Usmc5811
US Veteran
Ok so I have been trying to get a firearm shipped to another dealer through my FFL dealer. I could do it myself but it cost me more to ship then to go through my FFL. I have shipped and or received 8'firearms in the past year. Usually no problem. But there have been a few. The first I was returning a mountain gun back to one of our members. I dropped the gun off the dealer and I packed it up and he printed out a shipping label. I sent the member a tracking number and expected him to receive it in 3 days at the most. Well 4 days later I get a call from the member saying the tracking number still isn't in the system. I call my guy and he tells me the girl who normally drops off the firearms at the FedEx office had forgot, no big deal it was shipped out that day. The next problem occurred when I shipped a Winchester model 63 to another member. I told the member that I had dropped off the rifle and he should have it in a couple of days, that was on a Monday. The following Monday I get an email that the member has not received his rifle yet. So I call my dealer this time there was a power outage ( it did happen) and that it fried his computers but that it would ship that day, and it did with a tracking number. Now I am trying to ship a 4" 28-2 NYSP. I dropped the firearm off yesterday only to find out that he didn't have a copy of the FFL to where it was being shipped. The buyer said it had been emailed last week. I call the buyers FFL dealer and have him send another email with a copy of their license, and he says he will in just a minute. I wait an hour and call my dealer still no license. I ask if he has a fax and he texts the number to me. I call the buyers dealer and give them the fax number and he tells me he will get right on it. This was 4:30 in the afternoon by now. So today I send a text to my dealer asking if he received the fax no reply. I went out and did my errands and when I get back I call him and he says no fax received. Now I am starting to get a little perturbed. Then my dealer asks me why I am doing this and not the buyer? I tell him that I just want to get this misunderstanding taken care of and I don't know which dealer is screwing up, and that it makes me look bad and I'm not the one running a business. So another call to the buyers FFL and get a real nice gentleman on the phone and explain to him that I have been chasing my tail for two days and could he please just email a copy to me and I would get it to the dealer. He agrees and a minute or two later it's in my mailbox. I forward the copy to my dealer and text him that it should be in his mailbox. I also texted a copy of the license to him also, and asked if he would please send me a tracking number when it has shipped and no reply from him. Tomorrow morning I will be calling him again to make sure he got one of the 2 copies I sent. And if he tells me he doesn't I am going to have to call BS, and personally deliver the copy to him and wait while its boxed up and shipped. I'm feeling mad as all get out and embarrassed too. The gentleman has paid for the revolver but hasn't received it yet. What would you guys do? I know I would like to go put my size 12 foot in him where the sun don't shine. I don't want to stop using this guy because he is within 10 minutes from my house and charges $20 transfer fee, plus what it cost to ship usually another $20. I know he is a busy man we all are but how can you expect to run a business doing things like this. It just boggles me. Anyone else had these kinds of troubles when dealing with a FFL? I know we are gonna have to have a sit down and get things straight. But why, if you don't want to fool with shipping firearms then just say so. But I would think that the $20 dollars I give him each time just to put my name in the book isn't a bad deal. The next nearest dealer charges $50 for a transfer fee. What would you guys do. Sorry but I needed to vent.
