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... this time at the newest store in Chino Hills.
The other day a handgun popped onto their consignment list that was of interest. I went to see it and found it had just come in the night before, so it still had 29 days left on the 30 day hold. Being something I wanted and thinking it would sell during the waiting period, I told the salesman I was interested in buying it, knowing that their policy with consignment guns required full payment since there was no layaway.
As with the many other consignments I'd bought through Turners before, I knew I would have to return after it was released from the 30 day hold, initiate the DROS, and then return for a third time 10 days later to pick it up. I should have said 'presumed' since this time the salesman said I would also have to DROS it immediately since I was completing the full purchase at that moment in order to hold it.
Now here is the kicker, due to the 30 day pickup requirement of the DROS and the remaining 29 days left on the consignment hold, he said I would only have a 1 day window in which to pick it up ! This was completely contradictory to every other Turners consignment sale I've done in which they required me to wait until it was released from the 30 day consignment hold before I could DROS it.
I protested and asked for the manager, who responded verbatim that I would have to DROS it on the spot, being so kind as to reiterate that I would only have a 1 day window in which to pick it up. He went on to say that this has been their policy, despite me saying over and over that none of my other consignment sales at other Turners stores have gone this way.
One other curiousity, Turners had taken some flak for the fact they DROS their consignment guns as pawn returns, while every other dealer I've dealt with lists them as PPTs even if the seller is not present. This time, as the young salesman was going over the DROS issue with me, he seemed hesitant and called in the manager to inform him that he could not DROS it under SB15 since the model number was different that the current model on the approved list. The manager first asked "what is SB15?", and after the salesman explained, they did some head scratching and decided to list the transaction as Curio/Relic/Olympic Pistol/Exempt. They also wrote "30 day multiple purchase exemption" in the exemption description box.
Talk about confusing, has Turners indeed changed their policies on consignment sales, or are the folks in the new Chino Hills 'showcase store' inhaling too much of that fine bovine aroma? What are the legalities on the 30 day (pawn) hold and how does this affect the timeframe for submitting the DROS ?
Thanks,
SA
The other day a handgun popped onto their consignment list that was of interest. I went to see it and found it had just come in the night before, so it still had 29 days left on the 30 day hold. Being something I wanted and thinking it would sell during the waiting period, I told the salesman I was interested in buying it, knowing that their policy with consignment guns required full payment since there was no layaway.
As with the many other consignments I'd bought through Turners before, I knew I would have to return after it was released from the 30 day hold, initiate the DROS, and then return for a third time 10 days later to pick it up. I should have said 'presumed' since this time the salesman said I would also have to DROS it immediately since I was completing the full purchase at that moment in order to hold it.
Now here is the kicker, due to the 30 day pickup requirement of the DROS and the remaining 29 days left on the consignment hold, he said I would only have a 1 day window in which to pick it up ! This was completely contradictory to every other Turners consignment sale I've done in which they required me to wait until it was released from the 30 day consignment hold before I could DROS it.
I protested and asked for the manager, who responded verbatim that I would have to DROS it on the spot, being so kind as to reiterate that I would only have a 1 day window in which to pick it up. He went on to say that this has been their policy, despite me saying over and over that none of my other consignment sales at other Turners stores have gone this way.
One other curiousity, Turners had taken some flak for the fact they DROS their consignment guns as pawn returns, while every other dealer I've dealt with lists them as PPTs even if the seller is not present. This time, as the young salesman was going over the DROS issue with me, he seemed hesitant and called in the manager to inform him that he could not DROS it under SB15 since the model number was different that the current model on the approved list. The manager first asked "what is SB15?", and after the salesman explained, they did some head scratching and decided to list the transaction as Curio/Relic/Olympic Pistol/Exempt. They also wrote "30 day multiple purchase exemption" in the exemption description box.
Talk about confusing, has Turners indeed changed their policies on consignment sales, or are the folks in the new Chino Hills 'showcase store' inhaling too much of that fine bovine aroma? What are the legalities on the 30 day (pawn) hold and how does this affect the timeframe for submitting the DROS ?
Thanks,
SA
The guys you were dealing with were bone-heads.
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