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Invasion of privacy

Henry0Reilly
Some dipstick at UPS told the seller that a handgun had to be shipped to the mailing address on the FFL, which happens to be the store owner's home.

quote:Originally posted by Henry0Reilly
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=250012
I called the pawn shop owner and let him know that a handgun will be delivered to his home tomorrow. He was considerably less than pleased to learn that his phone number is available via online white pages.

He hung up on me without commenting on the gun at all.


I felt like I needed to make sure he knew about the delivery and I hoped he would understand that point.

Sure enough the gun was left on his porch.

I went to pick it up today (he's only in the local store on Monday's) and the guy just read me the riot act for calling him at home.

He says he will not handle transfers for me any more. [:(]
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  • Colt Super
    Are there any others that will handle your transactions, close by ??

    Sound to me like the guy was mad at you for something he failed to handle.

    Doug
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  • Henry0Reilly
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    Are there any others that will handle your transactions, close by ??

    Sound to me like the guy was mad at you for something he failed to handle.

    Doug


    The other store I had been using is 30 miles away and charges twice as much.
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  • Colt Super
    Sucks.

    Go beg for mercy.

    Doug
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Why would his home addy be on the FFL and not the stores addy?...Does he not receive any mail at the store?.....And why would you say invasion of privacy?..

    Its monday..
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  • Ronald J. Snow
    BlackRoses: It is not unusual to see different addresses on a FFL for mailing and business locations. I receive all my household mail and business mail at the store as we live in a very rural area and it makes one less mailbox to maintain and one less stop for the rural carrier.

    RJSnow
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  • bobski
    i believe that is the law. it must be mailed to the address on the ffl.
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  • MosinNagantDisciple
    The pawnshop owner sounds like a major dick-head. You called him at his house, big deal, thats how many FFLs operate. He either needs a serious attitude adjustment or he needs to quit doing transfers altogether.
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  • jbc23060
    If you ship a firearm to an address OTHER than what's on the license, how do YOU know it's actually going to the licensee? That's a very bad practice, even if it is legal...which I seriously doubt. Maybe you interrupted his annual 'make nice with wifey' session and now he has to wait another year. I'd be pi$$ed too.[:D]
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  • 375H&H
    MosinNagantDisciple +1 A+
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  • Henry0Reilly
    quote:Originally posted by bobski
    i believe that is the law. it must be mailed to the address on the ffl.


    quote:Originally posted by BlackRoses
    Why would his home addy be on the FFL and not the stores addy?...Does he not receive any mail at the store?.....And why would you say invasion of privacy?..

    Its monday..



    The "invasion of privacy" [according to his point of view] was calling his home.

    There are two addresses listed on FFL licenses - one for the premises and the other a mailing address.
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  • Permanently deleted user
    IF his phone number is available online in the white pages, then it was/is in the phone book, so its hardly an invasion of privacy...If that is the way he conducts his business, then I say its time to find someone else...
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  • D1
    quote:Originally posted by MosinNagantDisciple
    The pawnshop owner sounds like a major dick-head. You called him at his house, big deal, thats how many FFLs operate. He either needs a serious attitude adjustment or he needs to quit doing transfers altogether.




    Ditto!! DICK-HEAD! If you ever move close by to me I'll do all your transfers for cheap. And, I'll give you all my phone numbers so you can call me anytime about something important like that. He needs to gripe at the phone company about the phone number not you.
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