Am I hot under the collar! I just went into the Firing and shipped out a pistol with some accessories to Texas. They said that the package weighed 7 lbs, which was probably about right, but they charged me:

$30.00 for the Transfer Fee
$47.00 for the shipping - (they said that it had to be overnighted by law and I did insure it for $600.00, but I've shipped plenty through UPS and the first $100.00 in insurance is included and then it's something on the order of .35 cents for each additional hundred in coverage.)
$8.00 for "handling" - basically their charge for throwing it in a box and slapping a label on it.

In short they charged me $85.00! I was already there for almost an hour and a half while they tried to find the FFL info (which they already had been sent 3 times in the past two weeks), and by the time it was sorted out and I got the price, I didn't have either the time or inclination to try to begin the process again, since none of this was the buyers fault.

And to think that I've dropped over $600.00 in there in the last three months and was planning on doing so again. I was just getting to be pleased with them again, since over at Dave's I get nothing but attitude, so I don't give them any monies any longer, and was going to purchase more things at the Firing Line. That won't happen now, I'll just go to some of the other shops that have more positive feedback on this site. Oh well, I guess you live and you learn. Anyone else have any comments on whether this was about right and I shouldn't be peaved? If I'm in the wrong here, I'd like to know it so that I don't hold it against them.