Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Crap.. I think I've been fireballed!

Nobody has delivery problems like Roy... and now FedEx is messing with me.

My newest was out for delivery yesterday, to be delivered by 5pm.

Never showed up.

Now there's no delivery date at all on the tracking number, just "Scheduled delivery: Pending".

I won't be fully fireballed unless it shows up in 2 or more pieces.. I sure as heck hope not!

I'd be careful saying that one too loud. But seriously, if misery loves company I bought a Low Wall in 22 on Gun Broker right before the pandemic panic that took two months getting to me. And that was on account of my FFL's shop getting flooded by first time buyers of firearms. Now how did that go in the Jungle Book? Oh yeah, "Mossbergs and Glocks and Toilet Paper Oh My!" Eh, I got Fireballed too.

You better hope it didn't 'fall off the truck'. FedEx lost a beautiful .250 EG that way. It just disappeared...? I got paid for it but what a hassle!

They updated it... It arrived Kansas City yesterday and left for delivery...

Now it just arrived in Sacramento.

What the hell?

It came from Washington state originally.

It took 9 days to wander from Washington state to Kansas city.
It took 1 day to go from KC to Sacramento.
It will take 5 days to go from Sacramento to KC again.

Unfreaking believable.

Sign of the times. Delivery systems are swamped and on top of that are re-routing all kinds of shipments all over the place to avoid cities where rioting has been occurring. They won't admit it publicly, but it's what is happening.

Heck, even the PO is acting weirder than usual. I mailed an envelope to Sacramento last week that took a full week to get there, which should've taken 3 maybe 4 days tops.

I understood 9 days to go from Washington State to KC via ground due to the disruptions.

But then shipping it 1500 miles backwards via air when it was practically there?

No.. they screwed the pooch. Or somebody swapped tags on packages and walked away with the gun.

Prolly just an oops. I've had the PO do the same chit. It happens.

Real problem is more handling leads to more opportunities to reduce it to pieces...

Mike, that's the number one thing the average person doesn't realize about using "Used" boxes. Boxes are really only designed to be used once, if you get more, good for you. They think someone places all of the boxes on the top row in the trailer, and none on the bottom. Then the trailer goes straight from the pick up spot to their house. If I sent you a box from Western MD where I live, it goes east to a big hub, where it is consolidated into loads going west, with other packages going in the same general direction. Maybe Chicago or Atlanta, where it's unloaded and consolidated tighter on another load heading more in the final direction. Every time it is unloaded in a hub it is handled by an unloader, to a primary sorter, he checks if it stays in that building or moves on. Then it goes to a secondary sorter that puts it on a belt going to the out bound trailer, where another sorter sends it down a slide to be loaded by another loader. Every time a box is off loaded at a hub it will go through 7-10 sets of hands. From DC to Kalee, it may go through 5-7 hubs. The belts that move the packages have steel thread woven into them and it shaves cardboard off the box like sand paper. So, when you said the more handling, the more chances of damage, it's a very accurate statement. On a very underestimated scale. Probably 50 -70 chances.

Unless it's going to Roy, then they just snap it in half and be done with it.

I'm in Sacramento. Want me go grab it?

You better hope you don't get fireballed, unless you got a fireplace you need kindling for.

Now it's gained a pound. Was shipped at 12lbs, now it's 13lbs. Maybe it'll have babies by the time it gets here.

Oooh oooh, I'll buy your first born!😂

The best shipping container I ever received was from Lightfoot. That guy packed the 19-33 NRA in a wooden box tightly screwed together with about a pound of decking screws, inside a cardboard box bound by a whole roll of packing tape. It took two men and a boy to unpack it but within was a pristine rifle unmolested by the horny-handed shipping people. My FFL guy at the time said "Jesus Chr*st, who is this guy?" I have since adopted LF's methods and never had a complaint (other than the same uttered by my FFL guy).😁😁

Man I'd be nervous with all that monkey bidness. Getting heavier, maybe it's taking on water?

Or maybe half a keelo o' hero-wine!

I would be worried too.I just saw a news story that these looters are following fed ex and ups trucks and looting them as well.I would hate to see a nice gun,or any gun for that matter,wind up in those fools hands.I hope it works out for you.

Considering it's a style we've only seen 4 or 5 of.... I might be crying next week.

I have never liked getting rifles, or anything else expensive, shipped. It’s a crap shoot. After reading this I’d be even more nervous. You guys are not helping Calhoun’s mental health here. Here’s hoping everything go’s well.

It's an omen. I was watching it from the get go and was just about to bid. Glad I held off now. I don't know many that are any more nervous than me when a gun is in shipment. I am pretty certain I have bought my last. Times, they are a changing.

I’ll be the one to ask

What did you get Rory?