$100 dollar transfer fee??? Ugh...

[C4IGrant]

So I get a call from a CA gun dealer. The customer was in the store as they called me. The customer wanted a BCM lower shipped to his dealer. Once I answered the dealers questions, I heard the dealer advise the customer that the transfer fee was going to be $100!!! Are you kidding me????? That is more profit than what I make on the gun!!!!

I think I am in the wrong business. Screw actually stocking firearms, I am going just do transfers.




C4

[theblackknight]

I have a local shop that dose about the same, I dont shop there anymore. If people will buy anything with zombie biohazard slapped on it, why not 100$ to transfer those evil assualting machine guns and lots of bullets.

[murphy j]

So I get a call from a CA gun dealer. The customer was in the store as they called me. The customer wanted a BCM lower shipped to his dealer. Once I answered the dealers questions, I heard the dealer advise the customer that the transfer fee was going to be $100!!! Are you kidding me????? That is more profit than what I make on the gun!!!!

I think I am in the wrong business. Screw actually stocking firearms, I am going just do transfers.




C4

Unfortunately, this is all too common out there from what I hear. It's a sellers market and California FFLs are in a position to charge what they want.

[AR15barrels]

So I get a call from a CA gun dealer. The customer was in the store as they called me. The customer wanted a BCM lower shipped to his dealer. Once I answered the dealers questions, I heard the dealer advise the customer that the transfer fee was going to be $100!!! Are you kidding me????? That is more profit than what I make on the gun!!!!

I think I am in the wrong business. Screw actually stocking firearms, I am going just do transfers.
C4

Shops do that all over the country to discourage the walk-in customer from ordering something online.
The shop would rather just sell them something that they keep in stock.
So, by making the transfer price so high, the customer does the math in his head and the $150 stripped lower on the wall at the shop is suddenly a better deal...

[JBecker 72]

My VA gun shop charged $25 for a transfer. Out here in CA the cheapest I have found is $65 for a transfer with many over the $100 mark. Seems to be SOP for CA FFL's.

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[TriumphRat675]

$100 was standard when I was shopping around in DFW. I found a guy who would do it for $25...he went bankrupt before my SBR paperwork went through...

[murphy j]

The highest I've seen here in Tulsa is $35. Most are $20-$25. I have no clue on NFA stuff.

[montanadave]

My LGS charges me twenty bucks.

[SteyrAUG]

So I get a call from a CA gun dealer. The customer was in the store as they called me. The customer wanted a BCM lower shipped to his dealer. Once I answered the dealers questions, I heard the dealer advise the customer that the transfer fee was going to be $100!!! Are you kidding me????? That is more profit than what I make on the gun!!!!

I think I am in the wrong business. Screw actually stocking firearms, I am going just do transfers.

C4

Keep in mind that is CA where it is harder and more expensive to be an FFL. You could never make that much in transfers in your zip code.

[mallowpufft]

My local FFL advertises them for $10 plus $2.00 for the state background check for a whopping total of $12.00 . Another shop in the area charges $35 and another one just flat out won't do them if it's a gunbroker sale and charges $50 for anything else. They're in the process of slowly going out of business.

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