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Has fedEx changed its shipping rules?
- Thread starter Boriqua
- Start date
When I asked about shipping one to an out of state FFL - the guy at the FedEx store told me that they only accept shipments of guns from FFLs that have registered with them. I took it to a local FFL and they told me I could box it up and send it via FedEx without announcing what it was - but their price to do it for me was close enough to what I was going to spend (and it was an expensive gun that I wanted insured) that I had them do it...
mock0013
Member
QuietM4 said:Fedex doesn't need to know what's in the box. Machine parts is close enough. Never use a 3rd party, e.g. UPS Store, to ship a gun...print the label at home and drop it off at a FedEx hub.
yeah no lie here.. the UPS stores totally freaked when I tried to send a gun back to a manufacture... they are independently owned and it can't be stored there or shipped back to my UPS store PO box. Canceled my PO box with them. worthless.. yeah you have to go to the hub
Tenring
Member
Yes - they recently changed rules shipping firearms and not for the better.
That is a bummer. I thought maybe I was misunderstanding. So if you send a gun in for warranty work you have to find an FFL willing to ship it? That would suck.
If the company you are sending your gun to provides a shipping label can you simply drop it off at a hub? How about an out of state gunsmith with a provided label?
The only ffl I knew near me that shipped closed up shop and I moved to far away to use Mont if he is even still doing his ffl thing. Damnit!
If the company you are sending your gun to provides a shipping label can you simply drop it off at a hub? How about an out of state gunsmith with a provided label?
The only ffl I knew near me that shipped closed up shop and I moved to far away to use Mont if he is even still doing his ffl thing. Damnit!
Tenring
Member
See what Emily has to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17TRO52zChM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17TRO52zChM
Christensen Arms sent me a pick up label for one of my guns but, they insisted I have a FFL for them to send it back. As a FFL I have sent things fedx through a third party store without going through their process but, it was a FFL to FFL shipment.
Cmoor said:Christensen Arms sent me a pick up label for one of my guns but, they insisted I have a FFL for them to send it back.
That is interesting because I always had warranty guns and stuff I sent to out of state gunsmiths come back directly to me. Its been a while however.
Did the law change in AZ and now any return items have to go to an FFL rather than being sent direct or was that just Christensen Arms rules?
Pretty sure I quietly learned those words "machine parts" from you years ago. It's so truthful!!!QuietM4 said:Fedex doesn't need to know what's in the box. Machine parts is close enough. Never use a 3rd party, e.g. UPS Store, to ship a gun...print the label at home and drop it off at a FedEx hub.
Haven't had warranty work done in a while, but company sends a label (always has been FX) and I drop it off at the fedex dysart location.
I work at (turning liberal) UPS Goodyear and when I give them returns for the family, they've started going, "what's in the box."
I say, "it says J Crew on the box, it must be clothes, I dunno, I just do what I'm told. (Up to a point, HAHA)
They sure ain't liberal when it comes to their profits tho.
So even if an FFL sends me a shipping label .. I cant drop it off at Fed ex? Does it still have to be picked up at an ffl and do they still have to put it on their books before sending it?
Does anyone know any FFL's that ship just in case?
Thinking about sending a gun out for work. The receiver will send me a label but I dont know if that is enough
Does anyone know any FFL's that ship just in case?
Thinking about sending a gun out for work. The receiver will send me a label but I dont know if that is enough
Cbvanb said:This appears to be a good option: https://www.shipmygun.com
It seems like they will provide you a shipping label but you would have to bring it to ups. What I'm wondering is will ups take the package from me or with the new rules will it have to be picked up at a local FFL.
I would think the FFL would have to put it on their books and charge a transfer fee.
So confused!
Boriqua said:Cbvanb said:This appears to be a good option: https://www.shipmygun.com
It seems like they will provide you a shipping label but you would have to bring it to ups. What I'm wondering is will ups take the package from me or with the new rules will it have to be picked up at a local FFL.
I would think the FFL would have to put it on their books and charge a transfer fee.
So confused!
I've used Ship My Gun many times....you just drop it off at a FedEx/UPS hub...there is no need to tell anyone what is in the box, and they don't even ask.
Tenring
Member
QuietM4 said:Boriqua said:Cbvanb said:This appears to be a good option: https://www.shipmygun.com
It seems like they will provide you a shipping label but you would have to bring it to ups. What I'm wondering is will ups take the package from me or with the new rules will it have to be picked up at a local FFL.
I would think the FFL would have to put it on their books and charge a transfer fee.
So confused!
I've used Ship My Gun many times....you just drop it off at a FedEx/UPS hub...there is no need to tell anyone what is in the box, and they don't even ask.
No reason to tell except Federal law.
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