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  • #1
    .40Cal
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 1271

    Dealer Transfer Fee

    Hey guys,

    I'm talking to local FFL dealer, who is giving us a Calguns discount by not charging the Dealer Transfer fee if we buy from him.

    If we buy a gun online, get it shipped to him, his fee would be $30.

    QUESTION - I thought the dealer transfer fee is charged only by the recipiant FFL dealer (the one who accepts the gun, on buyer's behalf and does your DROS). What I don't understand is, how does a FFL Dealer say he's not going to charge dealer transfer fee IF we BUY from him? Seller doesn't charge a transfer fee anyway, does he?

    Please explain to me, if I am misunderstanding this...
    Thanks!
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    • #2
      Condorguns
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      CGN Contributor - Lifetime
      • Dec 2007
      • 3302
      If you are buying the gun online and having it shipped to him he is the receiving FFL.

      I'm confused about what you are confused about.
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        • #3
          heidad01
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 2012
          • 4902
          OP, You have posts dated back to October of 2015 about transfers and fees. Whose leg are you pulling?!

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            • #4
              califungeek
              Junior Member
              • Dec 2015
              • 31
              Originally posted by .40Cal
              Hey guys,

              I'm talking to local FFL dealer, who is giving us a Calguns discount by not charging the Dealer Transfer fee if we buy from him.

              If we buy a gun online, get it shipped to him, his fee would be $30.

              QUESTION - I thought the dealer transfer fee is charged only by the recipiant FFL dealer (the one who accepts the gun, on buyer's behalf and does your DROS). What I don't understand is, how does a FFL Dealer say he's not going to charge dealer transfer fee IF we BUY from him? Seller doesn't charge a transfer fee anyway, does he?

              Please explain to me, if I am misunderstanding this...
              Thanks!
              OP the answer is in your own writing (or the way the dealer said to you) as in " I'm talking to local FFL dealer, who is giving us a Calguns discount by not charging the Dealer Transfer fee if we buy from him.

              Of course he is not lying to you. he is telling you the truth, that is If you buy from him he WILL NOT CHARGE you Dealer Transfer fee.

              so I am also confused by what you are confused about.

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                • #5
                  ar15barrels
                  I need a LIFE!!
                  • Jan 2006
                  • 57124
                  Originally posted by .40Cal
                  I'm talking to local FFL dealer, who is giving us a Calguns discount by not charging the Dealer Transfer fee if we buy from him.
                  If you buy FROM him, it's a PURCHASE, not a TRANSFER.
                  If you buy from someone else and have it shipped to your local FFL, that is a TRANSFER and it's customary for your receiving FFL to charge a fee.
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                    • #6
                      .40Cal
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 1271
                      Originally posted by ar15barrels
                      If you buy FROM him, it's a PURCHASE, not a TRANSFER.
                      If you buy from someone else and have it shipped to your local FFL, that is a TRANSFER and it's customary for your receiving FFL to charge a fee.
                      Apparently, only you got what I am saying...

                      That's exactly what I was saying - If I buy from HIM, it's purchase. And there's no dealer fees associated with a purchase. True??



                      (Dealer fees are only associated with transfers)

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                        • #7
                          djflash
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 945
                          Originally posted by .40Cal
                          Apparently, only you got what I am saying...

                          That's exactly what I was saying - If I buy from HIM, it's purchase. And there's no dealer fees associated with a purchase. True??



                          (Dealer fees are only associated with transfers)
                          No everyone got what you're saying they are just confused by your question since dealers never (at least none that I've ever heard of) charge a transfer fee for a firearm you purchase from their inventory. When you purchase from someone else and "transfer" it to a FFL they charge a dealer transfer fee to compensate them for the time required to accept, hold and process your purchase from someone else.

                          If he claims to be giving you a discount by not charging a transfer fee for something you plan to purchase from him I'd recommend finding a different FFL. Either he is waving an erroneous fee that they charge or he's lying to so he can close more business.

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                            • #8
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                              • Oct 2005
                              • 44652
                              Originally posted by .40Cal
                              Apparently, only you got what I am saying...

                              That's exactly what I was saying - If I buy from HIM, it's purchase. And there's no dealer fees associated with a purchase. True??

                              (Dealer fees are only associated with transfers)
                              Not necessarily.

                              Some dealers build their fee into the gun price. Some itemize it separately. Some may do both.

                              And a sale IS a transfer, though not the kind you seem to be thinking of.
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                                • #9
                                  ar15barrels
                                  I need a LIFE!!
                                  • Jan 2006
                                  • 57124
                                  Originally posted by .40Cal
                                  Apparently, only you got what I am saying...

                                  That's exactly what I was saying - If I buy from HIM, it's purchase. And there's no dealer fees associated with a purchase. True??
                                  There should just be Sales Tax and DROS fees.
                                  Randall Rausch

                                  AR work: www.ar15barrels.com
                                  Bolt actions: www.700barrels.com
                                  Foreign Semi Autos: www.akbarrels.com
                                  Barrel, sight and trigger work on most pistols and shotguns.
                                  Most work performed while-you-wait.

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