. Those that lost their FFL back then weren't driven out of the business due to the fee, but because they shouldn't have been issued an FFL in the first place. They didn't possess a business license or sales tax permit and many were operating their business contrary to their state and local laws. ATF didn't revoke those licenses, those dealers chose to not renew rather than abide by their state and local laws. Many weren't zoned for a home based business.The intent (though never officially stated) was to make dealing so expensive that the little guys would give it up. And, it worked. Somewhere between a third and half of FFL dealers disappeared within a couple years. The "kitchen table" guys, mostly.