evan price
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I was in a shop looking at buying a bolt-action rifle. There was a crowd of guys that I would say were some sort of construction laborers who were looking at some very expensive pistols. I was waiting on my paperwork callin.
One of the guys asked for a specific high-end pistol. He was shown the pistol, and really liked it. He commented that he had been wanting one for a long time now and had saved up the money to buy it.
Problem was he was working a job here, but lived in another state.
He said the pistol was $700 cheaper here; his local gunshop had the exact same pistol marked for $2000 and they wanted $1300 for it here.
The clerk who was helping him said, "Too bad, I can't sell you a pistol because you don't live in this state." and put the gun away.
The guy said, "wow that sucks. The price is great." And the guys kept looking.
The clerk said, "Yeah, Iwould love to sell you the gun but there is no way you can buy a pistol in another state."
Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut.
I chimed in. "Well, you *can* buy a pistol from out of state. The only thing is that you have to take posession of it from an FFL dealer in your home state."
The clerk kinda turns away from me and ignores me, but the guy hears and asks me, how?
I said, "Well, you need to buy the gun here but you can't take posession of it. You need to find a FFL licensed dealer in your state to receive it and log it through their books. You would need to pay this dealer here the shipping, probably FedEx next day, to get it to your dealer. You pay your dealer what they are charging for an FFL transfer. All legal."
The clerk says, "Well, that's a lot of work, and by the time you pay the extra fees and stuff he won't save any money."
I said, "He says it's $700 cheaper. FedEx is what, $50? Plus what, $30 FFL fee on his end? Sounds to me like he saves over $600 doing it this way. I've bought guns through the Internet this way."
The guy is interested now and asks if he can do that.
The clerk tells me, "You can't buy guns on the internet."
I said, "Ever heard of Gunbroker.com? Gunsamerica.com?"
The clerk says, "Well, it may be legal, but I don't want to do it. And we charge a $150 FFL transfer fee on something we keep in stock, so I don't know where you can find a $30 transfer. Most gun stores won't do it."
The guy leaves, kind of disappointed.
I decided I didn't need a Mosin after all...at least not from that store.
One of the guys asked for a specific high-end pistol. He was shown the pistol, and really liked it. He commented that he had been wanting one for a long time now and had saved up the money to buy it.
Problem was he was working a job here, but lived in another state.
He said the pistol was $700 cheaper here; his local gunshop had the exact same pistol marked for $2000 and they wanted $1300 for it here.
The clerk who was helping him said, "Too bad, I can't sell you a pistol because you don't live in this state." and put the gun away.
The guy said, "wow that sucks. The price is great." And the guys kept looking.
The clerk said, "Yeah, Iwould love to sell you the gun but there is no way you can buy a pistol in another state."
Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut.
I chimed in. "Well, you *can* buy a pistol from out of state. The only thing is that you have to take posession of it from an FFL dealer in your home state."
The clerk kinda turns away from me and ignores me, but the guy hears and asks me, how?
I said, "Well, you need to buy the gun here but you can't take posession of it. You need to find a FFL licensed dealer in your state to receive it and log it through their books. You would need to pay this dealer here the shipping, probably FedEx next day, to get it to your dealer. You pay your dealer what they are charging for an FFL transfer. All legal."
The clerk says, "Well, that's a lot of work, and by the time you pay the extra fees and stuff he won't save any money."
I said, "He says it's $700 cheaper. FedEx is what, $50? Plus what, $30 FFL fee on his end? Sounds to me like he saves over $600 doing it this way. I've bought guns through the Internet this way."
The guy is interested now and asks if he can do that.
The clerk tells me, "You can't buy guns on the internet."
I said, "Ever heard of Gunbroker.com? Gunsamerica.com?"
The clerk says, "Well, it may be legal, but I don't want to do it. And we charge a $150 FFL transfer fee on something we keep in stock, so I don't know where you can find a $30 transfer. Most gun stores won't do it."
The guy leaves, kind of disappointed.
I decided I didn't need a Mosin after all...at least not from that store.