Fees when purchasing a new gun?

[mpan72]

My shop charges $10 for the fee. They are up front about it and are usually the lowest prices within 100 miles. They very often come in at on-line prices. I know the added costs so it does not bother me. If a shop charged me $25 or more and did not list it up front I would be upset. I always ask for the otd price so I do not get taken for a ride. I understand that is the way gun sales often work.

[Hodgie]

My shop charges $10 for the fee. They are up front about it and are usually the lowest prices within 100 miles. They very often come in at on-line prices. I know the added costs so it does not bother me. If a shop charged me $25 or more and did not list it up front I would be upset. I always ask for the otd price so I do not get taken for a ride. I understand that is the way gun sales often work.

What do they list the extra $5.00 as, a service fee for dialing the phone?

Personally I think it's bull shit to add onto a forced gov mandated fee. They should mark all their firearms up by $5.00 then instead of doubling the price of the PICS it's seems highly disingenuous to me.

[mpan72]

What do they list the extra $5.00 as, a service fee for dialing the phone?

Personally I think it's bull shit to add onto a forced gov mandated fee. They should mark all their firearms up by $5.00 then instead of doubling the price of the PICS it's seems highly disingenuous to me.

It does not bother me. They tell you the fee before starting the paperwork so I do not see any it as being disingenuous. I guess they could just include it in the price of the gun. Six of one and a half dozen of the other.

[Krichardson]

Yep. There's one sleazy place I know of that charges $50.

Damn,sleazy indeed!

[free]

If a shop wanted to charge me a fee on top of the price of the gun, I would decline to purchase.

I’d probably decline to return to the store too.

[Daycrawler]

When buying, I always ask what is the out the door price? This eliminates surprise costs. Typically I see five to ten dollars as a background fee. IMO a new gun should have the fee built in. On a used gun I expect the fee to be additional to the tagged price.

Yep. There's one sleazy place I know of that charges $50.

You should list that place here, as well as the where not to spend your money thread.

[esh21167]

Yep. There's one sleazy place I know of that charges $50.

Do they advertise that or just hit up the unsuspecting. That's ridiculous.

Damn,sleazy indeed!

You should list that place here, as well as the where not to spend your money thread.

I talked to my friend who was in contact with them, and to be fair, that was the price for them to do a person to person transfer. He didn't know if that was their standard fee for buying something from them.

[R L Suehr]

I talked to my friend who was in contact with them, and to be fair, that was the price for them to do a person to person transfer. He didn't know if that was their standard fee for buying something from them.

That's still high, but a little better than making $45 off a phone call. Not much though

[mpan72]

That's still high, but a little better than making $45 off a phone call. Not much though

I disagree. $45 for between a half and one hour of their time is not bad in my opinion. (for ptp transfers)

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

If your working with cash it is in your best interest to ask for OTD pricing.This works at the local LGSs,not the big box stores that I avoid !