BIG -1 for "The UPS Store"

[BPTactical]

Kestrelbike- first and foremost check with Cali DOJ and make sure what you want to take into the state is lawful to do so. Remember, they have all of those nice regulations for your safety.

[buffalobo]

UPS is anti-gun. I never use UPS. Always use Fedex.

^^^This.

Just wish they would get some winter driving training for their big rig drivers. Seems like when I travel regional(less than 500 miles) and deal with travel delays due to wrecks, a fedex truck is @ the front of the melee.

[cofi]

im a big fan of usps

[Great-Kazoo]

Resurrecting this thread: I'm visiting folks in CA and want to ship my own long guns to my address in Colorado. I've already disassembled the weapons but haven't sealed the blank box.

Who should I use? USPS, UPS, FedEx? First Priority: not have them be lost or stolen. I think I'm going to insure them for what they're worth to me, which will require a declaration of the contents. Second priority: not getting raped by shipping cost.

IF they are you own personal weapons, check them in at the airport or bring them back in your vehicle. Checking a firearm in at the airport has been easier than dealing with UPEX.

[Bailey Guns]

Honestly, my best experiences with shipping firearms (when I had my shop) was with USPS. Neither UPS nor FedEx can touch the USPS flat-rate (usually 2 day service anywhere in the country) for $10.95 or thereabouts. For other carriers, my experience puts UPS Ground head and shoulders above FedEx Ground. I'd rather deliver a package myself than use FedEx Ground. FedEx Express has always served me well.

[cmailliard]

I like FedEx and USPS

USPS, same reason ans Bailey Guns, their Flat Rate boxes are the best deal around.

I like FedEx because of Fred Smith. Good guy who built a great company. He is a Marine, Honorably Discharged as a Captain and has a Silver Star, Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. While at Yale his professor gave him a C on a paper that would become the foundation of FedEx.

[van7559]

Fuck ups. Tried to ship an upper to a member on here, and the told me the don't ship firearms. I politely replied to the dumb fuck that it was not a firearm just a piece to the puzzle. He then told me that it was a franchised store location and that it was their policy and if I did not like it to leave. Had my four year old call him a liberal douchebag and left

[Great-Kazoo]

Fuck ups. Tried to ship an upper to a member on here, and the told me the don't ship firearms. I politely replied to the dumb fuck that it was not a firearm just a piece to the puzzle. He then told me that it was a franchised store location and that it was their policy and if I did not like it to leave. Had my four year old call him a liberal douchebag and left

You never tell them anything gun related is in a box, never. Machine or other 'specialty" tool items, then insure the shit out of it.

[SideShow Bob]

Strange that UPS is so anti firearms related shipping for individuals, it seems like they have no problems with shipping for all the online firearms related stores and delivering to my door.
From now on we all need to request that our orders are not shipped to us via UPS. Then see how fast UPS changes their two faced policies. If you are members of other forums pass this suggestion on.

[spqrzilla]

I have shipped two rifles with the UPS store on Hampton and Logan. I bring a copy of the FFL just to show them the address matches the FFL. They have no problem and never asked for this, I just do it. The never interagated me on what I was shipping. Once I was sending out a stripped rifle for some work and insured it. I called it a "barreled receiver".

I tried to ship at a different one in Lakewood and they told me the same thing about going to the main hub.

That the UPS Store franchises are not supposed to ship actual firearms is a long standing and well known policy.