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FELLOW FFL' s International Shipping ?

MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
edited April 2008 in Ask the Experts
I have a guy won an auction here that is from New Zealand. My auction clearly states no INTERNATONAL shipping .. If I decide to go through with the transaction can I ship this rifle USPS ?
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You will need an export permit.
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    You can do two things:

    1. Cancel the sale. Relist. Issue negative feedback to the winner.

    2. Be nice. The winner may have customs export/import already lined up, and ready to go. You don't know that yet. So, send an E-mail and tell him you'll hold the firearm for XX days so [the buyer] can contact a US agent to handle the firearm transaction (customs, red tape, etc.) and that you will only ship to a US import/export agent (that deals in firearms). Don't get involved. The legwork is on the buyer, not you.

    Inform the winner it will be re-listed at the end of the time period agreed upon...with negative feedback, and that he should have read your requirements before he bid.


    Best, and good luck, Joe

    EDIT:
    Just for information..there's a foreign (Canadian) seller here on GB. When you win one of his items, he ships the firearm to a US FFL that handles international shipments. After it clears customs, it gets shipped to your local FFL. He's done his homework. All you are doing is receiving a firearm from the FFL (in Michigan, I think) just like any domestic Gunbroker sale. Joe
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  • MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just got email that he has an agent and the FFl will be in the mail.. Looks like this one may work out fine ..
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    Now, what about the currency exchange? Find out what a NZ pound (dollar?) is worth against the US $$$. This is where it gets sticky. You'll have to inform him the check will have to clear (international-may take up to two weeks) before you ship.

    Perhaps he has that worked out also? Ask him, and find out. Joe
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  • m.j.ryanm.j.ryan Member Posts: 91 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If the buyer needs help, and you want to complete the transaction for whatever reason, tell him to contact:

    www.simpsonltd.com
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