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PPT fiasco
Ok so here's the story. Made a deal last night with a fellow calgunner for a handgun and agreed on meeting him today. Got to the gun shop and proceeded to start the process.
I recently went to DMV to get a change of address and they gave me a brown card that they then stamped with the date and filled out my new info on. Talked to a friend of mine who had done the same thing who had also bought a pistol recently. The gun shop he went to took his change of address card along with the utility bill did the paperwork and he got his gun.
Today when I tried to use mine at the first gun shop, with a matching address utility bill, i was told that that cannot be accepted and will not work. I told them how a friend of mine had used the same thing did his paperwork and got his pistol with no problems. I was then again told they could not help me. So since I was feeling bad for the guy I was doing the transfer with I told him i would go to a different shop 40min away that he preferred and do the transfer there. I called them before we left and the gal that answered the phone told me that was acceptable. Back in our vehicles and drove to the next shop.
Arrived at the next shop and told them we were doing a PPT. Explained to the guy what I had and he said that wouldn't work. I then told him I called before we drove another 40min to his shop and was told it was ok to use my change of address card from DMV. They took copies of my address change card, my drivers license with old address, my utility bill that matched my address change card and even my hunting license with address that matched the card and utility bill. Long story short they ended up doing the paperwork but he told me I have to now email or bring him a DMV request form or DMV change of address application
So what say you calguns? Am I in the wrong here or do these FFL's just not know what they are doing? This turned out to be a 2 hour fiasco for me and the seller who was luckily a very good guy and worked with me.
I recently went to DMV to get a change of address and they gave me a brown card that they then stamped with the date and filled out my new info on. Talked to a friend of mine who had done the same thing who had also bought a pistol recently. The gun shop he went to took his change of address card along with the utility bill did the paperwork and he got his gun.
Today when I tried to use mine at the first gun shop, with a matching address utility bill, i was told that that cannot be accepted and will not work. I told them how a friend of mine had used the same thing did his paperwork and got his pistol with no problems. I was then again told they could not help me. So since I was feeling bad for the guy I was doing the transfer with I told him i would go to a different shop 40min away that he preferred and do the transfer there. I called them before we left and the gal that answered the phone told me that was acceptable. Back in our vehicles and drove to the next shop.
Arrived at the next shop and told them we were doing a PPT. Explained to the guy what I had and he said that wouldn't work. I then told him I called before we drove another 40min to his shop and was told it was ok to use my change of address card from DMV. They took copies of my address change card, my drivers license with old address, my utility bill that matched my address change card and even my hunting license with address that matched the card and utility bill. Long story short they ended up doing the paperwork but he told me I have to now email or bring him a DMV request form or DMV change of address application
So what say you calguns? Am I in the wrong here or do these FFL's just not know what they are doing? This turned out to be a 2 hour fiasco for me and the seller who was luckily a very good guy and worked with me.
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