UPS or FedEx for shipping handguns?

shamster · November 28, 2001, 04:23 PM

Ok...forgetting about UPS's crappy policy on handguns, and forgetting about any possible ways around the regulations.

If I ship a handgun the right way (following the carrier's policies), what is better in terms of ease and price...UPS or FedEx?

gryphon · November 28, 2001, 06:35 PM

I've had problems in the past with UPS losing my packages. I stopped shipping with them about a year and a half ago. I either send thongs USPS or FEDEX.

JamesA · November 28, 2001, 06:49 PM

I too lost a new shotgun off the UPS truck. After ordering and waiting and tracking. Gone..It was on the truck as confirmed by the companys office. However when the big brown truck arrived. Gone, The driver insisted it was on the truck but it just wasn't there...After another long wait I had sent via FED X and had no problems...never again Will the brown trucks carry my packages..

Dave T · November 28, 2001, 08:42 PM

Like the others, I have lost things with UPS. They also have a local policy that they open your package to inspect contents. Since I haven't decided to give up my 4th Amendment rights any more than the ones for the 2nd Amendment, I won't do business voluntarily with the brown trucks. Others still send me stuff with them but that's their choice.
Everything I have sent via Fed Ex has gotten there, when they said it would. They cost more but I'm getting what I'm paying for.

blades67 · November 28, 2001, 08:45 PM

Generally speaking I think UPS is a little cheaper.

landshark · November 29, 2001, 03:36 AM

FedEx is the way to go.

jimmy · November 29, 2001, 03:54 AM

My Beretta 85F was stolen from UPS en route back to me from the Beretta service department. The theft was almost certainly the work of a UPS employee (the parcel had been opened, the pistol extracted, and the parcel then resealed and sent on its way). Subsequently I had an interesting conversation with the veteran shipping manager at Beretta USA. He said the only shipping method that had never failed him was Registered U.S. Mail. That's what I use now for sending guns to the factory. Or, rather, that's what my dealer uses, since I pay him to do the mailing for me.

But if I had to choose between UPS and FedEx only, I'd go FedEx.

HTH.

snappy · November 29, 2001, 07:41 AM

gryphon, you send your thongs USPS or FEDEX...hmmm.

Bart Noir · November 29, 2001, 02:14 PM

gryphon, if you only ship a couple or three thongs, you can just mail them in one of those padded envelopes. 'Course, for a whole bunch, and for, say, underwire bras and lacy slips, you need to put them in a box. Either way, USPS can do it.

Bart Noir
WWCED - What would Clint Eastwood do?

PKAY · November 29, 2001, 05:10 PM

FedEX all the way. Very friendly, reasonable cost...But, you MUST ship from a FedEx facility in person, not a drop box
or Mail Boxes Etc. type store. The last gun I shipped to Colt followed the axiom, "Don't ask, don't tell, just
insure like hell!" Also, the address should not indicate the manufacturer, if that's where it's going. They, the
mfg., will provide you an address that is, well, "non descript," so to speak.

Clark Kent · November 29, 2001, 08:55 PM

I will never use Mail Boxes Etc. again. I was in a hurry to get my S&W 29 fixed before hunting season, so instead of waiting to send it from a FedEx station, I went to a Mail Boxes Etc.

Found out afterward, on FedEx's website, they would have charged me about half what I paid Mail Boxes. The owner laughed when I went back to inquire. He said, "We can charge anything we want to."

I said, "Fine, but you've just had your last business from me."

lonegunman · November 29, 2001, 10:36 PM

Dave T:

While it certainly isnt nice for a company to open your package, I dont think it violates the 4th or any other amendment.

Stephen A. Camp · November 29, 2001, 10:46 PM

Hello. I'm told that FedEx tracking of packages is better than that of UPS.

Best.

November 28, 2001, 04:23 PM	#1
shamster Senior Member Join Date: July 4, 1999 Posts: 230	UPS or FedEx for shipping handguns? Ok...forgetting about UPS's crappy policy on handguns, and forgetting about any possible ways around the regulations. If I ship a handgun the right way (following the carrier's policies), what is better in terms of ease and price...UPS or FedEx?

November 28, 2001, 06:35 PM	#2
gryphon Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,069	I've had problems in the past with UPS losing my packages. I stopped shipping with them about a year and a half ago. I either send thongs USPS or FEDEX. __________________ Your suffering will be legendary, even in HELL!! --- PinHead, HellRaiser 2

November 28, 2001, 06:49 PM	#3
JamesA Member Join Date: November 25, 2001 Posts: 89	I too lost a new shotgun off the UPS truck. After ordering and waiting and tracking. Gone..It was on the truck as confirmed by the companys office. However when the big brown truck arrived. Gone, The driver insisted it was on the truck but it just wasn't there...After another long wait I had sent via FED X and had no problems...never again Will the brown trucks carry my packages.. __________________ Lead, follow or get the hell out of my way "Rangers Rule"

November 28, 2001, 08:42 PM	#4
Dave T Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2000 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 1,456	Like the others, I have lost things with UPS. They also have a local policy that they open your package to inspect contents. Since I haven't decided to give up my 4th Amendment rights any more than the ones for the 2nd Amendment, I won't do business voluntarily with the brown trucks. Others still send me stuff with them but that's their choice. Everything I have sent via Fed Ex has gotten there, when they said it would. They cost more but I'm getting what I'm paying for. __________________ RSVN '69-'71 PCSD Ret

November 28, 2001, 08:45 PM	#5
blades67 Senior Member Join Date: April 22, 1999 Location: Chandler, Arizona, USA Posts: 6,014	Generally speaking I think UPS is a little cheaper. __________________ Guns cause crime like spoons cause Rosie O'Donnell to be fat! I hunt, therefore I am.

November 29, 2001, 03:36 AM	#6
landshark Member Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Ca Posts: 92	FedEx is the way to go.

November 29, 2001, 03:54 AM	#7
jimmy Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 1999 Location: Texas Posts: 1,796	My Beretta 85F was stolen from UPS en route back to me from the Beretta service department. The theft was almost certainly the work of a UPS employee (the parcel had been opened, the pistol extracted, and the parcel then resealed and sent on its way). Subsequently I had an interesting conversation with the veteran shipping manager at Beretta USA. He said the only shipping method that had never failed him was Registered U.S. Mail. That's what I use now for sending guns to the factory. Or, rather, that's what my dealer uses, since I pay him to do the mailing for me. But if I had to choose between UPS and FedEx only, I'd go FedEx. HTH.

November 29, 2001, 07:41 AM	#8
snappy Member Join Date: July 18, 2001 Location: North Carolina Posts: 74	gryphon, you send your thongs USPS or FEDEX...hmmm.

November 29, 2001, 02:14 PM	#9
Bart Noir Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2000 Location: Puget Sound, USA Posts: 2,215	thongs? gryphon, if you only ship a couple or three thongs, you can just mail them in one of those padded envelopes. 'Course, for a whole bunch, and for, say, underwire bras and lacy slips, you need to put them in a box. Either way, USPS can do it. Bart Noir WWCED - What would Clint Eastwood do?

November 29, 2001, 05:10 PM	#10
PKAY Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 1999 Location: L.A., CA, USA Posts: 911	FedEX all the way. Very friendly, reasonable cost...But, you MUST ship from a FedEx facility in person, not a drop box or Mail Boxes Etc. type store. The last gun I shipped to Colt followed the axiom, "Don't ask, don't tell, just insure like hell!" Also, the address should not indicate the manufacturer, if that's where it's going. They, the mfg., will provide you an address that is, well, "non descript," so to speak. __________________ Safe shooting - PKAY

November 29, 2001, 08:55 PM	#11
Clark Kent Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 1999 Posts: 128	I will never use Mail Boxes Etc. again. I was in a hurry to get my S&W 29 fixed before hunting season, so instead of waiting to send it from a FedEx station, I went to a Mail Boxes Etc. Found out afterward, on FedEx's website, they would have charged me about half what I paid Mail Boxes. The owner laughed when I went back to inquire. He said, "We can charge anything we want to." I said, "Fine, but you've just had your last business from me." __________________ Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. -- Ambrose Bierce

November 29, 2001, 10:36 PM	#12
lonegunman Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2001 Location: deep in georgia Posts: 1,724	Dave T: While it certainly isnt nice for a company to open your package, I dont think it violates the 4th or any other amendment.

November 29, 2001, 10:46 PM	#13
Stephen A. Camp Staff In Memoriam Join Date: April 16, 1999 Posts: 2,570	Hello. I'm told that FedEx tracking of packages is better than that of UPS. Best.