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Hammer Bill,

You are absolutely correct sir!

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith/Westley Richards Man

Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 508 Location: WI

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 845

Gentlemen,

My Uggie Breech work & Gunstock showed up on my front porch this morning with a UPS sticker attached saying the receiver refused delivery, which I know is BS Mark never received delivery of the package. I am now contracting Doug Carpenter in Ohio to rechecker and add Silver Butt Clips to my Uggie stock.

Maybe the stock will get to him in Ohio!

At least my gun stock was returned to me here at home by UPS.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith/Westley Richards Man

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 169 Location: Grampian, PA

Tom,

My wife wants to make the drive, I do not know if we are going to have the time, Doug indicated it is 2 1/2 hrs away from Pittsburgh. That is a 5 hr ride back and forth to just drop off the gun stock. Plus the gas, probably be easier just to mail the gun stock too Doug.

If the WR was going to be worked on, I would definitely make the drive.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith/Westley Richards Man

Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 508 Location: WI

[quote="drcook"]

nj gsp,

I meant no offense, I was just explaining what happened with my shipment.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C.Smith/Westley Richards Man
,

I bought a shotgun on Gunbroker from a dealer on July 16th and I mailed a personal check and a copy of the FFL to them the next day after talking to the dealer. I wanted to save the 3.5% credit card fee on my purchase.
The dealer called me 10 days later saying he hadn't received my check. I assured him that I had mailed and he admitted that USPS wasn't the best in his area so we agreed to wait. I called him 5 days later and still no check. 5 days later when he still hadn't received it I emailed a copy of the FFL and gave him my CC! $175 fee! Ugh!
They shipped the gun via UPS the next day and said I should have it in three days and gave me a tracking number.
The dealer called me four days later and said he finally received my check, 25 days after I handed it to the postal worker! He wanted to know if he should send it back or just shred it? WTF, 25 days from Nebraska to Minnesota, It didn't take that long with the Pony Express!
I called my dealer and told him the gun had been shipped and told him the day to be looking for it. I kept looking at the tracking number and it said that UPS received it but that's all it said. 10 days later I called the dealer to see if he could see anything that I couldn't. He could only see what I saw but he started the lost shipment process. 16 days after being shipped it finally arrived, 37 days after I bought it!
I'm pretty gun shy to buy anything on line anymore, even Amazon takes 4 days to deliver!

Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Posts: 508 Location: South Eastern PA

I just bought a gun and I shipped payment to the seller 2nd day air, and I got notice that he got it on the second day just like he should have. Great I think.

So I waited all week and called him 5 days after he got the payment to to see what's what and he says oh yeah I got, I'll get my girl to ship it out next week.

I sent him a bank check so there was no wait for it to clearbut it took him 10 days to send a shipping tracking number. Some guys just seem to run on half a tank and march to the beat of their own drum.

ROMAC,

I only purchase guns from a vendor that I know is legitimate, sending money to an unknown vendor is very dangerous, you were lucky to get the gun at all. Never purchase from an unknown vendor.

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith/Westley Richards Man

Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 1470 Location: Western WA

Romac,

I take a rather skeptical view of unknown dealers, it’s possible that the seller didn’t even own the gun when you paid for it. Instead, he may have used your funds to purchase it himself, then sold it to you at a tidy profit.

I always pay the extra USPS tracking fee on important transactions and correspondence. It’s a minimal cost and puts the recipient in notice that you are paying close attention to the matter.

I’ve used Cabelas a couple times to purchase used guns, and they have been prompt and economical - no shipping fee, and you can inspect it when it arrives locally. If you reject the gun, they merely add it to their local inventory at no added cost. You may not test fire it however. They charge a daily storage fee (about a dollar I believe) for the annoying WA mandatory 10 business day waiting period (not including weekends or holidays) after BATF approval.

B.

Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 1470 Location: Western WA

Romac,

I take a rather skeptical view of unknown dealers, it’s possible that the seller didn’t even own the gun when you paid for it. Instead, he may have used your funds to purchase it himself, then sold it to you at a tidy profit.

I always pay the extra USPS tracking fee on important transactions and correspondence. It’s a minimal cost and puts the recipient in notice that you are paying close attention to the matter.

I’ve used Cabelas a couple times to purchase used guns, and they have been prompt and economical - no shipping fee, and you can inspect it when it arrives locally. If you reject the gun, they merely add it to their local inventory at no added cost. You may not test fire it however. They charge a daily storage fee (about a dollar I believe) for the annoying WA mandatory 10 business day waiting period (not including weekends or holidays) after BATF approval.

B.

Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Posts: 508 Location: South Eastern PA

About UPS ... used to like them , shot Trap with my delivery guy ... Now , ???? bought a guitar on E-Bay . Guy sent it to UPS , got the notice . Got a note next day - tracking included . Could not access the note ! . 2 days later , got the note delivering it soon - COULD NOT ACCESS THE NOTE !! Got it next day , the shipp box was TRASHED , guitar was OK . Got the note item was delivered . Still could not access the note . No way to confirm the delivery or let them know how close it was to trashed ! to this day , no acknowledgement that a transaction occurred .... would not respond well had this been a gun transact !!