Is it just me (transfers)

[joab]

Zundfolge

Thanks for the advice and the link. I found a new and eager shop (their description) 10 miles closer to my house and $30 cheaper than where I was gonna go

 

[BarnsBeware]

Now I suppose if it's at your stereotypical "Roll your eyes and sigh heavily because you have to stop telling your best bud the Navy SEEL stories about how you were unofficially attached to the Selous Scouts in Rodesia, and go help a paying customer" pace of gunstore work, then perhaps you really are losing money at only $20-30 per transfer.

Is there a list somewhere of good shops vs bad shops, by region? I guess so! Perhaps if we put pressure on the "bad" shops, they'd rethink their customer service... I found a shop like the above right across the street from the one below, and I bet you can guess where my money goes.

I go to a shop thats absolutely wonderful, never had a problem, and puts customers so high on their list you'd be amazed. As a result, they stay in business and get lots of customers waiting outside before they open, as well as staying after they've closed. No question goes unanswered, and all the guys there are just great. When I asked them about transfers, even BEFORE I became a loyal customer, they charge state minimum, and go out of their way to inform you about the different features, history, etc of the gun they are supposedly losing money on. I don't know, they certainly didn't lose $$$ from my purchases thereafter. Just my unbiased opinion...

 

[clubsoda22]

The NICS fee as I understand it does not go towards the shops profit or overhead, but to the state to help maintain the NICS sysytem as required by law. I may be wrong but that is what was explained to me by a long term non-Rambo-smarter-than-you-type shop employee in a casual conversation outside of his work enviroment. He usually tells me when he thinks his shop is full of BS and actually makes fun of me for shopping there.

And by the way I kinda get Club's smartass humor. Reminds me of me. Now I really hate him.

You're on dude, pistols at dawn.

Anyway, yes, charging a nics fee makes people believe thatit's going to a nics fund. If you want to fix overhead, raise the price of all your guns $10 and stop charging a fee. Not blasting your business or anything, just a suggestion, because i know a lot of people who are turned off by shops charing extra paperwork fees.

See ya tomorrow at the PA meet.

 

[JohnBT]

"Has Mitch at Southern Police Equipment/Southern Gun World stopped doing transfers?"

They're police-only sales now. The indoor range down the hill(look out for the potholes) behind them did a transfer for me for $25.

John

 

[Majic]

Greentop is one of the high transfer price dealers in the area, but I have purchased many things from them over the years and just deal with very few of the salesmen. When I ask them to do a transfer for me they discount the transfer fee down to one of the lowest prices I can find. It's all in how you do your business. A good dealer will reconize his good customers and work with them. Both parties profit that way.

 

[RepublicanMan]

The NICS fee as I understand it does not go towards the shops profit or overhead, but to the state to help maintain the NICS sysytem as required by law.

Partially true in PA......we are charged a fee for each background check we call in....I am not at liberty to say the amount as I don't know if the shop owner would want me spreading his business about the web.

I worked today so I double checked our prices on NICS and transfers. For a firearm purchased from us, $10. If you are purchasing multiple firearms at the same time, $10 for the 1st and $5 for each subsequent. If you are buying a firearm from your buddy across the street, $20. If you are purchasing from SOG, Aim Surplus or Joe Snuffy in Idaho....$40.

 

[macavada]

I've found a kitchen table dealer who's real good about handling transfers for me - $15 plus sales tax per gun. Not bad. I've also got a gunsmith acquaintance who'll do it for $10 per gun, but he's a little less accessible because he has another business he runs full-time. I don't mind paying the $15 with a little more accessibility.

I approached a few gunshops about the subject of transfers, and you get the vibe right away. No biggie. One local shop prices the guns fairly decently, so I'll buy from them even though they're not too keen on handling transfers. The've got a good guy behind the counter that won't treat you like an idiot. That goes a long way.

I really can't blame a gunshop for not wanting to handle transfers. They are in a really tough business. At some point they'll go through the same kind of changes that other retail sectors have gone through, and we'll be left with less choice and variety.

 

[Roadkill]

Local Pawn Shop/gunstore doesn't/hasn't charged me anything for the last three I've had shipped in, just nice folks, but I always walk out with $25-$30 in ammo or something each time I come in.

rk

 

[JohnBT]

"When I ask them(Green Top) to do a transfer for me they discount the transfer fee down to one of the lowest prices I can find."

Not when it's a NIB Cooper Custom Classic from out of state and they're a Cooper dealer.

Anyway, the indoor range is closer to home.

John

 

[Majic]

Not when it's a NIB Cooper Custom Classic from out of state and they're a Cooper dealer.

You really don't expect anyone to give you a good transfer deal for a firearm that you could have bought from them now do you?

 

[JohnBT]

Nope, even though I would have bought it from them if they'd had one.
Travis called Cooper for me and ordering the gun would have taken an estimated 7 to 9 months.

My father is 82 and I decided not to make him wait until next winter when he'd be 83.

John