RFD Transfer

[Ricko]

Hi

Can someone give me more info about RFD Transfer and the costs.

Are costs payable at both ends?

Cheers

[mickmep]

your rfd - sending- will normally charge you £25 for him plus £15 courrier (£40 total)

receiving rfd will normally charge buyer £25 to collect and sign onto certificate.

 

you can substitute the £25 with anything from £15 to £40 depending on rfd

 

process is you need to take the gun to your rfd along with the details of the rfd you are sending to.

better also take the details of the person who is buying it as well.

rfd's will arrange transfer between themselves.

the rfd you are taking it to will (i assume) give you their details so you can do your police notification.

my understanding is you are transfering the gun to the rfd - not the end buyer, but this may be wrong, ask the rfd who

you hand gun over to.

[BattleFieldRelics]

I think you pay on the recieving end. And costs vary from shop to shop. I think the average is £25 but i've seen it for £15 and also £35

[Billy.]

Mick, you'll find some people are forced to pay £50 at their RFD

[Ricko]

Cheers, thanks for that.

I was looking at a few things in a Holts sealed bid auction, especially a cheap Zabala to restock my 'project' gun (see other post: serious stock advice needed)

[HDAV]

Might be worth contact holts to see if they would sell you a stock from a beyond repair gun

[mickmep]

Mick, you'll find some people are forced to pay £50 at their RFD

hope you at least get a smile for your £50.

as i've said before my local rfd is possibly the most miserable you could meet.

so much that i will normally drive 20 miles each way to chris potters.

at least you get a happy face and they do the police notification for their money.

and they only charged £20 last time i collected one from them.

[the running man]

hope you at least get a smile for your £50.

as i've said before my local rfd is possibly the most miserable you could meet.

so much that i will normally drive 20 miles each way to chris potters.

at least you get a happy face and they do the police notification for their money.

and they only charged £20 last time i collected one from them.

yes it can be costly,I know they have to make money but when the cost of the fuel is twice as cheap as the transfer I will just drive there,I'm in bristol and can get to gatwick and back for £30 in diesel,so stuff their charges.besides the buyer always wants u to knock the rfd charge off the gun price and you've lost even more money! Madness!!!!!

[Norrie]

Mick, you'll find some people are forced to pay £50 at their RFD

 

Hiya, I got two guns RFD'd today...one cost £50 from near Nottingham...the other was £25 from Somerset...they cost me £30 for both from my own RFD here in Scotland....I dont really think that was too much actually...service was ace....

[Breastman]

I've never been charged a transfer fee by the sending RFD, just the courier charge, which if its done by TNT shouldn't normally be more than £15 (assuming its mainland Britain and the RFD has an account with them). In just a 30 mile radius i can pay from £10 to £35 for the receiving RFD's transfer fee, take a WILD guess which one i get my stuff sent to . . .

 

Mark

[Ian.S]

Reading this makes me realise I’m not being lead on since looking to buy my first Shotgun and I wanted transfered from Shropshire to Hampshire the gun is £249 collected but £260 if transferred then it will cost me another £25 to pick the gun up from the Hampshire RFD so I guess £36 for a transfer is fairly normal?

 

Although still not sure i want to buy somthing i've never seen or used before since £285 is still a fair bit for a cheap pump action. Just a pity there is no pump action guns in my neck of the woods.

Edited February 25, 2013 by Ian.S

[Bewsher500]

welcome to rip off Britain!

shop around, I got a rifle received on the South coast for a fiver

 

Gun Trade Association members get TNT transfer for around a tenner. it takes 5 mins to fill in a piece of paper, maybe costs them something to pack but they likely have boxes coming and going regularly

 

anything above that is pure profit.

receiving RFD;s charging silly prices (I was quoted £50 once!) are fools.

you have a guy in your shop with a new gun.....sell them some ammo, a new sleeve, a cleaning kit, some reloading supplies, ........

 

fleecing people for little more than 5 mins of admin makes me want to take my shopping list elsewhere!!

 

rant over

[HDAV]

£36 is pretty good, jsut add up the cost of fuel and time to go collect it then work out if it is a rip off or not..............

[Ian.S]

Well paid for the winchest this AM the seller is only chargeing £15 for sending so £35 in total isnt so bad and this way its closer so save on petrol which would of cost a LOT more to collect it.

[steve_b_wales]

The usual charge with my RFD's is £25 to send, including the postage, and then another £25 to get it from the receiving RFD. As mentioned, most RFD's pay £10 postage.

[Canis]

welcome to rip off Britain!

shop around, I got a rifle received on the South coast for a fiver

 

Gun Trade Association members get TNT transfer for around a tenner. it takes 5 mins to fill in a piece of paper, maybe costs them something to pack but they likely have boxes coming and going regularly

 

anything above that is pure profit.

receiving RFD;s charging silly prices (I was quoted £50 once!) are fools.

you have a guy in your shop with a new gun.....sell them some ammo, a new sleeve, a cleaning kit, some reloading supplies, ........

 

fleecing people for little more than 5 mins of admin makes me want to take my shopping list elsewhere!!

 

rant over

 

I really don't think that the £25 + postage costs that is the going rate is unreasonable

do you really think that it is y just five minutes admin time ? The RFD's need to talk to each other, get a copy of the receivers RFD certificate to the sender, each dealer needs to log the gun in and out of his books and spend time receiving the gun/ packing the gun dealing with the courier, issuing the gun to the new owner. ( technically they should be checking the proof the gun but i'm not going there as i dont have my tin hat on today)

 

yes, they could be selling you any one of a number of accessories but the margin on ammo is tiny, and with the internet selling everything else at small margins the chap who bought his gun elsewhere will probably get his consumables on evilbay as well

[pigeonroost]

A friendly Rfd who you do business with , may charge a small fee. ( £10/15) Some do it free as a good will gesture , for your business. Anyone can send to a Rfd , with a correct courier , signed tracked etc , but a RFD MUST receive along with your details enclosed & who to..

No indication of what is posted must be disclosed !

 

Simply the address TO & From.

[brett1985]

not quite a winning thread resurrection, but still a good one.

[rbrowning2]

I think some of you are behind the times, speak with your RFD as TNT recently put up their charges by a considerable amount most RFDs as a result have swaped to using Parcelforce however I believe they have realised why they have just got so much business from the gun trade and have or are putting up their charges.

 

Then ask about section 5 expanding bullets/ammo delivery charges as that has also gone up by a significant amount.

 

Then we moan about the RFD making a few quid profit for sending/receiving the gun personally I support mine as much as possible and in return you get the occasional reward like receiving a gun free of charge because you are a valued customer.

 

We are in danger of losing the smaller gunshops.

Edited June 8, 2016 by rbrowning2

[saddler]

...Anyone can send to a Rfd , with a correct courier , signed tracked etc , but a RFD MUST receive along with your details enclosed & who to..

No indication of what is posted must be disclosed !

 

Simply the address TO & From.

Not JUST a courier.

Anyone can send via Royal Mail, BUT you MUST ensure that the package meets ROYAL MAIL size limits otherwise it is a ParcelForce package - and NO non-trade-account holders can send guns via ParcelFarce!

(Approx. max length for Royal Mail is 24" for a box, but 36" for a mailing tube) Costs around £17 to post a gun. MINIMUM it must be sent by is First Class. The senders name & address MUST be displayed....

More details about sending guns by Royal Mail are in the Home Office Guidance to Police & also on the BASC website

 

WARNING - IF you do this, take paperwork copies from the RM website, Restricted Goods - "Guns for Sporting Use", plus other paperwork - as above - as in my experience the Post Office counter staff are as dumb as a bag of rocks & will ONLY look at the laminated-to-keep-the-drool-off-village-idiots-for-the-use-of-pictograph-guide (it shows a "gun" as prohibited - but the icon image an MP5K which is under the category heading of "Weapons": the website expands on that definition = Section 5 guns & illegal arms!!? Do the staff know the difference? Do they ****...)

IF they still refuse tell them to call Business Support Network - plus make an official complaint as the Post Office staff are very poorly trained & lacking in brain cells.

OR

Plan B - the easer option - don't tell them it's a gun in the box. 100% legal to send by Royal Mail - the only issue/problem otherwise is the PO staff, so keep their special feelings out of the equation & just mail it. It WILL still be X-rayed, but it IS legal to send, so it shouldn't be an issue...BUT ONLY do this via Royal Mail. ParecelFarce is a no-no for mere mortals!