Selling Questions

[titanblue]

Hi all,
New guy here. I have a couple questions regarding selling firearms on this site. My questions may have been asked before, so you old timers please have patience.

What's protocol for selling/buying person to person? Would you meet at a shop, private residence, or...? Talk on the phone first? Bring a bodyguard? Wondering about trust and safety.

Last year, before the fires, I took my SKS to Rinkor to consign it and they would not take it. Does this mean I cannot/should not offer it up for sale on this list?

Thanks for any input.
Jay

[Librarian]

Such sale behaviors are 'free form' - do whatever buyer and seller are comfortable doing.

Ultimately, both must show up at a convenient FFL; it's helpful to exchange cell phone numbers in case one party might be late.

It's the buyer's responsibility to inspect the gun and decide if it is what he wants, is in good condition, is in fact what it was represented to be.

Funds are transferred at the FFL, almost always outside the shop; FFLs don't want to get involved in that part of a PPT (they might be forced to tax you under certain circumstances).

Lately it has become necessary to agree on the course of action should the buyer fail the background check - full refund of purchase price? Retain some of it?

[titanblue]

Thank you sir!
Anybody else have input? Particularly the SKS question.
Jay

Such sale behaviors are 'free form' - do whatever buyer and seller are comfortable doing.

Ultimately, both must show up at a convenient FFL; it's helpful to exchange cell phone numbers in case one party might be late.

It's the buyer's responsibility to inspect the gun and decide if it is what he wants, is in good condition, is in fact what it was represented to be.

Funds are transferred at the FFL, almost always outside the shop; FFLs don't want to get involved in that part of a PPT (they might be forced to tax you under certain circumstances).

Lately it has become necessary to agree on the course of action should the buyer fail the background check - full refund of purchase price? Retain some of it?

[Quiet]

Last year, before the fires, I took my SKS to Rinkor to consign it and they would not take it. Does this mean I cannot/should not offer it up for sale on this list?

Anybody else have input? Particularly the SKS question.

Need more info on the SKS...
Country it was made in?
Model designation engraved on it?
How is it configured?
What kind of ammunition feeding device does it use?

[boopiejones]

Why would rincor not take the sks? I know some of the guys there and they’re stand up dudes.

Assuming the sks is legal and old enough, you could sell it to an ffl03 without having to set foot in a shop.

As for your safety question, someone with solid itrader ratings and/or a long time member with a lot of posts should be safe to meet without any worries. No offense, but You may find that prospective buyers are more leery about meeting with you, given you are new to the forum.

[titanblue]

Don't know why. It's a NOS 1952 SKS, no mods.
What is an FFL03?
You're right. I'm a FNG. No offense taken. I'm a Veteran and old guy preparing to sell my collection so my son doesn't have to deal with it.
Guess I'll take my chances and post my for sales to the classified.
Thanks for your time.
Jay

[Librarian]

FFL03 is shorthand for Federal Collector (of Curios and Relics) License. See https://www.atf.gov/firearms/curios-relics and https://www.atf.gov/firearms/apply-license

[ACfixer]

Lately it has become necessary to agree on the course of action should the buyer fail the background check - full refund of purchase price? Retain some of it?

Not to side track (much ) but I've seen this mentioned more often as well... I'm not sure how this requires anything on the part of the seller, he/she may have collected their money and bought another gun already, or blew it on the proverbial hookers and blow for that matter. How does the seller assume any responsibility of a failed DROS?

[Librarian]

Not to side track (much ) but I've seen this mentioned more often as well... I'm not sure how this requires anything on the part of the seller, he/she may have collected their money and bought another gun already, or blew it on the proverbial hookers and blow for that matter. How does the seller assume any responsibility of a failed DROS?

He doesn't, unless he chooses to be a Nice Person. That's another possible course of action, and probably should be understood as the default: fail the background check, and that's all on the buyer.

Making that overt might be useful.