Go to Gun Brokers are try some of the other sites for a FFL. They have listing of FFL's that will receive guns for you. We have a local list, Alaskalist, were I can find a FFl who will do it for $10.

Something else to consider is that besides the time it takes, dealers (should) carry liability insurance and you still have general overhead to consider when setting your transfer fee. Those guys that are doing transfers for $10 or even for free will be out of business when one of those guns malfunctions and they get sued. I realize that a lot of little stores or pawn shops don't carry insurance but they are running a risk.

Again, just looking to defend the perspective of a dealer.

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Originally posted by OsageCountyGuns:
Something else to consider is that besides the time it takes, dealers (should) carry liability insurance and you still have general overhead to consider when setting your transfer fee. Those guys that are doing transfers for $10 or even for free will be out of business when one of those guns malfunctions and they get sued. I realize that a lot of little stores or pawn shops don't carry insurance but they are running a risk.

Again, just looking to defend the perspective of a dealer.

What does transferring a gun have to do with what the shooter does with it later on down the road. After its called in and approved or in some states no call with conceal handgun license, I can't see it being the dealers problem rather the gun blows up the shooters hand or not. The transfer fee is up to the dealer. As far as I know the ATF doesn't set ANY rules for how much or how little a dealer can charge to do a transfer.

the only mandatory charge in NJ is a $5 NICS fee

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Originally posted by Slippery Pete:
10 bucks from a Pawn Shop here.

Over 20 and I start getting irritated.

Which pawn shop is this? (you can email it to me if you don't want to post it here.) I pay my guy $25, and he's great and does every one with a smile.

I can totally understand a store's stance at having to compete with the net and no storefront businesses with little overhead. However from any standpoint it seems counterproductive to ever treat your customers in a condescending, shitty manner when they are paying for a service and what you should be doing is showing them why they should come to a shop instead of just using the net. This appears to be lost on many though and they only further drive home to their customers that the net is the place to go since customer service is a dying art anyways...I have been lucky in that the same little Pop and Son operation I have been going to for years has generally been pretty friendly (except for when they mistook my badge for a Fed?!) and their reasonable prices haven't changed in years. Also, they gladly do sight replacement, etc. on the guns they transfer in for me and again at great prices.

I have seen one situation where I could definately side with the guy in the shop for being pissed. Guy looks at an expensive gun for a while talks with him then asks if he can send an ffl to a guy for a transfer of one. Guy said whats wrong with the one you just looked at for the past hr. "oh nothing, but unless you can give it to me tax free im buying it online". The dealers price was actually the same or even a little less than the online price had to charge the guy tax on the gun which is beyond his control. Your telling me you wouldnt be pissed in the same situation. The online guy makes your profit and you get a piddly 20 bucks

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Originally posted by EKUCRJ:
I have seen one situation where I could definately side with the guy in the shop for being pissed. Guy looks at an expensive gun for a while talks with him then asks if he can send an ffl to a guy for a transfer of one. Guy said whats wrong with the one you just looked at for the past hr. "oh nothing, but unless you can give it to me tax free im buying it online". The dealers price was actually the same or even a little less than the online price had to charge the guy tax on the gun which is beyond his control. Your telling me you wouldnt be pissed in the same situation. The online guy makes your profit and you get a piddly 20 bucks

Yeah, that's kind of rotten.

I get charged $25 and am fine with that because this shop is very well organized and calls when things come in. I have used other shops in the past that have "missplaced" guns on me. The way I see it is you can make $50-100 bucks on one gun you sell me or make $500 by transfering 20....your choice.

$25 plus tax, which isn't too bad.

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Originally posted by ddtkid:
$25 plus tax, which isn't too bad.

Tax on the service they provided? Or tax on the firearm they did *not* sell you?

It's a bit of a drive but check out "Uncle Oly's Gun Shop". I recently purchased a gun from another forum member and he was a great surprise! The fee was $25 and it was the first time the ffl on my end didn’t act like it was the biggest inconvenience they had ever suffered… actually he seemed happy to have my business.

We talked a bit when I picked up the gun said he and his son’s got tired of the same bull shit every time they wanted to buy a new gun so he decided to become an FFL. He doesn’t have inventory but said he could order about anything if I ever need anything. This is the first time in a long while I've had customer service worth a recommending!

Uncle Oly’s Gun Shop
360-428-3058

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Originally posted by MitchbSC:

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Originally posted by ddtkid:
$25 plus tax, which isn't too bad.

Tax on the service they provided? Or tax on the firearm they did *not* sell you?

Tax on the service, which I'm not going to complain about, since the owner is cool.

A gun shop I used to work for that had crazy high prices (like $800 for those Sig P5's that were coming in last year for $300!) charges $60 for transfers because he said he wants to punish people for buying from someone else. Then again, this is the same guy that puts a $5 Brady Fee on every gun sale and lies to the customer saying it is the fee they are charged for the NICS check. No such fee exists and it is just $5 of extra profit for him. Needless to say I don't work there anymore and rarely even visit.