I recently got my Curio & Relic license and had a question about ordering a rifle. I know the most of the wholesalers ship the rifles through UPS (or possibly FedEx?) and that it usually takes any where from a week to a month or so for them to ship the rifle to you. My question is...what does UPS do if there is not anyone at home when they try to deliver it to you? Do they simply try to come by later or do they leave you a note that says that you must come up to the UPS delivery center to retrieve your package. I know that there is a requirement for an adult signature, but does it have to be mine or can my wife sign for it? Is there anything on the outside of the package that says "this is a gun" or is this simply a matter of an adult signature is required for delivery and the driver doesn't know what is in the package? My concern is that since I am not sure what day I will receive my package, I cannot be sure there will be anyone at home at the time of delivery, since my wife and I both work during the day. Most of the time, the UPS and FedEx drivers simply leave the packages at the front door sometime during the day, but that will not be the case with a gun that requires an adult signature.
Question about ordering a Curio & Relic rifle....
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squirrel sniper
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when i ordered my laptop, I wasnt there the day they tried to drop it off, so they left a note telling me when they would be back.
When I've ordered a rifle with a C&R it usually takes about 3 days to get to my house.
I think it will just require an adult over the age of 21 to sign for it. I just looked on a box I got and it just says adult signiture required.
It is shipped in a plain brown box with just a shipping label attached and it does not describe the contents of what is in the box.
They will leave a little sticky note on the door telling you when they will be back. Sometimes you can call them and request that you can pick it up at the station if they missed you the first time.
Most of the time you will get an email from the company you bought it from and you can track your package.
oh, make copies of your C&R and only sign the copies (Do not sign the original!!!)and send it to them before you buy. It makes it a little easier on the wait if they have it ahead of time.
I think it will just require an adult over the age of 21 to sign for it. I just looked on a box I got and it just says adult signiture required.
It is shipped in a plain brown box with just a shipping label attached and it does not describe the contents of what is in the box.
They will leave a little sticky note on the door telling you when they will be back. Sometimes you can call them and request that you can pick it up at the station if they missed you the first time.
Most of the time you will get an email from the company you bought it from and you can track your package.
oh, make copies of your C&R and only sign the copies (Do not sign the original!!!)and send it to them before you buy. It makes it a little easier on the wait if they have it ahead of time.
If no one is there, they should leave you a note on when they try to deliver it again. When that happens, and there may be no one around when they try to deliver it again, I'll call the distribution center and arrange to go pick it up. There's no problem with your wife signing for it. My wife has signed for mine. Of course, that means she knows you got a new gun, and now she gets to go shopping for herself.
I have known UPS to leave a C&R purchase on the porch without an adult signature. I don't know what would happen to the driver if it got stolen off the porch.
I have known UPS to leave a C&R purchase on the porch without an adult signature. I don't know what would happen to the driver if it got stolen off the porch.
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My experience with UPS is this:
Scenario 1:
They'll attempt a delivery at a time that is very convenient to you: say 1:30 pm, when most people are not at their homes because they are working.
You can call them up and ask for them to deliver at a more convenient time, and they'll accomodate you the next day by attempting to deliver the package at 1:45 PM. You then call them up and ask them to hold the package at their service center, at which point, they tell you that they need to make 3 attaempts at delivering the package before the customer can pick up the package.
Scenario 2:
In this scenario, you've been through scenario #1 several times and call the local distribution center before the delivery is scheduled to arrive and tell them to hold it at their distribution center. They tell you "no problem, you can pick it up in 3 days." Three days go by and you call to make sure the package is indeed there, and they inform you that yes, it arrived 2 days ago. With any luck, they are open late enough that you can make it there after work with minutes to spare and pick up your prize- but this isn't likely either, you'll probably need to leave work early. When yu arrive, you'll be asked for a photo ID. The old bitty behind the counter will ask in a disdainful voice "is that a gun?" and look at you and the box as if it contained feces from a dying AIDS patient.
Scenario 3:
You're on vacation and you timed your order so that the delivery should arrive while you are home that week. Unfortunately, due to an administrative mixup, your package shipped from Ohio ended up taking a 6 day vacation touring the desert southwest.
Scenario 4:
This is the rarest of scenarios where your package arrives on time and at a time of the day when you are home from work.
Scenario 5: (the bonus round)
This one hasn't happened to me, but I've seen plenty of pictures taken by those it has happened to. You find a rare rifle in a pristine codition that you've been looking for for 5 years to round out your collection. The item shows up at your door with a gaping hole in the box. You open the box and find a rifle with the stock irrepairably broken and splintered because the monkeys at UPS threw a transmission for a bulldozer on top of your package.
Scenario 1:
They'll attempt a delivery at a time that is very convenient to you: say 1:30 pm, when most people are not at their homes because they are working.
You can call them up and ask for them to deliver at a more convenient time, and they'll accomodate you the next day by attempting to deliver the package at 1:45 PM. You then call them up and ask them to hold the package at their service center, at which point, they tell you that they need to make 3 attaempts at delivering the package before the customer can pick up the package.
Scenario 2:
In this scenario, you've been through scenario #1 several times and call the local distribution center before the delivery is scheduled to arrive and tell them to hold it at their distribution center. They tell you "no problem, you can pick it up in 3 days." Three days go by and you call to make sure the package is indeed there, and they inform you that yes, it arrived 2 days ago. With any luck, they are open late enough that you can make it there after work with minutes to spare and pick up your prize- but this isn't likely either, you'll probably need to leave work early. When yu arrive, you'll be asked for a photo ID. The old bitty behind the counter will ask in a disdainful voice "is that a gun?" and look at you and the box as if it contained feces from a dying AIDS patient.
Scenario 3:
You're on vacation and you timed your order so that the delivery should arrive while you are home that week. Unfortunately, due to an administrative mixup, your package shipped from Ohio ended up taking a 6 day vacation touring the desert southwest.
Scenario 4:
This is the rarest of scenarios where your package arrives on time and at a time of the day when you are home from work.
Scenario 5: (the bonus round)
This one hasn't happened to me, but I've seen plenty of pictures taken by those it has happened to. You find a rare rifle in a pristine codition that you've been looking for for 5 years to round out your collection. The item shows up at your door with a gaping hole in the box. You open the box and find a rifle with the stock irrepairably broken and splintered because the monkeys at UPS threw a transmission for a bulldozer on top of your package.
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They are required to obtain an over-21 signature. That being said, ANY of the above stated outcomes may happen. Life becomes easier if you get to know the driver that usually delivers in your area and give them the heads up. Agreements are infomally worked out that bennefit all concerned.
Much of it depends on geography, too; in the sticks most anything will be left at the door.
Much of it depends on geography, too; in the sticks most anything will be left at the door.
Your best bet is to have the shipper specify that the package is to be held at the local distribution center so you can go there and pick it up. The box will be long and skinny and probably have the importer's tape all over it, so it isn't really much of a secret what's inside. At least at the distribution center it will be in a cage and out of the rain.
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