Thread: Why are some Sellers not offering shipping?

Originally Posted by NZShoota

You could also ask the buyer for their licence number and run it through the licence checker on the firearms saftey authority website to see if it is a valid number before giving them your details. Not 100% but is another tool to consider.

Unfrotunately this is not accepted as a form of checking the license. Primarily because there is no way for you to check that the person who sent it is actualy the same person on the license. The details required are not hard to get....just buy a rifle on trade me or somewhere, get the sellers details for the police form (Full name, License number, expiry date and addres) then let the sale fall through without getting the form, probably cos the buyer does not have a license and wont be able to get a form anyway....and Viola...you have the details of a valid license with which to run through the checker....

The checker is really in place so dealers can verify that a license presented to them is still current and not cancelled for some reason....