FFL Fees- WOW!!

[The Rabbi]

FFLs are free to charge what they like. Customers are free to shop elsewhere.
When is started I charged $25+10 for the first gun, $20+10 thereafter, and it was per transaction, not per gun. It was about the lowest in town.
And then a funny thing happened.
The customers I got through the door were all bottom dollar guys. They wouldn't buy a bullet or a target because they could save 15 cents buying it at Wal Mart.
Additionally I've had to wait on line at the PO for half an hour picking up a customer's gun when the postman came before I opened.
I've had guns dumped on my front porch because FFLs can't tell the difference between a premises address and a mailing address.
I've had guns come with no documentation of any kind.
I've had an FFL call me an idiot because he lost my FFL and then sent the gun to the wrong address.
I've had to unpack rolls of tape and bubble pack from over-packed guns and then haul all of it out to the dumpster.
I've had guns shipped that turned out to be stolen.
I've had guns shipped that were for customers trying to do a straw purchase.
I've had guns sit in my safe for 3 weeks while the customer was out of town.

I decided it wasn't worth the hassle. For old customers I'll still charge $20 but some guy coming through the door is going to pay $50 flat. Don't like it? Go elsewhere.

 

[VonFatman]

$10.00
Seems reasonable to me. I don't transfer many, but when I do I don't worry too much about the fee.

Bob

 

[ohiobuckeye]

25-30 bucks is probably a reasonable fee, in most locations, for a dealer who's makes his living off his FFL where the state doesn't pile on more paperwork. The paperwork you see him do at the time of purchase is only part of the job. At the end of the day he still has to enter all those 4473 forms in his ATF log book and sort and file them in a manner to make them readily accessable to ATF inspections and keep them filed for the next twenty years as required by federal law. Just keeping an FFL requires an investment of time, money, and submitting to scrutiny by ATF that most of us would rather avoid.
Of course, there are a few hobby dealers who will do it for less, and even do their buddies for free, and a few dealers who give good customers a break on the fee. I don't know all the specific details of what's required for transactions in CA, MA, and a few other unfriendly states, so maybe 50-75 bucks for just the transfer paperwork is not out of line in some states. IMHO 50-75 bucks would be outrageous for a state like Ohio.

 

[walnutred]

The small shop I frequent charges $20 either coming or going, but the outbound fee includes postage.

 

[rbert0005]

My guy is usually 25 bucks, sometimes it's a strawberry shake.

Bob

 

[psm06270]

25.00 coming or going here. Phil

 

[montezumaz]

$15 if you have a CCW, $25 if not.

 

[pistolite]

I received two at once recently. It was $25 for the first and $10 for the second plus $10 for the state.

 

[Class III]

The FFL I have been using for several years use to charge me $20.00 + $10 for the state, to receive, do paperwork and log. I worked a deal with him a few years ago. I pay him $100.00 every January and he only charges me the $10.00 state fee for as many as I care to buy in a years time. Most years it has been in my favor, averaging about $10.00 per transaction + the $10.00 state fee. This year he may get the upper hand on me as it now stands at a $50.00 per transfer average. As far as having him ship for me, he only charges actual USPS First Class Postage + a six pack of Sam Adams. I do all the packing in my own box and tape it closed after he has logged it in & out. He drops it at the post office as he lives just a couple of blocks from there.

Class III

 

[WaterburyBob]

Mine charges $25 if he has to mail his FFL (he will only send it certified mail), $20 if he can fax it (or he's already done business with the other FFL and they have his license). He still charges that fee if you do 2 guns; I've never done more than that at a time, so I don't know if that still holds true for 3 or more.

There are no call fees or state fees here in CT.

 

[oldfella]

$25 to ship out, $25 to receive & process.

Pete

 

[J. Galt]

Mine is the cheapest around, and he charges $50.

 

[dg101win]

$20 here.

 

[Eagle Guns]

FFL Fees-WOW!!

I have been charging $15.00 since 1991.

 

[kennyb]

$25.00 here

 

[Babalooie]

My boss charges a flat $50 coming or going.

 

[epj]

$15 incoming and the cost of postage (about $15) outgoing. Plus a couple of hundred dollars a year for range membership, but ya get to shoot there too.