Shipping a Flintlock

[Protrucker]

I"m new to this game.If you were selling or buying a flintlock could you just UPS or Fedx to home owner?

I ship bp guns by UPS all the time. Identify the package as sporting goods. Don't disclose that it's a gun. There are no federal laws on shipping bp guns so far. :redthumb:

I received a "nice set of golf clubs" once! :blah:

 

[Birddog6]

I ship a BP rifle by UPS about every 3 mo. & never have a problem. They are all in a wooden crate screwed together & packed in styrofoam.. then the outside covered with cardboard. I have used the same shipping crate over & over & over... Worn the cardboard off it 3 times.
Everytine I ship a rifle it is a Replicated Antique, and that is exactly what it is.

 

[rayb]

Let's see....history in last several deals:

DCMP (Director Civilian Markmanship) uses UPS. Received 3 shipments from them, no problems.

Dixie gunworks, used UPS, no problem

Muzzleloading Emporium, UPS, no problem

TOW, UPS, no problem

private transaction, UPS, no problem

shippped 1 in private transaction, FEDEX, some damage during shipment, however recipiant was able to repair damage ok.

rayb

 

[Protrucker]

If it goes by FEDEX, "signature reguired" means nothing!
I have ordered several things & had the shipper specify "signature required" only to find the packages setting any old place around my property. They don't seem to care where they leave it or whether it is signed for or not.

 

[roundball]

If it goes by FEDEX, "signature reguired" means nothing!
I have ordered several things & had the shipper specify "signature required" only to find the packages setting any old place around my property. They don't seem to care where they leave it or whether it is signed for or not.

I gotta tell you this funny story...

Green Mountain arranged for a UPS pickup tag to be sent to me to get a recalled GM barrel delivered back to them for some work;

At the same time that was unfolding, LLBean was priority mailing a pair of leather slippers to my house for a Christmas present;

So one day the mailman sets the Priority Mail box of slippers on the front porch during mid day when he delivers the mail;

At the end of the same day, but before we get home from work, UPS comes to the porch, sees a package (the slippers), slaps the UPS pickup label on it, and off the slippers go to Green Mountian barrel company;

We get home later and don't know any of this has taken place;

The next day or so we call LLBean wondering where the slippers are, and after cross examining us, they finally agreed to ship us another set;

Next day or so I get a call from Green Mountain questioning why in the world I sent them a pair of slippers instead of the .58cal barrel?;

Then it all came into focus and we began trying to unscramble it all;

UPS initially denied their responsibility for shipping the wrong package, saying "you left a package on the porch and we shipped it"...but I won that fight...and they begrudgingly shipped the barrel to GM at their cost;

Then UPS really balked at sending an additional UPS pickup tag to GM to get the slippers and return them to me or to LLBean...kept pointing fingers between themselves first saying that GM themselves had to pay...no, that the GM UPS location needed to pay...no, the Raleigh UPS needed to pay...no, the LLBean UPS needed to pay, etc, etc;

Finally in exasperation, the nice lady at GM said there was an LLBean place across the street from GM, and she'd just walk them over there and give them to LLBean customer service and let them handle it.

Incredible...it was like a sit-com for a TV show !

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Le Renard...
i SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU....been there also..
Sad part is...nobody believes it can happen to them..
untill they themselves get caught in the "cheezy" little game....

***** WEST VIRGINIA SCROUNGER ****

 

[the cat]

Thanks VW Scrounger. After reading everyones' post I think it comes down to three things: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
You're lucky if you live in a part of the country where people still use their brains for what it's intended for and in other places, all that gray matter is just so much ballast. There may be a load of "golf clubs" heading to TOW soon :hmm: