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My shooting buddy is dealing with a UPS claim. A two barrel set was sent to him by a major dealer. The vacuum formed plastic case was crushed enough to marr the checkering in the forearm.
They have promised to stop by twice to assess the damage but have not shown up yet. My son was averaging about four claims a week in his business during the holiday season.
Last edited by Ken Nelson; 01/18/10 04:21 PM.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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FWIW;
Fed-Ex Express and Fed-Ex Ground are two seperate companies. There are different rules for ground shipping than for air. That being said....my Fed-EX driver gave me a heads up a while ago...USPS pays others to FLY their Priority Mail and Express Mail. Lowest bidder get the job. I mailed a Parker C Grade back to a customer on a Friday to Virginia. He was opening the package on Monday next. USPS Priority Mail/ Signature Confirmation Required. My driver also let "slip" that UPS has the majority of Express Mail delivery contract and FED-EX the majority of the Priority Mail delivery contract. I'm not totally convinced since I don't have hard documentation, only hearsay. I just know that I no longer use UPS for shipping repaired gunstocks back to the customer.....I got tired of repairing work the second time around.....for free.
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I ship guns via UPS and have not had any problems in years. Most folks do not know how to pack guns properly. This is quite evident by how folks pack guns that they are shipping to me. They think they know how, but they do not.
Regards,
John Boyd John, please let us know how to pack them.
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Call me direct via phone and I will tell you how to pack them
281-870-8377
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John Boyd
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Dennis, FedEx ground and FedEx express are indeed two different segments but they are the same company FDX (note the change to "self insurance" ; http://news.van.fedex.com/q2fy10when I emailed them to ask the overnight policy on firearms they sent me to the website,I doubt they even know if its a new rule or not.
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If a gun is damaged by a shipping company after I pack it, they have gone completely out of there way to accomplish it.
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If you are an individual shipping guns, I am sorry to say you will have a harder time collecting from UPS. I am not saying its right I am just saying how it really is
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I ship guns via UPS and have not had any problems in years. Most folks do not know how to pack guns properly. This is quite evident by how folks pack guns that they are shipping to me. They think they know how, but they do not.
Regards,
John Boyd John, please let us know how to pack them. John, I could give you a call and learn from your expertise, but ALL could be better served if you could post a pic of a properly packed gun...you could earn another star!  TIA, bamboozler
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I can talk faster that I can type
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John Boyd A picture is worth a thousand words!
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