As certain items we may buy here face future restrictions, I’m wondering if our purchases here are kept in file by PSA? Naturally I’d prefer if they’re not.
@Josiah_PSA can help with that.
PSA has a lifetime warranty, I’m glad the keep a record.
I will gladly provide a copy of the receipt that I maintain, if needed for a warranty issue. Truth is online stores like PSA, Primary Arms, Delta Team Tactical, would be one stop shopping for the BATF when they decide to ban something. I appreciate these online stores, and buy stuff from them, but would like to know if they keep records, or destroy them.
Serialized items and related paperwork will have to be kept per AFT regulations. I’m thankful I live in a state where face to face is allowed. It makes having those records useless.
“AFT” - Biden
I see what you did there 
I’m more worried about the credit card companies than I am psa or any other 2nd amendment loving company having record of purchases I make.
If the BATF started randomly searching credit card company records there would be law suits. That’s not specific enough. In fact I doubt a federal judge would allow it. But getting a warrant to search the records of a company that sells firearms and firearm parts might just happen.
Obviously FFL required items will have records kept as currently required. I’m more interested in the items that don’t require an FFL transaction, but are being targeted by the current administration, like pistol stocks and 80% lowers. I can see the ATF searching those records as part of an ‘investigation’.
It honestly doesn’t matter. There is no way to know that you did or did not retain the items. “Sorry, I sold it a year ago.”
This is a good question, and I understand the value of the answer.
PSA does retain purchase history. If you look at your past purchases after logging into the site, you can see your full purchase history. Mine go al the way back to my first purchase in 2012.
I’m not an employee, and while I’m an FFL, I don’t have a multi-million dollar enterprise to run, but if I had a vote, I would suggest that they retain online records (at greatest) no more than 2 years, or (at lowest) in line with the return policy. If returns/exchanges aren’t accepted after 90 days, keeping the record of purchase beyond that is moot. As a benefit to the business, it streamlines the return process (Oh it’s not in your history? Sorry, but you missed your return policy deadline), and also frees up storage/server space. 10kb doesn’t seem like a lot of storage, but for millions of purchases over several years, it adds up like compound interest! How many TB (plus the hosting and power needed) is being paid for to retain useless purchase data? And how risky is it to retain that information when hackers and data miners are routinely targeting companies for this type of information?
I wouldn’t think they need your purchase info for lifetime warranty purposes since they are waranteeing their own branded products. It shouldn’t matter where you bought a PSA rifle, since it’s the product, not the purchase, that is warranteed.
Completely agree here, this is where the real infringement would occur.