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I really like USPS for security, deliverable and safety. I've heard horror stories about FED X and UPS. Buyer want to use his FED X account. Your suggestions/ideas

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Reggie

I much prefer USPS. If buyer wants to use his FEDEX account, I'd let him do so with the understanding that if there is a problem (loss, damage, etc.) he is responsible for handling it, and you are out of the picture. Be sure you get this in writing (email or otherwise). Bill Frech

What Frech said in spades !! Ken

And refuse to do it unless he insures it.

the slowest possible way you can send it is USPS registered. HOWEVER, based on everything i've heard and experienced that's the safest, most fool-proof, most reliable, least likelihood of damage/theft/loss method you can use as it has to be accounted for every single day along the trip and the USPS employees can get in horrible trouble if it isn't. just don't expect it to be quick.

roger

if you ship it and something happens, you are the one that is going to have to dick with Fedex and UPS even though the buyer is the one that paid for it....

CB

Reggie, i had a similar situation. i specified in ad "USPS priority insured". he insisted on ups, fed-ex, or dhl plus several other stipulations. told him i'd think about it. day or so later i told him i wasn't instested in selling to him under his terms. the mango went and bid on it then sent a really snippy email complaining i didn't answer his question. i told "not interested" was a legitimate answer. and further, DHL won't ship firearms period, our UPS facility's managers won't accept firearms from individuals and fed-ex was too high. i explained to gunbroker and they cancelled the listing for me (he was the only bidder and i was not selling to him under any circumstances after that).

i blocked that bidder and just on the outside chance i figured out who he was on ebay and blocked him there as well. turned out to be a real good idea.

my POV is i'm not a business. ebay and gunbroker exist for my convenience and i won't have my terms dictated to me by a buyer. i'll consider requests. but i'm under no obligation to go along with anything i don't feel good about.

it's your gun; it's your choice. key in on "your".

roger

For real high value, I would be self insured and use Registered Mail. I don't know how to be self insured, but it sounds like a good idea. I have always used the USPS insurance but usually don't send anything over about five grand or so.

I personally prefer USPS Registered Mail as the package has to be signed for each time it changes hands. Therefore I believe that it is handled a bit more carefully. However, I bought an 8ga. Parker that was shipped only from Utah to Calif. that was dropped, the package was split opened and gun exposed. It had a chip out of the buttstock and plate that was not there when it was shipped. The USPS had repaired the package with tape that basically admitted fault and the repair was paid for. That was nice but I would have liked to have received it the way I bought it.

No eight gauge Parker that I ever packed could have been "split opened and gun exposed" without help from some talented people. It was packed badly.