sodbuster Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Three times this year, USPS has caused me major heartburn concerning gun / gun stuff transactions. Strike 1 - March 2013 and the Allen Park, MI sorting center "lost" my Shield 9mm for over a week. Scans stopped as soon as it reached their facility. Some woman employee calls me after I complained and was absolutely no help and couldn't care less. If Saturday Night Live did a parody of worthless employees - she'd be it! They magically found it a week later and it moved along nicely after that. Strike 2 - July, 2013 sent an old Ruger .44 carbine back to Ruger to see if they could fix the misdrilled scope mount holes. Scans stop at NH sorting center. None - no more - notta. Called Ruger and they saw it was delivered four business days past when it should have been delivered. Complained and got an e-mail back stating the scans stopped at NH sorting center. Anything else we can help you with? OMG. Strike 3 - Now - Ordered four .308 P-mags from Gunbroker.com for my new M&P 10. Shipped by the seller and scans stop at Allen Park, MI sorting center. It's well over a week since it was supposed to be delivered to me. Filed a complaint and guess who calls? The same loser from Strike 1 LOL. And the same help to boot. I will lose $62.00 on this one. Rant over. Anybody else have these problems? Zero issues with anything that comes UPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Armory Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Providing the purple promise... bias opinion ! Know 100+ brown employees... Shipping is crazy busy , don't expect miracles. Use the tracking and be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyEJL Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I've had 1 issue with one of the Tennessee facilities, but luckily that was it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Armory Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 The brown hole or the purple hole ? Both are known for losing stuff. Very big facilities with high volumes of packages daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I'm sick of my FedEx stuff getting handed off to usps last minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Magwa's shirts according to my tracking number were shipped to somewhere in AZ, I was sweating bullets but he got them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm sick of my FedEx stuff getting handed off to usps last minute Same here but it's a less expensive shipping charge when they do that. UPS does the same thing at times. I have no problem when it's my local post office - those people rock actually. It's funny since the local PO is only 1/4 mile from my house <lmao> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 The brown hole or the purple hole ? Both are known for losing stuff. Very big facilities with high volumes of packages daily. In all my years, I've not had a brown problem. Not even once other than off a day on scheduled delivery. I always seem to be on the cool guys route too - just lucky I guess with UPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 My UPS guy is a buddy of mine, got his personal cell phone # on my phone! I've had pretty good luck with USPS, especially with the care packages going out to Josh in Okinawa. We just sent out 6 Priority mail boxes to Marines the first of the week, 5 to Okinawa and one to Camp Lejune. Hope my luck holds out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 The USPS here won't ship firearms.UPS you need to go to the hub for firearm ship.Sent mags to somewhere that can't have them called them toys and sent them UPS,see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I wouldn't care if I knew the switcharoo was part of the deal....but it never fails i'm anxiously watching the tracking and right when i'm about to get my stuff, the handoff adds a day or two. Just happened to me today for my shiny new knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKSHEEP Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 USPS shipping problems? Um yes > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas30cal Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 USPS tracking sucks ass! I was waiting for atv parts a couple of weeks ago, the scans stopped in Georgia, even when it was delivered it still showed as being in Georgia. It's always something like this with them, UPS on the other hand is great, I also have my drivers # and if I am waiting on some parts that I need bad he will meet me or call me down to where they do their sort instead of making me wait till 9pm which is when he gets here bc I am at the end of his route (11pm this time of year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Armory Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm sick of my FedEx stuff getting handed off to usps last minuteSmartpost = discount rate. It is usually a small package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I had a package of 4 books shipped to me from a friend in Missouri. She shipped them on a Tuesday at the book rate. They got here on THAT Thursday! The box was mangled as phuck and it had this letter attached to it. All the books were okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Incredibly, the losers at USPS now lost my order of 6 .308 P-mags. That's 10 P-Mags lost by them in 2 weeks. I smell a rat or thieves. Two orders from two different suppliers and I have nothing. Zero. Notta. This is incredible........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Damn. That sucks. I don't even know what to say about that. And I thought that I had bad luck...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 That sounds pretty shady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Incredibly, the losers at USPS now lost my order of 6 .308 P-mags. That's 10 P-Mags lost by them in 2 weeks. I smell a rat or thieves. Two orders from two different suppliers and I have nothing. Zero. Notta. This is incredible........ Rattle the sabre with your local postal inspectors…ask them if they plan on finding out who is stealing your legally shipped firearms parts or if you need to ask BATF to investigate who in their employment is stealing gun parts, perhaps to assemble illegal weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Rattle the sabre with your local postal inspectors…ask them if they plan on finding out who is stealing your legally shipped firearms parts or if you need to ask BATF to investigate who in their employment is stealing gun parts, perhaps to assemble illegal weapons. There's an idea - tell them I plan to involve the BATF LOL. Good thinking! Thanks to everyone for replying, condoling etc. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 If you see the news about the baggage handles ripping peoples personal items off, Postal employees could be doing the same. I have to admit , I have never had a problem with any of the shippers , knock on wood ,because I have a Christmas scope for myself in shipment now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Armory Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 There was a home video of a UPS driver stealing a FedEx box on youtube a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Well, just got an update on the Priority Mail packages I sent out to Marines in Okinawa last week. They left El Paso last Friday, the 13th and they just arrived in Chicago today. I wonder where in the FCUK those packages have been for a week! >:( Priority my A$$! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Both of mine were shipped 2 day priority. One has taken 13 days and not showed yet. The other has taken 4 days and not showed yet. I think the USPS losers owe every person a refund of the extra expense paid for 2 day service (or whatever) if it didn't make it in time. Else, why charge for something they cannot possibly do? My disdain for USPS grows by the second. And by the way, if you call to complain, you're on hold bombarded with USPS commercials (all lies) and nobody answers your call. I need something to lower my blood pressure :hethan: Edited December 20, 2013 by sodbuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 UPS said if I ship a firearm needs to go to the hub.They put a seal on it,then get a tracking number.At whatever point it turns up missing they can narrow down the search.And get the package insured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.