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Hey all! I recently did a transaction with an individual here on the 24 Hour Campfire. It was for a bunch of .223 brass, and loaded ammo with dies, shipped separately, to his residence which arrived on time. The Rifle I shipped 2-3 day Priority, INSURED to his FFL, and has not arrived, I shipped it 2 to 3 day priority and insured, and it has been 11 DAYS, and counting, with the USPS not knowing where the package is. ALL they can tell me is that its not at my post office and in transit. The person I shipped it to did a check with the numbers I provided him from my USPS, and it showed me dropping off the package and no scanning in between. I WILL NEVER SHIPP A FIREARM OR OTHER PACKAGE,WITH THE USPS. THE USPS IS A TOTAL FRIGGING JOKE. I PAYED FOR A 2 to 3 DAY PRIORITY PACKAGE INSURED FOR $300.00 AND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THE PACKAGE IS. I want the individual to get the firearm because if after the 30 day requirement for fileing a claim, iff reimbersed Ill have to pay the buyer his money back and Im out a RIFLE. Just a heads up to anyone shipping anything through the USPS. {BEWARE}

i have had the same thing happen with ups except it wasnt a gun but they damaged it after 15 days in transit and i filed a claim and they said it was inproper packaged even though they did it and they wouldnt cover it.

Me too.........to the tune of $600/I never use ups.

to get top shelf handling with usps, you need to insure for a grand...sux i know.

USPS has been great for me. I will use them everytime. Send it Registered and insured. Registered requires a signature by ALL who handle it. Very easy to track. Never have had a problem.

I use USPS all the time but once a $300 stock took like 15-18 days by priority. Happens once in awhile.
Dave

Never had a problem shipping guns or what ever by USPS Priority or otherwise. the only way to go to & from Alaska. I'll not be using UPS again anytime soon. Just sent a package to Montana via Priority mail last Sat afternoon He got it Monday. Now that's service!!! --- Mel

NEVER use USPS!!! I make hand made hunting knives as a hobby. A year and a half ago I shipped a beautiful knife to New Mexico to a client and it never showed. It was insured for $500. I filed the necessary paperwork and I got a reply that they would not pay the insurance claim because "you can't ascertain the true value of something that is handmade"! Godamighty! I responded to their letter with pictures of the knife, certified appraisals, copies of invoices and correspondance where price was agreed on and got another letter that said "We still cannot properly determine the value. Claim denied" Further correspondance has just plain been ignored by the USPS. I ship UPS from then on with no problem. I am contacting our US Senator's that I happen to know and am going to get to the bottom of this. USPS can kiss my royal a$$.

I had the exact same thing happen in 06 I shipped a rifle priority mail and it got to the smith's 18 days later I called the post office and got the typical run around,it finally showed up safe,I wouldn't sweat it to much yet it should show up soon!I hope your out come is the same as mine! I use UPS now.

yes same type of thing afew years back with a bow on ebay item damage not proprley packed not covered. wife packed it this was her full time job at a gun and ammo place that was all she done pack ups items ups B.S. never again shipped ups that been over 150 items ago no more shipping issuses

That is exactly the way I do it. I also insure every rifle and scope I sell or trade, at my own expense.

If you collect the insurance and refund his money, how are you out anything unless you underinsured the gun, you were paid twice for it and refunded once, or am I missing something?

USPS has been great for me. I will use them everytime. Send it Registered and insured. Registered requires a signature by ALL who handle it. Very easy to track. Never have had a problem.

The above is my experience exactly, unlike a couple of rather unpleasant experiences with UPS.

The problem as I see it is that you just need a rant to get rid of your frustration. Chances are that it will show up perhaps not as fast as you expected, but nevertheless even if it doesn't it is insured and you are only out a little time without your money.

The good thing about sending it registered and insured is that when handlers know they can be tracked then they tend to take pay more attention, which insures that your package will more than likely arrive on time and intact.

I mostly use Fedex for my shipping. And all items are insured.

A few months back I sold a gun to a 24campfire member and the stock arrived damaged. I filed a damage claim and 17 days later, I got the gun back and the full amount of the claim.

The 24 campfire got his money and I got the gun and the ammount of the claim. Worked out good.

You shipped loaded ammunition via USPS? Umm...

Huh!

No USPS, 223 can't kill deer, Big Ten is great, yep end of days is near........

I always ship firearms thru USPS insured priority and never had a bit of trouble with em.................

priority these days means pretty tape on the box. you cant regard the three day thing as rule. they have lost more stuff (letters) on me this year than ever before.

i am still waiting for them to find two MO'S totaling $250. as far as your box goes it will show up i am sure. two weeks isn't really that bad considering the time of year...

they are still the best bang for the buck.

woofer

And skinny barrels don't shoot.

Rock on...

Fedex Ground is the way to go ...cheap and fast. Beats USPS and UPS.