FFL refuses to handle transfers.

[SeanSw]

In my part of IL the cheapest pawn shop charges $27.50 and will do it with any firearm. However, I was able to make acquaintances with someone that runs a home FFL business and he will do transfers for $10! He will also take packages and ship them for a small charge, saving me the ridiculous, yet mandatory, next day air fees. He is a short drive outside of town but the benefits are well worth the effort.

It may help to try networking over the phone, checking the bulleting board at local clubs, or accepting that you may have to travel outside of Carbondale for a friendlier transfer. I would have expected these things to get easier as you go south in IL.

 

[skywarp_]

Ive known and worked at a few FFLs and transfers are just a huge hassle for the most part.


Most THR posters seem to have the right idea on the right way of doing things. Most dont. People think you exist for their convienience. Assuming they follow your rules and guidelines they often will break them.

They will call every 15 min for 2 weeks to see if their gun is in, think you are working for them and try to get you to barter with the other dealer, when something isnt right they come to you and scream at your people, tie up employees endlessly, try to sneak things past you, refuse to pay, refuse to do 4473 paper work, refuse to comply with state/federal laws, and in a million other ways end up costing you more than the 20 bucks you charge them.

Hell a local dealer is refusing them since people were getting guns sent to his store he didnt know about, tying up employees looking for guns they don't know about that hadn't even came in, as an example he has a contender frame that's been sitting there for a while that has no apparent owner that came from a private citizen with no paperwork.