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Haven't sold through GB yet so excuse my ignorance...

If someone buys a gun from you, is there a list of Gunbroker "approved" FFLs that you can to ship to for each state? In other words, if the buyer tells me to ship the gun to Bob's Back Ally Gun Shack, is there a way to make sure the dealer is legit and keep myself outta jail.

Thanks,
Rob

Yes, if you look around on the site there is a place to look up FFL's by zip code.

Okay cool, thanks.

If it is a valid ffl who cares what the name is.

You can also submit your own if the FFL approves.

No problem. Any FFL is ok.

Have the send or email you a copy of the FFL.

Check the expiration date.

Got to FFL EZ Check, and type in the first three and last five digits.


FFL EZ Check

Confirm the ship to address and name on the FFL matches.

Only ship to the FFL. Not to the buyer.

The FFL will transfer it to the buyer.

The list is not "GunBroker Approved" it is simply a list of FFL holders they have assembled from a lot of different sources. They may not be willing to do any deals and may not be happy their name is on the list. It is incumbent on the buyer to find a dealer to accept the firearm and it is incumbent on the seller to check the BATFE ez-check web site to verify the FFL is real. Also, the address listed on the web site is the only address you are allowed to mail the gun to.

If you ship it yourself, is there any declaration required to the Post Office as long as no ammunition is involved? Do you guys recommend the PO or a private carrier like FEDEX?

BATFE, for the millionth time, tells FFLs in writing to NOT send an FFL copy to a non-FFL. There have been instances of fraud enabled by the physical copy. Most FFLs refuse to send hard copies to non-FFLs, as they are supposed to.

^This.^

No declaration is required.

To Alaska UPS sucks bad, USPS works better and costs less. Other folks in other places have varied results.

Where I live,shipments from Bud's ship FedEx.

For clarity: when I said the address on the web site is the only legal address I was referring to the address of the FFL on the BATFE ez-check web site.

So it sounds like the bottom line is, ask the buyer what their preferred FFL is, contact the FFL and get their license #, look their license # up in the EZ Check web site, and only ship to the official address listed in the EZ Check web site.

Rob,

Note that USPS only allows you to ship long guns. Handguns are FFL to FFL only with USPS. Don't tell the USPS employee you're shipping a gun. It's completely legal, but you don't want to deal with idiot employees and postmasters who don't know their own regs, especially in WA state. Just answer "No" to their 4 questions and if asked what you're shipping say "machined metal parts" which is technically true.

I always get insurance (duh) and ship in a hard case, boxed. I cut some 1/4" plywood to fit on both large flat sides of the box for extra protection. Worth the extra weight in shipping cost for peace of mind IMO.

I recently sold a handgun via Gunbroker, my first sale there. I shipped a handgun from Texas to California using the guys linked below, a division of Bud's. The buyers FFL was not in their database. I provided the name of the FFL's business, a day later they emailed advising the buyers FFL was confirmed. They sent a shipping label via email. I printed it, taped it on the box and dropped it off at a FEDEX office at a mall near me. The handgun arrived at the California FFL next day. Coast was $35 plus insurance, that Bud's covers when the insured value is above FEDEX's $1,000 limit as mine was. All went smoothly and quickly.

https://www.shipmygun.com/go/

Pretty hard to confirm the serial number and little details like that without laying eyes, let alone hands, on the gun...

That is a legal way of shipping it.

Sitka, you are right. I received a .380 from Bud's with a missing Serial #. It was delivered by FEDEX to my FFL Dealer here in town. Bud's say's to refuse the shipment. but if you think Fedex is going to stick around the FFL guys store while they open the box and check it out you are nuts. They give you the sign-for plate, and they are gone. Bud's say to do the same with a Gun that is defective. Refuse the shipment. How can you refuse it when there is no one around to return it to? I do a lot of business with Bud's. Great people to deal with and their prices are very good, but that refusal thing is a little nutsy

What Bud's did for me, though was to send me a FEDEX label to return the Gun to the Factory pre-paid. That worked for me, but the Factory, (Eagle Imports) has had the gun since June 2 and I'm still waiting to hear from them. I wonder how long it takes to put a serial # on a Gun?