Thank-you to the many folks we’ve been able to serve in the past year.  Thank-you for being appreciative of the service we offer, and the role we play in helping you enjoy shooting sports to the fullest.  It has truly been our pleasure to work with so many of you — whether to save you lots of money, or to help you get that specific model you couldn’t find at home.  We plan to continue to serve in these ways and more, well into the future

Our focus is on you, the individual.  And our pricing reflects that.

Our pricing for exports is essentially “flat” pricing, depending on what country you’re in.  The countries that are easiest to export to, and with whom we have the most experience, are less expensive than others, reflecting the workload associated with each.  The first gun on an export license is more expensive than subsequent guns on the same transaction, also reflecting the associated workload.

Because of the way the U.S. Government structures the “exporter registration fees”, most firearm exporters pay a flat $250-per-export-license fee to the government.  However, we have intentionally opted use the other option, which basically means that for transactions averaging under $10,000 value, we can be very competitive on our pricing compared to other exporters.

But this is all intentional: growing up working in the family sporting goods shop in a border town (Dave’s Sports Shop, started by my grandparents in 1957), I saw first-hand the legitimate need for individual Canadians to get their gear from the USA.  As this has gotten more and more complex through the years, the need for an intermediary like Borderview has grown — both because a registered exporter is legally required, and because the laws are far too complex for an individual to sort through.

Here’s what’s changing:

Finally, let’s get to the point of this post.

Because there is so much complexity in this industry, we want to make things as simple as possible for you.  This includes having simple, easy-to-understand pricing.  However, our current “flat” pricing unfortunately does not reflect the varying degree of workload associated with different types of exports to a given country.  For example, exporting a Remington hunting rifle to a sportsman in Canada is much more straight-forward than exporting a tactical AR15-style rifle that requires a custom barrel replacement and magazine capacity limitation.

Because we’re spending so much of our time doing custom research and planning for these more complex “tactical” and “customized” exports, we’ve had to contemplate an increase in our prices.

However, rather than increasing prices across the board, we have decided to only increase prices on those exports that require the greatest amount of resources: these “tactical” and “customized” export requests.

It’s an unfortunate reality, but these exports really do take a lot more time and resources than others.  We have nothing against customization, of course, nor against some of the modern tactical gear that so many people enjoy.  But as a matter of business, it only makes sense that we price our offerings accordingly.

So, beginning today, our Pricing for Firearm Exports now includes the following “Tactical / Customized Export Surcharges”:

What defines “tactical” and “customized”?  Ultimately, it’s a case-by-case determination by our team.  But, you can expect that AR-15 rifles, projects that require special research, or any export that requires customization or gunsmith work, to fall into this category.  If you’re curious, just send us a note.

Thank you for your understanding.  If you have any questions please feel to reach out either in the comments below, or by email (export@borderview.com).

We have all of our standard State and Federal business licenses in place.  We also have our Registration with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to obtain licenses to export shotguns.  At this point we’re just waiting on our registration as an Exporter with the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), which will allow us to apply for export licenses for rifles and pistols (in addition to the shotguns currently regulated by BIS).  I anticipate that by mid-September 2011 we’ll be all set up to begin processing exports.  We’ll never stop our relentless pursuit of continual improvement, so this is just the beginning.

Thanks to those of you who have waited patiently as we assemble the premier Firearm Export Service in the USA!  We are continuing to collect names and contact information from those interested in our services, so head on over to this form and fill it out if you’d like to be among the first to know when we launch (and to get a great special offer on your first export with us).

Stay tuned, more to come!

Thanks for visiting Borderview.com.  We’re currently building out our website content and plan to be fully online by late Summer 2011.

We’re a provider of Firearm Export Services, specializing in Canada, but serving countries worldwide.

Check back for more information, or in the meantime feel free to email joel@borderview.com for more information.

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