I wait in all day for the delivery of a gun. No knock on the door. My wife gets home from work and says there is an obviously gun-shaped parcel on the doorstep!
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I wait in all day for the delivery of a gun. No knock on the door. My wife gets home from work and says there is an obviously gun-shaped parcel on the doorstep!
Shocking.
Yep happen a couple of times for me
Try the phrase "will collet from depo" worked a treat
Would they do the same in south Auckland I wonder?
Yet they won't let me get stuff sent to my work... Have to get it sent to my very understanding mate (and his awesome boss) at the gun shop.
Was the courier advised of the contents when dispatched?
Were they given explicit delivery instructions?
Did you communicate with them from your end?
It all makes a difference, 'cos they aren't mind readers, nor do they have xray vision.
I wish they would leave mine at the doorstep like they used too, but no even down here i get the card in the box.
Suppose.., never had a gun shop yet thats shipped the bolt seperate to the rifle.
As you have to fill out a form regarding the firearm, you would think they would know it was a firearm, not unusual for it to be left on the door step if a rural delivery, I heard of a very well known company who,s delivery of ammo was lost, it turned up at a bakery in the same town.
If a gun goes missing because of this, who is going to be responsible?
What have you bought ?
Crikey
it's almost like we live in two different countries now.
Tell us.
We will decide.
Are you sure it was left at the door as nobody signed for it!?
Maybe it hasn't been delivered!
I'm guessing it was something really exciting and the courier company might have to supply another very exciting one or cash as compensation!?
Just maybe's though! :huh:
Couriered ammo, the driver forged the receivers signature as no one was home, got stolen. Driver had to pay.
Just shows what happens when "new New Zealanders" take over an industry. Standards start to reflect the third world dysfunctional shit hole they came from.
Had a rifle dropped off at my Door years ago. My door is very visible from the road. Later on that morning I saw the mailman and he said that he had dropped off a rifle at home, sig was required. Maybe he thought as I do my job so well that it would be safe.
Every time I've had stuff couriered it's been a fuck up. I've lost count of the hours I waste trying to find where bolts, sealant etc have gone.
I have not seen a NZ born courier in the last decade. So from my experience fucked if I'd trust any of them with fire arms or ammo.
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You guys just live on the wrong island eh. Hardly have a problem with couriers down here :D
What courier did you use? I'm trying to send a rifle and fastways are the only one who'll send it, but they will only send to depot for collection, not to a private address.
I've used fastways a few times and never had a problem with them delivering to private addresses, is that a new rule or just different depots making up different policies? Their drivers down here have been pretty good at not leaving firearms without a signature in my experience.
They did want the bolt and rifle in separate packages which makes them a few more dollars for another ticket.
In Wellington Fastways won't deliver fire arms or ammo to the door. You have to collect them from the depot and produce ID. Its a great policy.
Last time, I was attended to by a beautifully polite and obliging Polynesian person.
Must be a local Wellington rule, I just sent one from the Waikato to Christchurch with Fastways was able to track it the whole way even had the receivers signature on the track site only outfit I use for firearms, and my Fastways driver is a Kiwi always leaves a card if I'm not home.
I sent a rifle to a mate in Chch on Monday from Gore with Post Haste - it arrived midday on Tuesday. Sent to a business address, labelled as a sporting firearm. The courier driver insisted my mate sign for it as he was the recipient, rather than hand it over to the receptionist. I thought that was pretty good service.
[QUOTE=Steve123;497102]Every time I've had stuff couriered it's been a fuck up. I've lost count of the hours I waste trying to find where bolts, sealant etc have gone.
I have not seen a NZ born courier in the last decade. So from my experience fucked if I'd trust any of them with fire arms or ammo.
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You obviously have very in depth chats with all the courier drivers, if you know where they were all born :wtfsmilie:
Post Haste up here won't touch them, the local agent has been told to visually check if parcel could contain a firearm.What ever the goods are they want a signed declaration. Given them the flick, use Fastway for firearm related articles, and the good old PO for other.
Yea I think the fastways policy isn't all bad, it does have some sense to it.
Steve123 move to America, you'll fit right in. New Zealand is great because of diverse cultures and what they bring.
Wait till your drive to work doubles in four years. What about the love of diverse cultures when they start building houses on public park land to fit everybody in. Maybe when you feel like you've gone to a foreign country when you vist Tauranga or Dunedin. Don't get me wrong I've nothing against most other cultures but I think it's a bit rich when all you guys from " White bread NZ" start lecturing us about immigration when it hasn't fucked up where you live... yet