<$25 firearm transfer?

[Ryan316]

Paul Prokop
5744 Heede St.

in Elmwood $20 handguns
i think $25 for long guns

in and out in 5-10 minutes.

Is it Heebe or Heede Street? I can't find a Heede but got a Heebe. That sure is better than the $40 I'm paying, lol.

 

[Kuhndog]

Pretty sure gold and gun in Gonzales is $25 as well.

Barking Irons, has since closed its store front, but they told me $25 on the phone. When I arrived they hit me for $25 per gun when I hade 5 AR15s sent there. All of it was on 1 form… last time I did business there.

 

[MetalVendor]

Is it Heebe or Heede Street? I can't find a Heede but got a Heebe. That sure is better than the $40 I'm paying, lol.

It’s Heebe.

 

[Ryan316]

It’s Heebe.

Thank you!

 

[Magdump]

Guy at work just told me that Bowie Outfitters charges 50 bucks per transfer….. I’m betting they don’t do very many. Imagine spending an hour, shopping around for a little $200 .22 for Jr. or a $200 truck gun, getting free shipping and maybe even dodging the taxes and then finding out you’ll have to pay another 25% to pick it up….too bad none of the FFL’s on file have to state their transfer charge amount for all to see. Now you know.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Pretty sure gold and gun in Gonzales is $25 as well.

Barking Irons, has since closed its store front, but they told me $25 on the phone. When I arrived they hit me for $25 per gun when I hade 5 AR15s sent there. All of it was on 1 form… last time I did business there.

I gotta ask. Were you really going there expecting them to transfer 5 guns for $25 ? Am I reading that correctly ?

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Guy at work just told me that Bowie Outfitters charges 50 bucks per transfer….. I’m betting they don’t do very many. Imagine spending an hour, shopping around for a little $200 .22 for Jr. or a $200 truck gun, getting free shipping and maybe even dodging the taxes and then finding out you’ll have to pay another 25% to pick it up….too bad none of the FFL’s on file have to state their transfer charge amount for all to see. Now you know.

They are doing one of two things pricing it that way. Either they are using it to limit the number of transfers because they are very busy and its not their core business, or they are doing it to limit the types of people they want at their business.

 

[hunter5567]

Lol, most gunnies are upstanding citizens and will give you the shirt off their back but when it comes to gun deals, they will fleece Grandma to get that last $5 off.

 

[Kuhndog]

I gotta ask. Were you really going there expecting them to transfer 5 guns for $25 ? Am I reading that correctly ?

Since I called and told them it was 5 AR15s and they told me $25, yeah I kind of assumed $25. That being said it’s one form, whether it was 1 firearm or 12 firearms, it’s one call to NICS (I have a CCW so not even a call to NICS).

I could see some extra since they had to pick up 5 boxes verse 1 box but the work was hardly different. They didn’t have to process 5 forms or call NICS 5 times.

I was going to buy ammo and mags before the change up of the expected $25 to the $125. I could see $25 for the first and $10 for each subsequent firearm…. Or I would be fine if they said $25 per firearm.

 

[Jstudz220]

I gotta ask. Were you really going there expecting them to transfer 5 guns for $25 ? Am I reading that correctly ?

Yes, absolutely. I’ve picked up multiple transfers at once a handful of times and never was asked or expected to pay more than the flat rate. I always assumed that’s how everyone did it.

 

[AustinBR]

Since I called and told them it was 5 AR15s and they told me $25, yeah I kind of assumed $25. That being said it’s one form, whether it was 1 firearm or 12 firearms, it’s one call to NICS (I have a CCW so not even a call to NICS).

I could see some extra since they had to pick up 5 boxes verse 1 box but the work was hardly different. They didn’t have to process 5 forms or call NICS 5 times.

I was going to buy ammo and mags before the change up of the expected $25 to the $125. I could see $25 for the first and $10 for each subsequent firearm…. Or I would be fine if they said $25 per firearm.

It probably would have been better to clarify by asking what their transfer fee is and then asking if they do discounts for multiple firearms. I haven't seen many places that just have a blanket fee of X amount for firearms done at once. The norm is a per firearm fee.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Yes, absolutely. I’ve picked up multiple transfers at once a handful of times and never was asked or expected to pay more than the flat rate. I always assumed that’s how everyone did it.

The flat rate of $XX per firearm, right ? Not just the initial cost no matter how many guns ?

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Since I called and told them it was 5 AR15s and they told me $25, yeah I kind of assumed $25. That being said it’s one form, whether it was 1 firearm or 12 firearms, it’s one call to NICS (I have a CCW so not even a call to NICS).

I could see some extra since they had to pick up 5 boxes verse 1 box but the work was hardly different. They didn’t have to process 5 forms or call NICS 5 times.

I was going to buy ammo and mags before the change up of the expected $25 to the $125. I could see $25 for the first and $10 for each subsequent firearm…. Or I would be fine if they said $25 per firearm.

But its not one call. Its actually one page on the web, but you and most others without a firearms business overlook the actual time to process firearms.

An employee who isnt working the counter has to stop what they are doing and receive firearms from the courier, then open all five boxes and one by one check serial numbers, then enter each serial number and data into the Fastbound computer, and the NICS, then of course double check, (some are using hand written paper bound books which is even more of a time consuming pain in the butt for five guns), then they have to fill out two 4473's for the five guns (THREE per form, not five). Then check you out for five guns, not one.

I called three FFL"s besides me. No one would charge a single fee for five serials. And if they did when does it end ? What if you transferred fifteen guns next time ? Still $25 ?

 

[Jstudz220]

The flat rate of $XX per firearm, right ? Not just the initial cost no matter how many guns ?

No i didn’t realize other businesses charged per firearm, I’ve never heard of that before now.

 

[Kuhndog]

It probably would have been better to clarify by asking what their transfer fee is and then asking if they do discounts for multiple firearms. I haven't seen many places that just have a blanket fee of X amount for firearms done at once. The norm is a per firearm fee.

I would’ve figured
Me: I want to transfer 5 AR15s to your business, do you accept transfers
Them: yes
Me: how much to do the transfer?
Them: $25
Me: thank you

 

[AdvancedLaser]

No i didn’t realize other businesses charged per firearm, I’ve never heard of that before now.

What store did you buy them from with a set fee ?

 

[AustinBR]

No i didn’t realize other businesses charged per firearm, I’ve never heard of that before now.

I've never heard of an FFL not charging per firearm.

I would’ve figured
Me: I want to transfer 5 AR15s to your business, do you accept transfers
Them: yes
Me: how much to do the transfer?
Them: $25
Me: thank you

What happened when you got to their store and told them about this conversation? Did you ask them to honor the price that they allegedly told you over the phone? Did they deny explaining it that way?

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately in some cases) many places employ morons. Anyone answering the phone was likely half paying attention and just heard "how much to transfer" and answered with the standard $25 that he likely gets asked about all the time. It would have been a good idea to ask if that is per firearm or for all five, especially knowing that a $5/gun transfer fee is essentially unheard of...

 

[southerncanuck]

Lol, most gunnies are upstanding citizens and will give you the shirt off their back but when it comes to gun deals, they will fleece Grandma to get that last $5 off.

You mean like -- purely hypothetically -- someone spending $4000 on rifles, then getting their knickers in a knot all over a local small business owner charging $100 to provide a transfer service?

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Keep in mind thru all this, you can get them for ZERO transfer fee, for all five.

Buy the rifles from the small business you are trying to nickle and dime.

 

[southerncanuck]

Keep in mind thru all this, you can get them for ZERO transfer fee, for all five.

Buy the rifles from the small business you are trying to nickle and dime.

Hey @AdvancedLaser if I wanna come in and want to get 5 Yeti cups laser engraved, you're only gonna charge me for one though right?