Selling a pistol on Gunbroker, shipping questions

[Strykervet]

Okay, so I'm gonna sell a pistol on Gunbroker. How do I go about getting it to the guy? Do I need to take it to a local ffl and have him ship it? Or can I send it myself through Fedex or UPS to his ffl? I'm assuming this would have to be next day or something if at all. How much should I expect to pay if I have to take it to a dealer to send, and can they ship ground?

 

[gearhead]

If you have an agreeable FFL that will be the cheapest and least hassle. Some FFLs don't like to receive guns from non-dealers anyway, if you do decide to ship it yourself you'll want to make sure the buyer's FFL will even accept it from you. My local FFL ships handguns for $20, usually. FFL to FFL can use lower-cost shipping than an individual can use, if the individual follows the shipping company's rules.

 

[The Sarge]

Many FFL's will not take a firearm from a non FFL. If the deals falls through the FFL cannot ship it back to a non FFL.
So get a local FFL to ship for you to his FFL.
On Gunbroker you will often see this. Cost of my pistol is XXX
Cost of shipping and FFL fee's is XXX.

 

[W.E.G.]

If you tell UPS the truth about what it is, it will run you $70 - $90 to ship a handgun.

Other products of similar size and mass cost about $20 to ship UPS ground.

If you tell them the package containing the handgun is a "fan clutch," and it goes missing, you'll be out the cost of the gun.

If you have a friendly FFL who will ship it USPS for cheap, that's the way to do it.

 

[Strykervet]

Hey, thanks, I'll call around.