g_gunter
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Well, it happened again...
I went to FedEx the other day to ship a pistol I had sold and, as required by the ATF, I told the FedEx lady that I had an unloaded firearm to ship to a licensed dealer and requested a larger box to put my box in. I had it inside the manufacturer's locked container.
She said that they cannot ship a firearm in a FedEx box. I would have to have it boxed and packaged in my own box before bringing it in...."its FedEx policy."
I looked puzzled at her and started shaking my head slowly as if nearly defeated by that ridiculous statement...as if to say: "Please Lord, not again!"
I proceeded to tell that I've shipped many times and it is within FedEx's policy to ship a firearm in their box. She answered: "Well, they weren't supposed to." I answered back and pointed out that, in fact, I had FedEx's firearm's shipping policy in my hand. I had the important parts highlighted and proceeded to read them off to her politely and softly so as not to embarrass her in front of other customers. Nowhere did it mention that I could not use a FedEx box to ship. Her look was to me as if to say: "See...I told you so." As if I had just proven HER point. I smiled and asked her to show me the policy of which she was speaking.
She went to the back to call the manager on the phone (speaker phone) to inquire. I could hear the female manager over the phone ask her: "Is it going to a licensed dealer, collector, or manufacturer?" The clerk said "yes". The manager said: "Well...then its alright to do so."............[silence on the clerk's end of the phone]....."HELLO!?" [said the manager over the phone]...."Yes, I heard you." [said the clerk].
Of course, the clerk came back and confirmed what I had been saying all along. No apology for wasting my time but she politely helped me move on from there. I was polite the entire time and thanked her for her help as we completed the process and I left.
It was as if the lady [clerk] had a near-moral objection to my being able to ship that gun. Good thing I had FedEx's own policy with me, as well as, the ATF's regulations on shipping via common carrier.
Its a never ending battle folks. From now on I'm just going to assume I'm going to run into FedEx employees who are ignorant of their own policies.
g_gunter
I went to FedEx the other day to ship a pistol I had sold and, as required by the ATF, I told the FedEx lady that I had an unloaded firearm to ship to a licensed dealer and requested a larger box to put my box in. I had it inside the manufacturer's locked container.
She said that they cannot ship a firearm in a FedEx box. I would have to have it boxed and packaged in my own box before bringing it in...."its FedEx policy."
I looked puzzled at her and started shaking my head slowly as if nearly defeated by that ridiculous statement...as if to say: "Please Lord, not again!"
I proceeded to tell that I've shipped many times and it is within FedEx's policy to ship a firearm in their box. She answered: "Well, they weren't supposed to." I answered back and pointed out that, in fact, I had FedEx's firearm's shipping policy in my hand. I had the important parts highlighted and proceeded to read them off to her politely and softly so as not to embarrass her in front of other customers. Nowhere did it mention that I could not use a FedEx box to ship. Her look was to me as if to say: "See...I told you so." As if I had just proven HER point. I smiled and asked her to show me the policy of which she was speaking.
She went to the back to call the manager on the phone (speaker phone) to inquire. I could hear the female manager over the phone ask her: "Is it going to a licensed dealer, collector, or manufacturer?" The clerk said "yes". The manager said: "Well...then its alright to do so."............[silence on the clerk's end of the phone]....."HELLO!?" [said the manager over the phone]...."Yes, I heard you." [said the clerk].
Of course, the clerk came back and confirmed what I had been saying all along. No apology for wasting my time but she politely helped me move on from there. I was polite the entire time and thanked her for her help as we completed the process and I left.
It was as if the lady [clerk] had a near-moral objection to my being able to ship that gun. Good thing I had FedEx's own policy with me, as well as, the ATF's regulations on shipping via common carrier.
Its a never ending battle folks. From now on I'm just going to assume I'm going to run into FedEx employees who are ignorant of their own policies.
g_gunter