Massachusetts dealer charging a premium to residents?!?

[gasaman]

REALLY?!? I just read this classified ad....


New in Box Hk MR556A1
comes in the factory softcase with manual, sights, tools and 1 30rd or 10rd magazine
Massachusetts AWB compliant - $2995 MA tax additional
Out of State buyers or LE price - $2795 MA tax additional, shipping charges may apply.
Cash or check, credit cards 4% fee

 

[Beretta92FS]

He probably has to pin the stock, and replace the flash hider with a muzzle brake to make it MA compliant. Hence the extra charge to perform that work.

 

[Salyeica]

As is, the firearm is not MA compliant. For a MA resident to purchase, the stock has to be pinned or muzzle brake has to be welded, compliance work that adds to the price. Such work doesn't have to be done for a NH buyer.

 

[CobaltBlueSteel]

Post 2 and 3 got it.

/thread

 

[gasaman]

OK so I'm a moron. Wasn't thinking it out.

 

[FrugalFannie]

there's a MA FFL who posts items for sale on this site all the time at RIDICULOUS prices compared to what you can buy these items for in NH. I wonder how they have any business with the price gouging but all I know is that I will never pay his prices.

 

[92G]

This thread has gone full retard
hopefully a mod can close it soon

 

[rkwjunior]

Its over priced, I never buy AR's in this state. I can buy any rifle online, have it transferred, and massified for less money, and i can choose the muzzle device of my liking.

 

[Varmint]

there's a MA FFL who posts items for sale on this site all the time at RIDICULOUS prices compared to what you can buy these items for in NH. I wonder how they have any business with the price gouging but all I know is that I will never pay his prices.

If you lived in Mass and knew our laws you'd understand.

 

[Varmint]

Its over priced, I never buy AR's in this state. I can buy any rifle online, have it transferred, and massified for less money, and i can choose the muzzle device of my liking.

His price is only $70 higher than Budsgunshop, it's just an expensive rifle. Yeah, you can get it cheaper online and avoid tax, but some people like buying from a LGS.

 

[noxin]

If you lived in Mass and knew our laws you'd understand.

There's Normal prices, there's Mass prices and then there's RIDICULOUS prices. People need to do their research before they support a business that is charging out of the ass for common stuff.

 

[Varmint]

There's Normal prices, there's Mass prices and then there's RIDICULOUS prices. People need to do their research before they support a business that is charging out of the ass for common stuff.

Someone close this thread please.

 

[stinger35]

Someone close this thread please.

There's always someone willing to pay for something they have to have. But I agree ...this thread blows. . We all know the course of this thread.

 

[Broc]

A private business can charge whatever they want to charge.
Consumers can buy wherever they want to buy and pay whatever price they think is the best.

Get over it. If you don't like their prices, shop somewhere else.

 

[rkwjunior]

His price is only $70 higher than Budsgunshop, it's just an expensive rifle. Yeah, you can get it cheaper online and avoid tax, but some people like buying from a LGS.

Id love to support local guys, but they force me to buy elsewhere with there prices and lack of variety.

 

[5 DOLLAR FOOT LONG]

3K for an ar15 with some kind of piston to make it "more reliable" for when you magdump at paper 25 yards out

 

[rkwjunior]

3K for an ar15 with some kind of piston to make it "more reliable" for when you magdump at paper 25 yards out

Yup, I don't believe HK makes a DI gun, I wonder why?? i trust their judgement though.

 

[Evadd]

Someone close this thread please.

Why? You have an AR for sale for $500 more than it's worth? Who cares if this thread plays its way out? Don't click on it.

 

[Synyster]

Does it have the shoulder thingy that goes up?

 

[Rob Boudrie]

3K for an ar15 with some kind of piston to make it "more reliable" for when you magdump at paper 25 yards out

And cutting you off from a vast selection of every part from dozens or hundreds of manufacturers.

One of the nice things about the AR15 is that outside of the non functional parts (stock, hand guard, etc.), everything is totally standard. It's like the open source software of the firearms world.

 

[Ultimate Shield]

Hey it aint a terrible price. I saw these going for 5k during the SH madness

 

[Tyke]

REALLY?!? I just read this classified ad....


New in Box Hk MR556A1
comes in the factory softcase with manual, sights, tools and 1 30rd or 10rd magazine
Massachusetts AWB compliant - $2995 MA tax additional
Out of State buyers or LE price - $2795 MA tax additional, shipping charges may apply.
Cash or check, credit cards 4% fee

4% fee? Could have sworn it was illegal to charge a fee for using a credit card. Now...on the other hand...it's perfectly legal to give a discount for using cash... ... ... so 1-potato 2-potato?

 

[Rob Boudrie]

4% fee? Could have sworn it was illegal to charge a fee for using a credit card. Now...on the other hand...it's perfectly legal to give a discount for using cash... ... ... so 1-potato 2-potato?

First off, it would not be "illegal" but a "violation of the cc merchant contract".

That being said, Master Card / Visa tolerate the $3.00 credit card fee for Las Vegas cabs.

 

[Tyke]

First off, it would not be "illegal" but a "violation of the cc merchant contract".

That being said, Master Card / Visa tolerate the $3.00 credit card fee for Las Vegas cabs.

I was thinking more in line with Part I, Title XX, Chapter 140D, Section 28A, Subsection 2:

(2) No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means.

 

[Precision Point Firearms]

I remember when NES was good

 

[warwickben]

I remember when NES was good

Remember when we were young
We felt like the luckiest ones
Nothing to worry about
The whole world was a hand-me-down

It's hard to be different
It's even harder when you wanna fit in
High school was a catastrophe
It was a failure factory

Turn it up, turn it up
Turn up your radio loud
Don't forget where you come from
It's too soon to be proud

Remember when
We... were... young
Remember when
We... were... young

Remember when we were broke
Money would come and go
The whole world is a hand-me-down
So you gotta where it proud

Whenever I reminisce
I know that the greatest risk
Is giving up the fun for pay
I don't want to live that way

Oh tear it up, tear it up
Tear up that page
I don't wanna grow up
I don't wanna act my age

Remember when, we were young

Turn it up, turn it up
Turn up your radio loud
Don't forget where you come from
It's too soon to be proud

Remember when, we were young

Remember when, we were young

 

[OfficerObie59]

This thread was like watching a car fenderbender turn into a double fatal.

 

[In God We Trust]

there's a MA FFL who posts items for sale on this site all the time at RIDICULOUS prices compared to what you can buy these items for in NH. I wonder how they have any business with the price gouging but all I know is that I will never pay his prices.

Probably the same guy that was asking $950 for a WASR 10 a while back.

 

[In God We Trust]

A private business can blah, blah, blah.

Thanks for clearing that up. We were unsure how the system works. Also, a private citizen can bitch about what a private business charges. It's part of the free market

 

[Robert J]

I was thinking more in line with Part I, Title XX, Chapter 140D, Section 28A, Subsection 2:

Keep reading, he is making the pricing terms clear, available to everyone equally, and disclosing before the transaction. Section b seems satisfied. Section 1a prohibits the cc issuer from preventing the discount by contract restriction. Given merchant agreements there is no perfect way to discount in MA. It is OK not to like his price, but this does not have legs IMO.