I can't remember where I saw/heard this old gag, but it went something like this: "Income tax, sales tax, excise tax, use tax, brass tacks, carpet tacks, what will it be next?"It's 1% here, 1% over there, 1% last year, 1% next..... Just like taxes it's all about more more more
Thanks for this insight. It never occurred to me that it would be more difficult and costly for an FFL dealer to find a financial firm that would process their CC sales simply because of the type of goods sold.The reason many charge it is often that payment processing for gun businesses is more expensive because all the major bank-affiliated payment processors will not service gun-related businesses. Neither will PayPal. We have to use smaller processors who lack scale, which increases the service charge the SELLER pays on each transaction. The credit card markup passes this cost on to the buyer to preserve the seller's lean margin.
I don't know about getting "kicked off" Gunbroker. I recently had a buyer fail to pay. I looked at his feedback, he had seven (7) bad feedbacks for failure to pay. This makes me wonder if it's possible to get kicked off.. If a seller attempted that on GB, they'd be kicked off the platform.
In my own experience as a private seller, Armslist is no longer a viable platform. I used it successfully for several years before they made the changes. Since then, I've tried it for a few months and it was completely dead. In my view, the pay wall aspect for buyers is the main culprit. My local FFL dealer says it is still working for him. Which includes interstate sales.Armslist now requires a monthly subscription...not my favorite site but I have bought and sold a few there..