Thread: Posting a rifle . . . which courier service do you recommend?

Originally Posted by The Rifleman

Apologies if this has been asked a million times already. But just interested in some of your experience. I have a rifle I need to get to the South island. Its all wrapped up good but just wanted a bit of general advice from the more experienced. Thanks in advance for you input.

It's probably a bit late now, as you've probably already sent it, however, the last rifle I had sent to me by Fastway, well, I went in the following day, to pick the thing up, and they told me (in typical Fastway fashion) that it hadn't arrived yet! Keeping an eye out on their website, using the track and trace facility (which incidentally isn't worth a knob of goat sh%t) I was able to see that it was in transit, and coming up from the South. The next day, I went to my local depot 'again' to pick it up, only to see pandemonium, with the local guys saying there's been a truck crash just North of town from one of their trucks coming from the North.

Breathing a sigh of relief, safe in the knowledge that my $7,000 approx. rifle build was in the freight coming up from the South, I said ok, however, mine's coming up from the South, the tracking number told me so... to which they assured me in the most strongest possible terms that NO, it's on the truck that's come off the road and into the ditch! :Wtfsmilie: and all the rest associated with it!

What had happened is Fastway took it in a totally different direction and, instead of me getting it the following day, like I should have, it toured half way round the South Island 'literally'! Then, it got put on the truck that come to grief! They then just write any 'sh%t' in their track and trace simply to keep the customer happy!

Whilst I have had packages (including rifles) ferried safely by Fastway before, I must say that the one courier that I've overwhelmingly had the most problems with 'is' FASTWAY!... MORE than all the other's put together, in fact, sometimes I won't even do business with you if you're intent on sending it FASTWAY!




My $7,000 approx. Custom rifle build sitting somewhere amidst this steaming pile of crap!

Originally Posted by Remington 5R .300 Win Mag

It's probably a bit late now, as you've probably already sent it, however, the last rifle I had sent to me by Fastway, well, I went in the following day, to pick the thing up, and they told me (in typical Fastway fashion) that it hadn't arrived yet! Keeping an eye out on their website, using the track and trace facility (which incidentally isn't worth a knob of goat sh%t) I was able to see that it was in transit, and coming up from the South. The next day, I went to my local depot 'again' to pick it up, only to see pandemonium, with the local guys saying there's been a truck crash just North of town from one of their trucks coming from the North.

Breathing a sigh of relief, safe in the knowledge that my $7,000 approx. rifle build was in the freight coming up from the South, I said ok, however, mine's coming up from the South, the tracking number told me so... to which they assured me in the most strongest possible terms that NO, it's on the truck that's come off the road and into the ditch! :Wtfsmilie: and all the rest associated with it!

What had happened is Fastway took it in a totally different direction and, instead of me getting it the following day, like I should have, it toured half way round the South Island 'literally'! Then, it got put on the truck that come to grief! They then just write any 'sh%t' in their track and trace simply to keep the customer happy!

Whilst I have had packages (including rifles) ferried safely by Fastway before, I must say that the one courier that I've overwhelmingly had the most problems with 'is' FASTWAY!... MORE than all the other's put together, in fact, sometimes I won't even do business with you if you're intent on sending it FASTWAY!




My $7,000 approx. Custom rifle build sitting somewhere amidst this steaming pile of crap!

I had a rifle that was "delivered" and "signed for" in Wellington, I live in Canterbury....