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What I was hoping was going to be a painless first time buy, now looks like it's going to be a hassle.
Certified bank check still has not been cashed. Technically it expires today (do not cash after 90).
The gods do not want me to have this suppressor.....
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Probably got lost in the mail.... did you have tracking on the delivery?
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My FFL is the one who handled that, and is getting the info....Was supposed to be getting it. Never got back to me yesterday.
ATF Has no record of the serial number, my name, anything.
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I submitted my paperwork back in June, my check did not cash until December
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Problem being my check is a Certified Bank Check - expired on 4/17 (do not cash after 90 days). Bank calls it a "Stale Check" after 180, and won't refund for 2 years if not cashed. Otherwise I have to do a stop payment and fee.
Planned obsolescence by the ATF? - Here is to hoping that the FFL finds it.
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Sticks Wrote:Problem being my check is a Certified Bank Check - expired on 4/17 (do not cash after 90 days). Bank calls it a "Stale Check" after 180, and won't refund for 2 years if not cashed. Otherwise I have to do a stop payment and fee.
Planned obsolescence by the ATF? - Here is to hoping that the FFL finds it.
HMM. How much experience do you have with FFL? Hate to point fingers.... but that is where i would look first.
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The ATF is quick to take funds and slow to approve. It's always been 10 days or less for the check to cash and 5-10 months for approval. I'm with keystone183 hate to point fingers but it starts at the FFL you used good luck
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As it would happen....
Probably the last time I use a box store to buy one. They filed it in the "Sent" folder. Overnight'd it the day after I called when the manager found it. At least they were up front and very candor about it.
Thank you for the additional 2.75 month wait on my approval guys.:mad:
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08-24-2017, 10:06 AM
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So I called the ATF last week, low and behold, still no record of my paperwork. I called my bank next, and after 4 calls trying to get someone with enough brains to see if that certified check was cashed, and when, I finally got an answer - Nope.
Called Sportsman's Warehouse back and explained to them that the ATF still has no record of my paperwork, the Certified check which is now long expired has not been cashed, and all the paperwork that I have at home which may or may not be one of the copies from them (I had filled out the Form 4, but they insisted to use theirs), does not have the suppressor SN on it.
They are now waiting for UPS to tell them where exactly they delivered the package with all my stuff in it.
8 months into my very first tax stamp and I am still effectively at day one, other than someone other than me has $1k of my money.
This whole year around the 6.5 grendel (PF Neptune, supresssor....) has been nothing but way longer than expected waits and hassles. Damn.
Sorry, Had to vent. If all had gone right, I should be picking this up by the end of next month.
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Sticks Wrote:So I called the ATF last week, low and behold, still no record of my paperwork. I called my bank next, and after 4 calls trying to get someone with enough brains to see if that certified check was cashed, and when, I finally got an answer - Nope.
Called Sportsman's Warehouse back and explained to them that the ATF still has no record of my paperwork, the Certified check which is now long expired has not been cashed, and all the paperwork that I have at home which may or may not be one of the copies from them (I had filled out the Form 4, but they insisted to use theirs), does not have the suppressor SN on it.
They are now waiting for UPS to tell them where exactly they delivered the package with all my stuff in it.
8 months into my very first tax stamp and I am still effectively at day one, other than someone other than me has $1k of my money.
This whole year around the 6.5 grendel (PF Neptune, supresssor....) has been nothing but way longer than expected waits and hassles. Damn.
Sorry, Had to vent. If all had gone right, I should be picking this up by the end of next month.
Ouch. I'd get a refund and find a silencershop dealer near you. Good news is....if you get that done and get filed soon, your wait is looking like it might only by 4 or 5 months! Maybe less!
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Your paper work never made it there. I'm not trying to upset you just telling you I sent my paperwork in 2 weeks ago and they already charged my cc.
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keystone183 Wrote:Ouch. I'd get a refund and find a silencershop dealer near you. Good news is....if you get that done and get filed soon, your wait is looking like it might only by 4 or 5 months! Maybe less!
4-5 months? First I've heard of that. Would be nice. Filed my second Form 4 a couple of weeks ago. Both of my sets of paperwork that were filed this year, they charged my card with 2 days of receiving my stuff. They are VERY efficient at taking your money, not so much at delivering the goods. If you don't have confirmation within a week of them getting your stuff, I'd start looking into it.
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With the ATF now accepting the barcode F4's from silencershop, expected wait times are dropping fast... F3's are already coming back in 6 hours. I wouldn't be surprised to see wait times drop to 2-3 months again before they spike back up and settle to around the 4-6 month frame. ATF is still working to update the eForms.... still no word if they will be opened back up to the public or not....
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explorecaves Wrote:With the ATF now accepting the barcode F4's from silencershop, expected wait times are dropping fast... F3's are already coming back in 6 hours. I wouldn't be surprised to see wait times drop to 2-3 months again before they spike back up and settle to around the 4-6 month frame. ATF is still working to update the eForms.... still no word if they will be opened back up to the public or not....
ATF says their goal is to keep it under 90 days. These upgrades shouldn't allow it to get back up to 6 months
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CastorTroy Wrote:ATF says their goal is to keep it under 90 days. These upgrades shouldn't allow it to get back up to 6 months
Not worried about the human factor of processing them.... it is the government factor that slows down the process that may cause it to rise again to 6 months or more.... LOL
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Bigs28 Wrote:Your paper work never made it there. I'm not trying to upset you just telling you I sent my paperwork in 2 weeks ago and they already charged my cc. They do cash the check pretty quick, within a week for my last 2.
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Well, the FFL is waiting on UPS to tell them exactly where they delivered the package. Supposedly the ATF will not divulge if the person that signed for it worked for them during the time that it was delivered. All they are saying is that they have no record of my paperwork.
Stopping payment on an expired check today, and will have to start all over with this BS again (finger print, photo....). The FFL is offering a huge discount on the can, including paying for any out of pocket fees that I have incurred during this time....which is leading me to think that they dicked the dog, and are trying to sweep it under the rug.
Looking at NFA tracker, and if all had gone right, I would have been picking it up this month.
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What a CF, you have my empathy. Not that it will get you your can any faster though.
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*****UPDATE*****
The second filing of my Form 4 Individual occurred at the end of October, Check was cashed mid November.
"Still Pending" as of June 30.
The agonizing wait for all things Grendel continues.
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My trust check was cashed 1st week of December and i got my stamp June 27th. So it should be almost done for you.
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