Online Retailers Beginning Maryland Shipping Restrictions

[River Mud]

In case anyone's hoping to do some last minute online shopping before October 1, I wanted to let you know that online dealers (for parts) are starting to add Maryland to the "We do not ship this item to these states" list.

I watched it go through with NY this spring, and it seemed like online retailers tried to wrap up sales 2-4 weeks before the ban was enacted there.

In our case it looks like they (as a whole) are looking at more of a 4-8 week window. I'm almost done preparing so it's not a huge deal for me, but I wanted to share this info with the rest of you.

RM

 

[tapeman1]

which retailer are you referring to?

I've got some 17 round mags backordered with Midway since January. I'm really hoping they get here before October.

 

[Publius]

In case anyone's hoping to do some last minute online shopping before October 1, I wanted to let you know that online dealers (for parts) are starting to add Maryland to the "We do not ship this item to these states" list.

I watched it go through with NY this spring, and it seemed like online retailers tried to wrap up sales 2-4 weeks before the ban was enacted there.

In our case it looks like they (as a whole) are looking at more of a 4-8 week window. I'm almost done preparing so it's not a huge deal for me, but I wanted to share this info with the rest of you.

RM

I've seen it too, like with some sellers on Gunbroker. It's depressing to live in one of those few states "we do not ship to".

 

[madchestermonkey]

I bought some 20 round Pmags from primary arms in May with no problem. They changed their policy sometime in June to nothing over 10 rounds to MD.

 

[Mark75H]

Some retailers stopped selling to MD addresses late last winter



Pretty much old news, but you'd have to do a bunch of searching to see it ... "refuse" might be the best keyword to search

 

[SigP226]

bulkammo.com shipped to me last week, wonder how long they will?

 

[BRONZ]

Not a long list of retailers....just saying.

 

[Deep Creek Rock]

Be willing to bet alot of those retailers quit selling to Maryland because they dont have the item in stock, and may not get it to the seller before Oct 1. Being the way the gun market is now, alot of shops are just taking backorders, and ship when the items goes in stock.

 

[River Mud]

Not a long list of retailers....just saying.

I don't think anyone attempted to provide a list. I am bulking up on mags and some other items and their was a problem with one part of my purchase or another at the first four websites where I tried to make the purchase. Some got caught in the credit card process, others, I could read below the item, "Not able to ship to the following states....." and Maryland is on the list.

No, it's not an exhaustive problem yet, and I *did* successfully make my purchase on the fourth or fifth attempt, but my point was that the law hadn't even gone into effect yet and the dealers are operating with an abundance of caution.

The Maryland law is so poor, so broad, and so atrocious that just you guys wait, six months from now we are going to be "the online Illinois." You know, when you go to a website and click to buy something innocuous, and a huge red notification pops up that says THIS ITEM CANNOT SHIP TO ILLINOIS.

Yeah, that's us now. It just started quicker than I thought it would.

 

[Pinecone]

Some people have reported that if you talk the online retailer, and inform them of the actual law and dates, they will still ship.

Won't work with all of them.