Expanded Delivery Options

Edward Tinker · 10-10-2020, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Cat

When I was in college, we used to send stuff on the bus. It was really cheap, but there wasn't much security. I shipped bicycles with Trailways.

I once bought an old steamer trunk about ten years ago and she sent it via bus, worked out well.
Because of Amazon, fedex or ups come more often and ship that way many times.
Ammo should be allowed to ship - see YouTube

https://youtu.be/3SlOXowwC4c

gunbugs · 10-10-2020, 11:50 PM

Be aware that ATF and "The Feds" don't restrict sending guns through the mail. It's all in the postal regulations. Specifically, In the Domestic Mail Manual, Chapter 24.

Zorba · 10-13-2020, 10:08 PM

I saw my first Amazon truck in a nearby town a week or so back...

But "UPS" stands for "United Package Smashers", USPS is "United States Package Smashers", FedEx is "Manages to break it even though it was double boxed", and USPS just *LOST* an inbound shipment to me...

I'm not happy with any of them right now...

sheepherder · 10-19-2020, 11:04 AM

I exected to be fairly busy today, putting a transmission back together. I found a NOS part I needed on eBay. USPS TRacking said it would be here last Friday. I followed the tracking each day from Smiths Creek MI/Detroit MI/Columbus OH/Hyattsville MD/Buffalo NY. That was Thursday. Columbus is only maybe a 5 hour drive. Why it got mis-sent to Maryland is anybody's guess.

USPS Tracking said it would be arriving late, Saturday 17th. It didn't arrive. I hoped it would be here today, Monday 19th. It's not.

I have gears and shafts spread out on my workbench and my press is set up too press bearings on. Can't do anything else until the trans is sealed up. "Clean room" conditions. Open bearings, gears, shims, etc. Can't do any grinding, cutting, or milling on other projects until this one is finished. Won't take long. Everything has been measured three times and cleaned twice.

Three days wasted.

On the bright side, Seasons 5 and 6 of Bosch arrived some days ago. And the latest Longmire book arrived from Amazon. Pretty interesting; I read it over the weekend. Made me want to read more about the 'Battle of the Greasy Grass', so I ordered several other books that Craig Johnson recommended.

10-19-2020, 11:04 AM	#4
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	I exected to be fairly busy today, putting a transmission back together. I found a NOS part I needed on eBay. USPS TRacking said it would be here last Friday. I followed the tracking each day from Smiths Creek MI/Detroit MI/Columbus OH/Hyattsville MD/Buffalo NY. That was Thursday. Columbus is only maybe a 5 hour drive. Why it got mis-sent to Maryland is anybody's guess. USPS Tracking said it would be arriving late, Saturday 17th. It didn't arrive. I hoped it would be here today, Monday 19th. It's not. I have gears and shafts spread out on my workbench and my press is set up too press bearings on. Can't do anything else until the trans is sealed up. "Clean room" conditions. Open bearings, gears, shims, etc. Can't do any grinding, cutting, or milling on other projects until this one is finished. Won't take long. Everything has been measured three times and cleaned twice. Three days wasted. On the bright side, Seasons 5 and 6 of Bosch arrived some days ago. And the latest Longmire book arrived from Amazon. Pretty interesting; I read it over the weekend. Made me want to read more about the 'Battle of the Greasy Grass', so I ordered several other books that Craig Johnson recommended. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

10-10-2020, 11:50 PM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 672 Thanks: 371 Thanked 1,202 Times in 407 Posts	Be aware that ATF and "The Feds" don't restrict sending guns through the mail. It's all in the postal regulations. Specifically, In the Domestic Mail Manual, Chapter 24.

10-13-2020, 10:08 PM	#3
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	I saw my first Amazon truck in a nearby town a week or so back... But "UPS" stands for "United Package Smashers", USPS is "United States Package Smashers", FedEx is "Manages to break it even though it was double boxed", and USPS just LOST an inbound shipment to me... I'm not happy with any of them right now...