What are the shipping terms?

If shipping is included it's their responsibility to insure it and make sure you get it safely.

If, as is usually the case, the dealer states shipping is extra, you pay for it and insure it, you just have to make sure they insure it at your request. If I send a gun out for work I always state I want it returned insured for replacement value, at my cost.

It's usually a good idea to name yourself as the beneficiary so you can deal with the shipper. The dealer may not pursue it if it's not to their benefit.

All this goes to hell if the dealer doesn't pack it properly.


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