Selling on GunBroker

[notsofast]

Hello everyone, I have a question about selling on Gunbroker. In the past when I sold on GB the payment transaction was between myself and the buyer, it always went well no trouble no problems, it seems now the buyer must receive the gun then approve of it and then send GB the payment which they will later pay me? Surely I must have this wrong, is there still a way to list on GB but get directly paid from the buyer? USPS money order was how I did it in the past. Thanks

 

[bobsguns]

I've always had to pay for the gun BEFORE it shipped. Not sure how they get their cut, maybe bill the seller?

M/O & checks go directly to the seller, if I'm not mistaken. I know lay-a-way payments go to the seller.

Sorry I wasn't more help.

 

[fordson]

In my experience, GB fees and commissions are charged to and collected from the seller. It's up to the seller if they pass that on, in some manner, to the buyer or eat it as a cost of business.

 

[bushmaster1313]

IIRC Gunbroker tags on a buyer fee and it requires the seller to charge sales tax. Both of which are paid by buyer to seller with the hammer price before the item is shipped and they are collected from the seller by Gunbroker.

 

[tomhenry]

it seems now the buyer must receive the gun then approve of it and then send GB the payment which they will later pay me? Surely I must have this wrong

Yeah, you've got it wrong. You "win" the gun and then pay the seller. Seller pays fees (which he's included in the shipped price) and he ships the gun to your FFL.

Some sellers use the GB payment plan and all that means is you go through GB checkout. I don't do that. I contact the seller directly and mail him a cashier's check.

(Virtually) no seller is going to ship a gun before he gets payment.

 

[Roofuss]

Its my understanding from a couple local FFL's that do transactions on Gunbroker that it was sold to an outfit in Kalifornia awhile back. Previously they were located in Georgia. If true, this might explain some of the confusion.

 

[CalifEd]

Leave it to Komifornia to add a new wrinkle to this GB purchase.

In addition to paying the seller, the receiving FFL now has to collect a new 11% excise tax as part of the transfer process.

BTW - Gunbroker.com was purchased by Ammo, Inc (POWW) in 2021 for around $250million and has its headquarters in Scottsdale AZ.