The (Not so) Great Firearm Shipment Snafu of 2014 (Update: It's all good!)
UPDATE: They accepted the package today and I picked up the gun earlier tonight. As it turns out they only have people at the shop during the day Wednesday-Friday, so it just needed to be redelivered this morning.
It all started last week when I happened upon a deal online. It was a police trade in Sig P229 in .40 S&W, claiming to be in very good condition, and listed at a reasonable price. Needless to say I jumped on the deal.
Now I am not new to the online firearm buying game. I have bought quite a few firearms from quite a few sellers, and had them shipped to a couple of local FFL holders without a hitch. This time however, I decided to try a new FFL that I have not previously dealt with. They have a reasonable transfer fee, they are close to where I live, and the best part for me is their hours, or so I thought. See they are open from 6pm to 9pm M-F which happens to work great for me since I get off of work around 7:30pm M-F.
All was going well, my fedex tracking number showed my p229 sailing along to my dealer without a hitch, until this morning. To my horror I found that a delivery attempt had been made at 11:00am and failed. They said that they would reattempt delivery tomorrow, but that's obviously not going to succeed either because they are not open this early. I called FedEx to discuss scheduling the delivery after 6:00pm, and the person on the phone said that this was not an option. I asked why, as I have received many deliveries from FedEx past 6:00 and he said that business delivery cannot happen that late in the day.
He suggested that I pick up the package at the local FedEx distribution center, and I proceeded to explain to him that it would be illegal for me to do that. He then suggested that the FFL dealer drive to the FedEx distribution center and pick it up, something that I do not expect to happen, and frankly that I wouldn't even ask him to do for a measly $20 transfer fee.
He then told me that the only other option would be for my FFL to arrange for a courier to pick it up from FedEx and deliver it to his business, an option that will surely cost me extra money that I'd rather not spend.
I have yet to speak to the FFL since he is not open yet, but I'm honestly at a loss as to what to do about this. When I talked to him last week before purchasing the firearm, he said they receive firearms for transfers every day, and I'm curious how everybody else is working around his limited hours.
Anybody have any ideas on how to solve this dilemma?
UPDATE: They accepted the package today and I picked up the gun earlier tonight. As it turns out they only have people at the shop during the day Wednesday-Friday, so it just needed to be redelivered this morning.
It all started last week when I happened upon a deal online. It was a police trade in Sig P229 in .40 S&W, claiming to be in very good condition, and listed at a reasonable price. Needless to say I jumped on the deal.
Now I am not new to the online firearm buying game. I have bought quite a few firearms from quite a few sellers, and had them shipped to a couple of local FFL holders without a hitch. This time however, I decided to try a new FFL that I have not previously dealt with. They have a reasonable transfer fee, they are close to where I live, and the best part for me is their hours, or so I thought. See they are open from 6pm to 9pm M-F which happens to work great for me since I get off of work around 7:30pm M-F.
All was going well, my fedex tracking number showed my p229 sailing along to my dealer without a hitch, until this morning. To my horror I found that a delivery attempt had been made at 11:00am and failed. They said that they would reattempt delivery tomorrow, but that's obviously not going to succeed either because they are not open this early. I called FedEx to discuss scheduling the delivery after 6:00pm, and the person on the phone said that this was not an option. I asked why, as I have received many deliveries from FedEx past 6:00 and he said that business delivery cannot happen that late in the day.
He suggested that I pick up the package at the local FedEx distribution center, and I proceeded to explain to him that it would be illegal for me to do that. He then suggested that the FFL dealer drive to the FedEx distribution center and pick it up, something that I do not expect to happen, and frankly that I wouldn't even ask him to do for a measly $20 transfer fee.
He then told me that the only other option would be for my FFL to arrange for a courier to pick it up from FedEx and deliver it to his business, an option that will surely cost me extra money that I'd rather not spend.
I have yet to speak to the FFL since he is not open yet, but I'm honestly at a loss as to what to do about this. When I talked to him last week before purchasing the firearm, he said they receive firearms for transfers every day, and I'm curious how everybody else is working around his limited hours.
Anybody have any ideas on how to solve this dilemma?
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