marksman wrote:with all due respect Octane, I discussed this with my dealer who was amazed at the cost as he would only charge for postage and insurance as he does not charge for acting as an agent which is set in the Vic regs at $25 max for less than 5 minutes work, probably why he has loyal customers
the postage for a firearm is around $20 and insurance is $1.50 per $100 insurance, as for the handling that is where these guys are getting greedy and it is a rip off that they have made up themselves, they have interstate buyers by the ball bag if you want to buy a firearm from them so with usually under $25 to post how can you say $100 is reasonable? and that is why not every firearm dealer charges like that, my dealer is not the only dealer that does not charge his customers for 5 minutes work, don't know about anyone else but I like value for money and I wont just shut up because they have made it ok to the sheeple
if I buy from America I don't get a handling charge and that is for firearm parts that need an import permit that goes through a firearm dealers books
No mate, I'm not saying it's reasonably, I'm saying lets keep the waters clear on what we're talking about.
You keep mentioning the regulations limit of $25 for a transfer,
then talking about the postage/handling and how much in excess of the $25 it is.
If you did a transfer in the store with another local shooter, where they just witnessed the serials etc. and did the books would they charge you $100? No. They'd just charge you for the transfer.
In the scenario you're talking about you're paying additional cash for postage/handling which is not covered by the regulations, just a fact.
If you think their postage/handling fees are excessive, that's fine (not saying you're wrong), but it's nothing to do with the regs.
Likewise, what dealer X in the USA does or does not charge you to send something isn't relevant either.
I never said "shut up" and be a sheeple. If you don't like it, vote with your wallet and have somewhere else do the transfer for you. That's the solution.