MikeTF
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In the near term I agree. Let's not forget that bubbles do burst. The housing market is a recent great example.
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Are dealers ripping us off on transfer fees?
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In the near term I agree. Let's not forget that bubbles do burst. The housing market is a recent great example.
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damifinowfish
Ultimate Member
lets look at this a different way.
In your job, from time to time you are asked to to something that is a pia with little profit. You try like hell to not to do it or pass it off to some one else lower on the food chain. If you have control over the cost of the job you over bid the job in hopes that the costumer will change their mind.
If you have never been in this situation then money is not an issue and just pay for the service. Ask daddy for more money.
Same thing with transfers. Just one big pain in the a$$
In your job, from time to time you are asked to to something that is a pia with little profit. You try like hell to not to do it or pass it off to some one else lower on the food chain. If you have control over the cost of the job you over bid the job in hopes that the costumer will change their mind.
If you have never been in this situation then money is not an issue and just pay for the service. Ask daddy for more money.
Same thing with transfers. Just one big pain in the a$$
Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,469
For most dealers transfers are a courtsey for their customers, and not a primary means to pay the bills.
Right now we have multiple unique factors overlapping.
1. Unpresecedented delays and backlogs.
2. Buyers who are under the gun w/ Oct 1 deadlines , and can't wait 6 months for the situation to stabalize.
3. Within the next year there will be a massive restructuring of the Md retail marketplace, and the end result will be markedly different from the current.
Right now we have multiple unique factors overlapping.
1. Unpresecedented delays and backlogs.
2. Buyers who are under the gun w/ Oct 1 deadlines , and can't wait 6 months for the situation to stabalize.
3. Within the next year there will be a massive restructuring of the Md retail marketplace, and the end result will be markedly different from the current.
JMintzer
Hoarding Douche Waffle
Not to mention many dealer's sales are actually down, due to the fact that they can't get any product to sell!
Oh, and how much does your "Beemer" dealer charge for service? I know mine charged an arm and a leg when I used to have one...
Jamie
Oh, and how much does your "Beemer" dealer charge for service? I know mine charged an arm and a leg when I used to have one...
Jamie
gmhowell
Not Banned Yet
Most Beemer owners I know service their own. Bimmer owners OTOH...
ShallNotInfringe
Lil Firecracker
- Feb 17, 2013
- 8,554
Lol!
JCB003
Ultimate Member
- Sep 10, 2007
- 1,212
Someone posted a link to a gunshop, I can't remember what it was for, but I was looking through the website and transfers were $5. I think it was in Georgia. I understand charging a fee for a transfer, whatever the dealer chooses. It not worth the effort to do it for next to nothing, unless all you're doing is transfers and you don't have a storefront to support.
Anotherpyr
Ultimate Member
How dare those dealers profit! Why all guns should be sold at wholesale prices, transfers should be free, and staff should be volunteers since they get to stand behind the counter.
I now return you back to the reality that is Maryland. :-)
I now return you back to the reality that is Maryland. :-)
Sirex
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I know my FFL's had to buy a couple more safes just for all the regulated arms they had to store. The safes that are heavy duty are not cheap. Our govt is responsible for this huge surge in sales and backlog. What are the FFLs going to do after Oct1 with several empty safes since certain rifles can't be bought and due to the new regulations, I speculate handgun sales will grind to a halt. Are buyers going to make up the difference buying hunting rifles and old surplus rifles?
Take your own steak and fixins to a restaurant the next time you go and ask them to cook it for you. See how that goes.
Rich1911
Ultimate Member
- Mar 8, 2012
- 3,855
I would think they will be able to sell them and recoup at least 2/3 - 3/4 of what they paid for them if they are decent safes and they no longer need them.
Very true, but I see a difference between a product -- ammunition -- and a service such as a transfer. Ammunition costs have risen because supply has outstripped demand. Nothing has happened in the last seven months that I am aware of that would force a dealer to raise the fee for handling a transfer by $30.
Business Association dues/fees ...
Once you get in business, the fees and costs seem to go on forever
In some lines of business the manufacturers make retailers purchase sales fliers, dealer reference books (some of these are unbelievably expensive), educational material for customers and employees etc etc ... that stuff you pick up at the door for "free" cost someone something at some level
They paid the bucks for the license, space and overhead.... no free rides. Find another FFL, bite the bullet or take up another hobby or stick to long guns. Guns, cars and women aren't cheap.
jpk1md
Ultimate Member
- Jan 13, 2007
- 11,313
Why all the whining over transfer fees?
This is a product of big government intervention in your rights.
Eliminate the 68 GCA and you eliminate transfer fees altogether.
Until that point its a simple matter of supply and demand......its a providers market not a buyers
If you don't like the price they are charging find a different ffl
This is a product of big government intervention in your rights.
Eliminate the 68 GCA and you eliminate transfer fees altogether.
Until that point its a simple matter of supply and demand......its a providers market not a buyers
If you don't like the price they are charging find a different ffl
yellowsled
Retired C&R Addict
This is why I go to shooters discount and south Carroll sporting goods for my transfers. They have good rates and are very friendly.
Dave T
Active Member
How much do you make per hour? The FFLs are doing us a service and they need to earn a living as well. When I saw how much time and effort my FFL had to put in to do a transfer for me... I felt the $60 fee I paid quite reasonable.
Receiving, paperwork, filing, storing, followups.... all these things take time. And time adds up. Then factor in all the overhead of running a business. They are entitled to make a decent living, just like anyone else is who is willing to work.
Receiving, paperwork, filing, storing, followups.... all these things take time. And time adds up. Then factor in all the overhead of running a business. They are entitled to make a decent living, just like anyone else is who is willing to work.
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