I was referring to transfer/check all in cost $10
Had an FFL for a couple years that did it for free
But he closed up, so now $10
Which I think is more than fair
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I was referring to transfer/check all in cost $10
Had an FFL for a couple years that did it for free
But he closed up, so now $10
Which I think is more than fair
Ive bought 8 of them so far and they have all been identical. Couple had those silly stampings but that was the only difference.Originally Posted by tomme boy
These are great deals, but it may not be so great if your dealer charges you upwards of $50 each to do the background checks etc for them. I cannot fault the dealers as they have to do the paperwork and save the paperwork forever and not get any money for it either.
The Palmetto Armory deal showed up tonight and I placed my order for three. Shipping is still $9 each but the FFL only charges $15 total for the transaction, or at least that was what it was when I last used him.
When they finally arrive(Palmetto is not the fastest shipper on the net), I imagine they will go into the safe for now. I guess this just shows that I can't resist a deal.
John
W.TN
There is also a couple of different FONTS that they use. It depends on which of their factories make them on which you get.
you have the shipping thing dead on. palmetto's shipping is so so slooooooowwwwwwww, i almost never buy from them, no matter how good a deal they are having on something.
When a lot of us were young, it took four to six weeks for something to arrive that you ordered. We are spoiled.
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The font makes no difference to me. All the lowers that are basically the same really make no sense to me. When looking over all the stripped lowers there were some that stuck out as being too "other worldly" to me. I guess it might make sense if you are really into AR's. I'm not.
John
W.TN
I built with the exact same safe fire PSA multi lower for $39 and it's a great start. Good solid build with zero issues 300BO 10.5" pistol.
Ordered the lower kit with SBA3 and the enhanced polished trigger when it was on sale.
I used the $129 nickel boron BCG when they had it on sale for $79, Flipped the unused BCG that came with the upper for $50 which put me in the nickel boron piece for $29.
Sometimes they will bundle something with the Vortex sight, snatch that up and flip the Vortex for $100 and you get the rest of the bundle for $49 instead of $99.
More than one way to work their scheme to fit your budget.
They went out of their way to make sure my stuff got here before Florence arrived, brown truck brought the last piece as winds were kicking up, I was locked and loaded for the storm, which is exactly why I built when I did.
Edit: I got some used magpul Gen II flip up sights from fleabay for $35 and first range trip LOL dang if they weren't already sighted in @100 without touching nary a thing.
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very true, and it seems to me psa still operates that way.
I gather they deal in bulk arrivals and onesies twosies shipments, and keep staff low to reduce overhead. I don't mind waiting for the price paid!
Bulldogger
guess I don't worry about it. Ive got other guns to shoot. I can live without it for two weeks.
Last edited by Lloyd Smale; 05-20-2019 at 05:50 AM.
Agree
Yes it is slower, but it gets there.
Specific example
Order 4-25-2019
Ship 5-11-19
11 days is about 10 days longer than many/most vendors
But I want what they got, so 11 days is nothing to me
For others, it will twist the panties
I get that, and it is a fair expectation
only 11 days isnt bad for psa, ive had them take 3x that long.
I'd prefer to find them locally and avoid the transfer fees, around here it's at least $25 per.
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psa shipping times as slow because they don't build uppers. When you order one from them they send an order to there builder, they build it and when psa gets it they ship it.
done.Just ordered and upper about 10 minutes ago. Had a lower built and sitting in the safe for my son in law. Ive been procrastinating finishing the gun but found out yesterday hes coming to visit in 3 weeks so it was time to get it done.
Actually the 3rd time ive built it for him. First one went to my hunting buddy for a big favor he did for me. second one went to my son in law for the MANY favors he does for me.
Last edited by Lloyd Smale; 05-20-2019 at 05:50 AM.
i was just talking parts, not stuff they have to build/assemble.
maybe things are improving there. I ordered an upper on Monday and got an email yesterday that said it was shipped and should be here tommarow.
I got a letter from Palmetto that my FFL's license was going to expire next month. I had to contact him to send it in. He had already received it but hadn't faxed it to Palmetto. Hopefully, he has done so now. The letter said if they didn't receive it in 30 days, the order would be cancelled.
John
W.TN
Got an email this morning that my order had shipped. Pretty fast considering they had to get the FFL.
John
W.TN
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