Shweboner
Member
Well I have been in business for a little over two years. No problems yet.
But I am cautious in filling out the 4473 and I make sure that the customer deos it all correctly before calling in the NICS. Even if I have missed something it will be caught on the phone during the check.
Maybe you should give 100% even with transfers, preventing mistakes. You seem to view transfers as a hassle and a burden. Why do you do them?
I charge $10 because everyone else in my area charges $15-$20 or so for them. I try to beat the other guys price. If they go lower, then I go lower. If a customer gripes about the $10 (which has never happened) then I will show them that it is a fair price and that I am cheaper than anyone else in a 300 miles radius. Transfers are an opportunity for my business, while I cant afford advertising, a nice website, or a massive inventory... transfers are what keep people coming back to me, and that means repeat customers.
I long for the day that I can do this full time with a nice storefront, etc. But until then I will keep on rolling as I have been. Be friendly, honest and priced decently. So I can fear the ATF looking at my books, or I can do things right and have no worries. If I am not comfortable with a particular transaction, I will not do it. Everything depends on circumstances, each customer is different. So I choose not to adhere to a blanket policy of what ifs, and just in cases. If its legal I will do it, for a fair price with a smile on my face... (even if I cant stand the customer, I still have to put on my game face and do my job.
The customer is not always right... But neither am I.However, I am the decider and as such my word is final. But I can always make the customer happy while getting the $$$ I need.
I dont know how long you have been in business, I know I have not been around too long... but the principles are the same for any business. And I feel that the best way to conduct business is to do what I can when I can while setting my prices at a fair level while still covering my overhead, ertc.
But I am cautious in filling out the 4473 and I make sure that the customer deos it all correctly before calling in the NICS. Even if I have missed something it will be caught on the phone during the check.
Maybe you should give 100% even with transfers, preventing mistakes. You seem to view transfers as a hassle and a burden. Why do you do them?
I charge $10 because everyone else in my area charges $15-$20 or so for them. I try to beat the other guys price. If they go lower, then I go lower. If a customer gripes about the $10 (which has never happened) then I will show them that it is a fair price and that I am cheaper than anyone else in a 300 miles radius. Transfers are an opportunity for my business, while I cant afford advertising, a nice website, or a massive inventory... transfers are what keep people coming back to me, and that means repeat customers.
I long for the day that I can do this full time with a nice storefront, etc. But until then I will keep on rolling as I have been. Be friendly, honest and priced decently. So I can fear the ATF looking at my books, or I can do things right and have no worries. If I am not comfortable with a particular transaction, I will not do it. Everything depends on circumstances, each customer is different. So I choose not to adhere to a blanket policy of what ifs, and just in cases. If its legal I will do it, for a fair price with a smile on my face... (even if I cant stand the customer, I still have to put on my game face and do my job.
The customer is not always right... But neither am I.However, I am the decider and as such my word is final. But I can always make the customer happy while getting the $$$ I need.
I dont know how long you have been in business, I know I have not been around too long... but the principles are the same for any business. And I feel that the best way to conduct business is to do what I can when I can while setting my prices at a fair level while still covering my overhead, ertc.