Form 1 Approval in 27 Days...

[Olympus]

I'm such an idiot! I submitted a Form 1 for an SBR build on 7-14 this year through EForms. After submitting, I emailed the ATF and asked how long the Form 1s were taking by EForms and they said approximately 4 to 6 months. I was excited because my suppressor paper application was almost a year.

So today I thought I would log in to EForms for the 2nd time and check on the status. Weird, it said approved on 8-13-14. I'm thinking that can't possibly be right. I never received anything in the mail like I did with my suppressor. I thought that must have been the fate that ATF must have acknowledged the application.

I decide to call NFA and ask someone what the story is. He confirms that yes, my Form 1 was approved on 8-13 and that I should have received an email with an attachment, but nothing would be coming by mail. Unfortunately, my SPAM folder must have caught that email on 8-13 and it's long purged now. So he provided an email that I could request another approval email and I just did. But I feel like the biggest idiot because apparently I could have started building my SBR back in freaking August!

 

[Arizona_Mike]

You can also download the PDF from the EForms page.

Mike

 

[Olympus]

It's not signed or anything though.

 

[Olympus]

ATF glitch. They didn't upload the approved application through the PDF. I called and they corrected it. I printed it from EForms now.

 

[tiamat]

If approvals are only taking 27 days, then you're not the idiot, I am for not getting off my duff and figuring out how to submit one myself.

 

[Olympus]

Use E-Forms and not a paper application.

 

[TRX]

I sent a paper one in on 12/03/2013, the form came back 10/14/2014. e-Forms was down at the time I sent it, or I might have tried it. I didn't know about the "no paper" part, though.

I'm not in the least enthusiastic about that; the signed, stamped Form 1 is a legal document. I spent too much time in IT and security to trust anything digital, particularly if jail time could be involved.

 

[Aaron Baker]

You can print a paper copy of the digital stamp, and in fact, you should.

Aaron

 

[pjeski]

But you can't print an actual stamp on it. It bothers me that the "stamp" on an eForm appears to be behind the text. It doesn't even attempt to look like a real stamp. It's not that important, but for a real stamp, I'll wait ten weeks for paper over four weeks for a .pdf.

I wonder if a stamp collector would pay anything for an estamp? (Last I looked, $200 NFA stamps sell for about $50 and $5 NFA stamps for about $100)

 

[HRnightmare]

But you can't print an actual stamp on it. It bothers me that the "stamp" on an eForm appears to be behind the text. It doesn't even attempt to look like a real stamp. It's not that important, but for a real stamp, I'll wait ten weeks for paper over four weeks for a .pdf.

I wonder if a stamp collector would pay anything for an estamp? (Last I looked, $200 NFA stamps sell for about $50 and $5 NFA stamps for about $100)

WHAAAAT? I can sell the actual stamp stuck to me paper 4's and 1's for $50???? Why would someone pay for that? There all the same.

Is it legal to sell that stamp? seems sort of like selling your vehicle registration or license plate.

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I do not mean this in an antagonizing or offensive way but why are people so concerned with the way the Eforms print out. Yes, they are not the most aesthetic and it looks like a kid created it with microsoft Paint but I'm paying $200 to create my SBR or get a suppressor, not for a fancy piece of paper. I don't care if its hand written with a red crayon on a napkin, as long as it is legal. I would do an Eform over a paper form anyday just to save the time it takes to mail it in and have it mailed back...unless they are in fact worth $50. but even then I wouldn't wait much longer, I am like a child waiting on his xray specs to arrive in the mail when I submit an E form.

 

[Midwest]

They sell NFA Stamps on ebay all the time. Five of them sold for $4.25
.

 

[pjeski]

WHAAAAT? I can sell the actual stamp stuck to me paper 4's and 1's for $50???? Why would someone pay for that? There all the same.

Is it legal to sell that stamp? seems sort of like selling your vehicle registration or license plate.

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I do not mean this in an antagonizing or offensive way but why are people so concerned with the way the Eforms print out. Yes, they are not the most aesthetic and it looks like a kid created it with microsoft Paint but I'm paying $200 to create my SBR or get a suppressor, not for a fancy piece of paper. I don't care if its hand written with a red crayon on a napkin, as long as it is legal. I would do an Eform over a paper form anyday just to save the time it takes to mail it in and have it mailed back...unless they are in fact worth $50. but even then I wouldn't wait much longer, I am like a child waiting on his xray specs to arrive in the mail when I submit an E form.

You sell the stamps after you sell the [strike]weapon[/strike] item.

 

[pjeski]

They sell NFA Stamps on ebay all the time. Five of them sold for $4.25
.

I've never seen them that cheap but then I haven't looked since early last year.

 

[Midwest]

I've never seen them that cheap but then I haven't looked since early last year.

It was the least expensive I have seen. Normally these sell $30 and up.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-5-20...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
.

 

[pjeski]

Not to completely derail this thread, but...

http://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14063

 

[Elkins45]

(Last I looked, $200 NFA stamps sell for about $50 and $5 NFA stamps for about $100)

So why aren't we all filing a mountain of Form 1's for $5 AOW, not actually making them, and then making $95 profit off of the stamp?

 

[pjeski]

The stamp to make an AOW is $200. They only transfer for $5.

(The form 1 doesn't have a $5 check box. Just "paid" and two tax exempt boxes)