BE AWARE - Effective 03Apr22, new $15 Surcharge applies to USPS shipping long packages > 30" long!

[bubba.50]

I have received damaged stocks, A gun arriving with the hammer sticking out through a hole in the box, and barrel that was luckily held from falling out of the package by a piece of tape that stuck to the bubble-wrap from Fed-Ex & UPS. Plus you have to argue with them about what their own regulations are. I've never shipped or received any damaged goods when using the USPS.

Also, one time I traded with a feller in Winchester Va(I'm in Pulaski County) he used UPS & his item went to Hagerstown Md then somewhere in Tennessee, then to North Carolina for two stops then right by me on I-81 to Roanoke then finally to me. I used USPS and his item went straight up I-81 & he had it next day.

 

[bubba.50]

Twice I have shipped things via USPS flat-rate boxes that have disappeared in shipment. Months later on both, I received the shipping label back still stuck to a portion of the USPS box. Can someone explain that to me?

Not enough padding, not enough tape. Those boxes, for some obscure reason, are made to be 'easy-open'.

 

[azmntman]

WATCH IT! Don't talk about our....errrr the President like that. That's our job!! LOL

 

[nseries]

I have received damaged stocks, A gun arriving with the hammer sticking out through a hole in the box, and barrel that was luckily held from falling out of the package by a piece of tape that stuck to the bubble-wrap from Fed-Ex & UPS. Plus you have to argue with them about what their own regulations are. I've never shipped or received any damaged goods when using the USPS.

Also, one time I traded with a feller in Winchester Va(I'm in Pulaski County) he used UPS & his item went to Hagerstown Md then somewhere in Tennessee, then to North Carolina for two stops then right by me on I-81 to Roanoke then finally to me. I used USPS and his item went straight up I-81 & he had it next day.

I now tape boxes like I own stock in 3M. It pays to over pad and over wrap the contents when shipping thru ANY of the carriers. 9 out 10 packages are delivered without issue, but...sooner or later there's that one that looks like it went thru a war zone, several times.

Sent a small flat rate box to a buddy in Michigan (from Maryland) a few years back. It spent about a month bouncing around the country. It was in Colorado once or twice, Michigan once and I forget where else. It had some mileage on it when it arrived back to me ripped open and all the contents gone.

 

[necchi]

There are other NEW surcharges applied on TOP of whatever it usually co$ts you to ship something out. Keep this in mind when selling MZL'drs! Those shipping rifles with hooked breeches would be wise to take them apart ...

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Oh darn,, who'd a figured,,?

 

[necchi]

In the past six months, FedWrecks and Oops!PS have delivered to me four broken rifles. USPS, on the other hand, hasn't broken any of my stuff. Maybe I have just been lucky.

Geez,, really? You wanna actually express here about your shipping difficulties?
Com`on man,,
let it rest,,

 

[Lippy984]

seems everything is getting more expensive

Yeah…everything’s gone up, except my paycheck.