Thanks Mike
From searching the forum I was expecting about 25, plus a little, as those refs were 2-3 years ago.
My local one wants £45, I thought that was a bit steep.
Ask around at locaish RFD's as I am fairly sure you will not get it done around here for less that £25 and probably more. The Police keep adding more and more burdens paperwork wise onto RFD's so it takes them longer to do. Watched a RFD do a transfer recently and it took a fair while.
On the contrary if the receiving dealer is carrying out the process as it should be done there is less paperwork involved so any fee if charged should be minimal.
I shall inform him that he is obviously doing it wrong next time I see him. It will be interesting to hear his reply!
Now it is true that there is less paper as it is done on the computer though a copy of the notification to the licensing office is printed off for the new owners records so the new owner does not even need to inform the licesning office as it is done for them at this time.
That's the beauty of friends being rfd's, the shop here asked for £35 to accept a mod for me. and it's not about overheads they just think they are the only rfd for miles , if they were reasonable, I would still be using them and putting a lot more business their way.£10 from the guy who deals from home at all hours (I once collected a rifle at 9:00pm on a sunday) but usually free if I happen to stock up on ammo etc, shop down the road is £35 and I was once quoted £60 from a shop over the border
That's the beauty of friends being rfd's, the shop here asked for £35 to accept a mod for me. and it's not about overheads they just think they are the only rfd for miles , if they were reasonable, I would still be using them and putting a lot more business their way.
I think that's where he is causing work for himself by insisting on using the system that many people used in the previously and that we are now told was incorrect. My understanding of the "new" system is that the receiving RFD merely accepts delivery of the gun and then verifies that the new owner has it already correctly entered on his certificate by the seller before handing it over. The receiving RFD has as far as I am aware no notifications to submit as these are carried out by the buyer and the seller, and absolutely minimal record keeping.
I fully accept that some charge is reasonable as you don't expect the RFD to carry out this service for nothing but using the "new" system his charge shouldn't be anything like the charges that have been made by some in the past. That is unless he is charging a punitive fee because you have gone elsewhere other than buying from him.