Thread: WTF moment

Just had Nz post on the pone that have opened a parcel I sent containing projectiles saying it’s a prohibited fire arm part and I need to pick up from Auckland post I live in taihape


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Originally Posted by buzzmann

Just had Nz post on the pone that have opened a parcel I sent containing projectiles saying it’s a prohibited fire arm part and I need to pick up from Auckland post I live in taihape


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What a bunch of numpties

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Tell them nothing,but a box of chocolates or fishing gear.

Just goggled it so im wrong but this is madness


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its a projectile, unless its tracer on incendiary its just an inert piece of metal. tell em to put down the u.n flag and do their job

Originally Posted by buzzmann

Just goggled it so im wrong but this is madness


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That's an AI generated interpretation of their rules, not the actual rules.
The rules list:

Ammunition
Bullets
Firearms
Firearm Parts
Firearm Accessories
.
I guess by bullets they mean projectiles, as they already have ammunition listed.
They don't mention brass, but I imagine they'd complain about that too.

You should send Nicole McKee and email, need to get NZ post to pull their heads in.
Anything that doesn't require a Police Permit should be fine to send, they can't just decide not to ship things if they don't like them.

Be careful out there lucky it nothing bad like a suppressor


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I got pulled last year up by NZ Post when the parcel wrapping split open, so that one of the box of projectiles was visible. Fortunately it was only a 20 min drive to collect. If the parcel was better wrapped or only contained one box it would have been fine. Something to bear in mind when shipping comparatively heavy for the size items. Oh, I tried to reason with them about inert this and that but I have had more productive conversations with a fence post about staying vertical.

They have done something similar before with a package I sent out. Stopped it at Christchurch airport and I got a call from a police officer asking questions about the person I was sending them to and what they were going to use them for.

Not sure why he thought it was worth asking me whether the guy I've never met who bought some projectiles from me off of TradeMe was a would-be terrorist. Like I would know. The cop boxed them back up and passed them back to NZ Post who did eventually deliver them.

our local postie saw me packaging up a scope in the post office, gave me a wink and said "crossbow scope eh??"
no issues at all with him, was a good bugga too

Originally Posted by buzzmann

Just had Nz post on the pone that have opened a parcel I sent containing projectiles saying it’s a prohibited fire arm part and I need to pick up from Auckland post I live in taihape


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Let me know if you need someone to grab them for you?
I'm headed to Rotorua next week from Dorkland if it helps?

Originally Posted by gonetropo

our local postie saw me packaging up a scope in the post office, gave me a wink and said "crossbow scope eh??"
no issues at all with him, was a good bugga too

Surely a scope wouldn't get classed as a firearm part?

On the larger issue, have seen some on the anti-gun side claiming precise details aren't that important, only silly types worry about semantics and clear definitions (such as the word 'ban'). But this is the outcome of that sort of thinking. The Firearms Safety Authority should be the official group to address this sort of thing, so let's hope they see it as part of their remit.

Originally Posted by Oscar

Surely a scope wouldn't get classed as a firearm part?

I use mine on a tripod it's a survey optic.

Originally Posted by Oscar

Surely a scope wouldn't get classed as a firearm part?

On the larger issue, have seen some on the anti-gun side claiming precise details aren't that important, only silly types worry about semantics and clear definitions (such as the word 'ban'). But this is the outcome of that sort of thinking. The Firearms Safety Authority should be the official group to address this sort of thing, so let's hope they see it as part of their remit.

I ordered some flip up lens covers from the US and they wouldn't send them as they were an "Optical Sighting Acessory"

I had the same, they went ballistic when I had lead proj sent. Just lead cast in shape of a proj.

If you read what you can send via nzpost, there isn't actually that much you can send.