Online sales/shipping to FFL

[4IDARCHER]

Can someone point me to a place to start the research for finding the correct info on selling a rifle thru the internet and then shipping to an FFL? I have a rifle I would like to sell but want to go about this with eyes wide open knowing what additional costs the seller might end up paying. I have always sold privately (the few times I have sold a rifle).

Thanks

 

[EastMT]

There aren’t any extra expenses other than an auction fee unless you have to ship FFL to FFL, which is rare.

In the shipping quote, price it in a hard case and list as shipped in one with a fair price.

Take great pics, any imperfections show carefully to prevent a returned gun, shipping expenses.

The buyer should pay all shipping/FFL expenses on his end, your end should just be postage and a case.

 

[deerhunter628]

I have never sold a rifle online but the sellers on the Rokslide guns classifieds always say shipping from their FFL tou your FFL usually each pays their own FFL.

 

[5MilesBack]

Just make sure you get a copy of the buyers FFL license and include a copy of that inside the package. Then ship it to the FFL, I prefer Fedex.

 

[Kindo]

Just make sure you get a copy of the buyers FFL license and include a copy of that inside the package. Then ship it to the FFL, I prefer Fedex.

Also, once you get a copy of the FFL, go to the FFL EZ Check (FFLeZCheck 3.1.2 - Federal Firearms License Search) website to confirm the license is still valid and to double check the mailing address. A few years back, they (ATF) were having issues with non-license holders "doctoring" current or expired licenses with a different address and then picking up the gun without it going through an actual FFL.

I'm a 01 FFL holder so that's just what we were told by our local ATF back maybe 5 or 6 years ago.

 

[Kindo]

Like everyone else has said.
Be honest
Take great pictures (for buyer but also for you so they can't make any false claims against you)
Take pictures as you package it
Use a hard-sided foam case
Copy of FFL for your records
Copy of FFL to which you're shipping it to.

If you are shipping it yourself, include a copy of your current drivers license.
Also, pay for full insurance and make sure you get for 18+ signature.

If you feel uneasy about the deal, throw a few extra bucks and have a specific person sign for it at the gun shop e.g. the actual license holder or perhaps the manager of that particular shop who is there almost every day. Just make sure you call the FFL to which you're shipping to arrange that. The last thing your buyer wants is for his new rifle to have to be signed for by a guy who just went on a 2 week hunting trip in AK....

 

[tracker12]

I have shipped directly the the buyers FFL. But also had to have my FFL ship to buyers FFL. In that case the buyers FFL would not it from the seller. That added a $20 fee on my end. Most important is as others have mentioned get a copy of the buyers FFL and confirm they are legit. I never ship without talking to them

 

[howl]

FFL holder can be weird sometimes. I have had a few make up non-existent reg.s on some sort of ego trip, etc. Make sure the buyer understands they must have a FFL holder who will accept from a non-FFL holder shipped USPS. They will probably want a copy of your driver's license.

USPS reg.s spell out the details of shipping plainly. You need to put a copy of the receiving FFL in the hard case with the gun. (Hard cases aren't required. Just smart.) Box it up with nothing on it suggesting there might be a gun in there.

Be sure the serial number on a serial numbered firearm is plainly visible on the firearm.

Also, BATFE agents answer their phones. I have had good luck asking them questions.