Interstate Transfer Fee

[gunenvy]

Except you are going to be paying his sales tax if you ever get audited.

Sorry am not a CA dealer, am a lurking Ohio dealer who is on too many forums

In Ohio the only requirement is the person themselves is supposed to declare it at tax time on their income tax. Hardly anyone does, actually i may be the only person who i know does.

Transfers are good in some ways for us because its pure $20 income, we dont even charge tax on the service, so its easy for us to justify doing it all day long, and NICS etc doesn't charge us a fee or anything so doing the background check online is easy, customer is usually in and out in 10 minutes tops.

[tenpercentfirearms]

Sorry am not a CA dealer, am a lurking Ohio dealer who is on too many forums

In Ohio the only requirement is the person themselves is supposed to declare it at tax time on their income tax. Hardly anyone does, actually i may be the only person who i know does.

Transfers are good in some ways for us because its pure $20 income, we dont even charge tax on the service, so its easy for us to justify doing it all day long, and NICS etc doesn't charge us a fee or anything so doing the background check online is easy, customer is usually in and out in 10 minutes tops.

Yep, I just assumed. Sorry.

I wonder how long until Ohio realizes they need to get better at getting into their citizens pockets?

[gunenvy]

Oh its been discussed many times but as yet they havent forced the issue, indeed many states have this same issue and all have discussed it in their various legislatures.

[Donny1]

thats just rude. If you are gonna play that game, don't go back to the same FFL you finger-****ed the product at to do the transfer.

Wow, so just waste his time altogether? At least he is coming back to pay the transfer fee, and maybe purchase other products. He could have fondled the gun and instead of coming back, found the cheapest guy to do the transfer as well.

Seems like a common divide here. Some FFL's are so offended and others are happy to get an honest buck for doing the transfer. Although they are disappointed for not getting the sale they understand that future business is more important. It's a balance of what your time is worth and what the customer is willing to pay. Some charge such a high price to transfer that they wont get anything and have their time wasted.

Myself, I am looking for a certain pistol. I am finding out that the money I can save online would be offset by transfer fee's and shipping and may in fact cost more. So let people that are not willing to see the big picture figure this out for themselves.

[gunenvy]

Some FFL's are so offended and others are happy to get an honest buck for doing the transfer. Although they are disappointed for not getting the sale they understand that future business is more important.

Future business and loyalty are all we have these days. The profit to be made on a new gun isnt much anyway, heck many of them i am better off doing a transfer on, less hassle and paperwork in many cases....