FedEx and ammo delivery

[Darto]

Insurance from carriers:
USPS: the best. They have an ONLINE site for filing claims for insured parcels. Including a way to attach photos of the damaged item. The shipper (not the recipient) holds a numbered receipt from which USPS computers can retrieve the amount of the insurance and the postage. I do not even have to bring the item in for inspection, nor does any inspector come to my door. The online picture attachment suffices. Full amount insured (to receiver)+ postage (to shipper) is refunded. And you get to keep the item.

USPS strategy: few items are damaged. The insurance fee income to USPS exceeds payouts. So they do not hassle the claimant. Insured package fees are a goldmine income to USPS, one of the few areas they make a very nice profit.

UPS: every parcel is insured. So filing claims is long and takes paperwork. They do not treat the claimant as royally as does USPS. Still they do pay off in time.

Fedex: I don't know, have no experience.

Grayhound: The best shipper for fragile items. Buses have real soft suspension, unlike the brown truck. Everything is hand carted on and off the buses. Low volume. No automated assembly line to bounce parcels. Claims have more paperwork and longer wait then even UPS. Still they do pay off consistently. They are also by far the cheapest delivery rates for large, very heavy items. Slow deliveries however.

[Darto]

More about the USPS letting you keep the item they are paying full insured amount.

Assuming the insured amount is reasonable equal to the value of the item:

1) If item has major damage you can keep it and still get paid. They don't even examine it, picture is sufficient. I got paid in one day by mailed check after filing online!

2) If item is expensive and has only minor damage , they will still gladly give you full amount, but the collect the item and resell it. I had that happen once too.

[baih777]

The next step would be is to have a bar code address label on the mail box. Then they would or should have to scan it for delivery. Then if they are at the wrong address the scanner would have a annoying beep.

[Jes]

Still waiting for them to reimburse me for a package that they either never delivered or left in front of my house and it got stolen.
It's been two weeks already.

So, that package was sent from Sportsman's Guide, they contacted me today and alegedly made it good.
They are sending out the product I ordered minus the CCI Blazer .357 HP ammo as it is now OOS.
At least I am getting a refund for the difference.
I just wish theses guys(UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc.) would ring the door bell, no one's there? Leave a note. It's not far for me to go and pick up my stuff at their facilities.
I'm really pissed that some D-bag stold my origional shipment and that that criminal now thinks that I might have a gun. Lame.

[SB1964]

FedEx sent my Tikka rifle overnight to Gunfighter Tactical & did a good job. This was from Cabelas Reno store. Ammo seems to be hit & miss, I have to sign for it. My UPS guy leaves almost anything but he knows me fairly well & we have security gates. Good to know Fedex wont hold ammo, Thanks!

[Darto]

Sad thing is some sellers require signatures, and some don't. I don't mind an occasional stolen package, all part of the price of doing business at discount. But hanging around all day so you don't miss the truck is not fun.

[noozeyeguy]

I had an AK sent back to me from the gunsmith. Because they were going to ship it to my home with signature required and no one would've been available during the date of delivery, I had it re-routed to a FedEx Office location. I had no issues. FedEx tracking even showed when it was ready for a pick up.

No one asked what evil the package contained. Don't ask, don't tell. Just insure for the full amount.

This. Sign up for their online tracking service and reroute your packages to the nearest Office location or service center, tagged "hold for pickup." I've received my CMP M1s and a "couple" parts kits that way, as well as ammo. Basically anything of value that I didn't want sitting on the porch for hours.

UPS will do the same thing but only to a service center. There's a $5 charge to route it to a UPS Store location.

[Jimi Jah]

I did get paid for 2 lost packages from Fedex, then a year and a half later they were delivered to my apartment. At the time of delivery I was finally billed for shipping.

I saw Tom Hanks deliver those to you in "Castaway", you were lucky.

[dyson]

I just called Fedex corporate and he said my local fedex that i requested "Hold AT Location," can accept ammo shipments. So there is definitely a disconnect in your corporate policy. We'll see what bs happens when the shipment arrives.

Just picked up my ammo from fedex office location

[GardoneVT]

IMO: be very, very nice to your carrier delivery person.Strike up a convo about gun control and see what happens. If they give the wrong answers, change companies.


Remember they're in the package business, and you're not the only person who buys gun related stuff on the internet. Even an idiot delivery person would know if a package contained ammo, and after the sixth or seventh heavy delivery marked "ORM-D" , don't be surprised if the anti gun carrier decides you're a gun freak who needs to be cut down to size .I found this out after ordering ammo online and getting weird looks from the local UPS guy on the fifth delivery.

I struck up a convo to make it clear I wasn't some kind of unhinged nutcase, and ever since then I've never had a problem with my packages, ammo related or not.