[Emily W Trott]

My recent experience was somewhat different from most of the posters here. I first emailed FedEx and UPS asking about what I needed to do to ship a handgun to the manufacturer. FexEx took four or five days to respond and did not answer all of my questions. UPS's reply came within a few hours with answers to all of my questions. Based upon this I chose UPS. I'll add that I'm lucky enough to live within twenty minutes of a UPS shipping center.

The ladies at the shipping center were extremely helpful and did not bat an eye when I told them the package contained a handgun. I tracked the package on the web and was very pleased with how it was done. Each stop on it's trip was documented as to arrival and leaving. It arrived on schedule, and to the best of my knowledge intact as I have heard nothing from the manufacturer. I am very happy with the service I received from UPS.

What I am not all that happy about is the price I had to pay. Thirty five dollars for a package I could have shipped by Express Mail for less than twenty five dollars. I'm seriously considering writing the NRA and my congress people to try and change the law forbidding the general public from using the postal service to ship handguns back to the manufacturers. Ten dollars may not seem like a lot to most people but I have some Scot blood in me.

Happy holidays! Gary

 

[Emily W Trott]

Does FedEx have the same "over night" only policy as UPS?

Dear BiG_MaN, I think so. The email they sent me said that all firearms must be shipped by "Priority One". I went to the website and the only thing called priority that I could find was "Priority Overnight". As an added note I've had two instances of FedEx leaving packages in the rain without the plastic bags (which UPS uses) to protect them. One of them was just a few days ago. I guess you pays your money and takes your chances. Happy holidays! Gary