BSA-airgunner Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Right i have been into my local gun shop and asked about RFD to RFD charges and it basically £25 for the RFD charge the on a secondhand gun there is the delivery charge by TNT £20 / £25 . on new guns the shops can swallow up the cost of the delivery in the sale ..........does this all sound about right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Yeh it does, but it varies. £25 is what I paid for the "handling" fee, but others pay more, others pay less! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmep Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 my local charges £25 for his time if he receives one its £25 if he sends one its his £25 fee & carrier charge of £15 robbing ********* means its hardly worth buying a cheap gun unless its local, its gonna cost £65 to get it delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Some RFD's will charge £50, so think yourself lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 robbing ********* or simply running a business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuck. Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Some RFD's will charge £50, so think yourself lucky :o makes you sick don't it? I wouldn't do any business with em at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA-airgunner Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 but does the £50 include the courier charge if so thats £20+vat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuck. Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Even if it does include courier, it's still another 20+ anyway for the recieving dealer charge innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmep Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 or simply running a business :o wouldn't mind but the next closest charges £20 and does all the police notifications..............and seem nice and friendly. local rfd does nothing except sign for the gun and sign your cert. and be an ar*e about it because you haven't bought the same gun from them, although they want £350 more than you can buy it for from another dealer including getting it sent to them, and they had the gun in the rack (and its still there). maybe i'm just not a fan of my local rfd, even though i did try and support them. see you've got me on my soapbox now be nice to earn £25 for 3 minutes work and not even have to be polite with it.................. they're luck people dont have as much choice as other trades, i'm sure if i run my business like that i'd either need a captive audience or soon be on the streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 but does the £50 include the courier charge if so thats £20+vat £50 to take delivery and for you to arrive an hour/day/week later and collect it. No delivery charges, as you'll pay that to the gunshop you originally bought it from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 If it's cheaper than the fuel and your time, what's the problem? I bought my gun off a chap on here and he was north of Glasgow! Admittedly he paid the postage and wrapping costs (about £40 IIRC) but even if I had had to pay the full £65 it was still better than going up there to get it, and cheaper than I could find one locally for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 wouldn't mind but the next closest charges £20 and does all the police notifications..............and seem nice and friendly. local rfd does nothing except sign for the gun and sign your cert. and be an ar*e about it because you haven't bought the same gun from them, although they want £350 more than you can buy it for from another dealer including getting it sent to them, and they had the gun in the rack (and its still there). :o maybe i'm just not a fan of my local rfd, even though i did try and support them. see you've got me on my soapbox now be nice to earn £25 for 3 minutes work and not even have to be polite with it.................. they're luck people dont have as much choice as other trades, i'm sure if i run my business like that i'd either need a captive audience or soon be on the streets. its not quite that simple the £25 is including VAT knock that off and you get down to £21 then knock off corporation tax and it comes down to about £17.50 and thats before you account for any overheads, they also have to notify the police and sign it onto your ticket so its not quite as straight forward as at first it seems and then there is the feeling that if you've a gun the same sat in your racks that you're not selling that one because your customer is getting one from the other end of the country. Personally if i was an RFD I'm not sure I'd want to do them at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 mine charges £15 to send one and the same to receive one and put on my ticket mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joke209061 Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 or simply running a business Mine charges £50, and i think its bloody extortionate. I think they do it to put you off, as punishment for not paying thier inflated prices. Id rather drive to another than pay the **** taking ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcw65 Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 mine charged £20 including wrapping it up and sending it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsm1968 Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Mine charged me £25 to recieve a gun for me. When I collected it he waived the fee, as I bought a 2000 cartriges while I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Phil Webster in Attleborough. I've sent a couple of guns from him both at about £18 just for the postage, and didn't charge me for handling etc. I received a gun from him aswell, and he did it for free. I can't sing his praises enough, he's a great chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 mine charges £15 to send one and the same to receive one and put on my ticket mikee Same here. Portsmouth Gun Center charged me £15 to send a gun (I had to package it) I did phone Town & Country Sports in Botley, they wanted £40 , when I asked, ''why is it that much as Portsmouth guns will do it for £15?'', I got told '' go and f-ing use them then'' then hung up No more custom from me Town & Grumpy Sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 I rarely pay the fee and if I am asked to £10, I just have 25 clays instead and they don't charge me the rfd fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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