Here in Va. it's the law to charge $2.00 for the insta-check, but our calls are to the Va. State Police.One thing that really ticks me off is that some shops charge to call in a NICS check.It's toll free and tahes about 3 minutes.
Here in Va. it's the law to charge $2.00 for the insta-check, but our calls are to the Va. State Police.One thing that really ticks me off is that some shops charge to call in a NICS check.It's toll free and tahes about 3 minutes.
That was my experience when I lived in Kansas.I've never had an Instant check take over 5 minutes total, and I get delayed every time.
I think that's the question here. What is a reasonable fee? Do you as the shop owner get to decide what is a reasonable fee? Nope. Sorry. Keep thinking that way and you won't be in business long.there's not a thing wrong with charging a reasonable fee for a transfer OR an Instant Check and all the complaining in the world isn't going to make that fact any different.
Clubsoda22, Don't take this wrong, but could your personality be a basis for a surcharge? Many of your post are fairly caustic. If you threw that attitude around around my shop I'd charge you the "VIP" rate.
The NICS fee as I understand it does not go towards the shops profit or overhead, but to the state to help maintain the NICS sysytem as required by law. I may be wrong but that is what was explained to me by a long term non-Rambo-smarter-than-you-type shop employee in a casual conversation outside of his work enviroment. He usually tells me when he thinks his shop is full of BS and actually makes fun of me for shopping there.Club it's called overhead. The shop has to pay the employee that is making the call, the shop has to pay for the employees insurance that is making the call, the shop has to pay the phone bill for the phone that the employee is using to make the call. The shop has to pay the employee that takes the information down, files the 4473, makes the appropriate notations in the log book. The shop has to pay the electric bill. The shop has to pay either rent or property taxes on the building. I'm sorry you don't feel as though a shop should be paid for the time it spends on servicing its customers. I don't see it as being petty and I don't have a problem with paying for services rendered provided it's done in a professional and courteous manner.