It may not be a firearm issue, and it may even be my fault; I did buy a new Phoenix HP22 and expect it to work out of the box. I would have sent it to the factory, but still have it. Phoenix is willing to fix it if I get it to them, but Fedex, despite their public policy, refuses to ship it.
This occurred at the Kinko/Fedex located near South Hill Mall in Puyallup, WA. The woman who described herself as the head shipper there refused to accept the pistol I'd prepared to return to Phoenix. I had previously rendered the gun totally safe, locking all the safeties and installing a magazine lock. The thing was safer than a claw hammer. I examined the Fedex requirements for firearm shipping on the internet and established with categorical certainty that I met their terms.
This woman, however, quoted bogus rules (which I set aside patiently), treated me like a leper, and refused, finally, to ship the pistol, because "I've been here for four years and we have never shipped guns."
I think I would have responded differently had she been civil or at least reasonable, but she treated me as a pariah; she lied to me and refused to conduct the business she was obliged to; and she simply behaved badly, insulting and angering me for reasons she didn't share.
What's worse, though, is when I emailed Fedex with the above account, they came back with the statement that they no longer ship firearms at all.
However, http://www.fedex.com/us/services/terms/us.html is where you click on the firearms button to see that they do; it's the same place I looked before I went to Kinko's/Fedex in South Hill with the darn gun.
I expect this has happened to many of us, but it's a first for me, and I don't know how to proceed. Another shipper, I guess, is the best, but there's this testosterone thing I need to address, and in fact, the Fedex/Kinko there is by far the most convenient for me.
Comments? Advice? Commiseration?
I'm new, actually, both to gun collecting and THR; I'm more liberal than not and old enough to know better; I quit smoking three months ago and still chew ten-penny nails, though not as aggressively or as often. Hi. Gnaw Bone is the name of a sleepy little town in the state where I grew up. :banghead:
This occurred at the Kinko/Fedex located near South Hill Mall in Puyallup, WA. The woman who described herself as the head shipper there refused to accept the pistol I'd prepared to return to Phoenix. I had previously rendered the gun totally safe, locking all the safeties and installing a magazine lock. The thing was safer than a claw hammer. I examined the Fedex requirements for firearm shipping on the internet and established with categorical certainty that I met their terms.
This woman, however, quoted bogus rules (which I set aside patiently), treated me like a leper, and refused, finally, to ship the pistol, because "I've been here for four years and we have never shipped guns."
I think I would have responded differently had she been civil or at least reasonable, but she treated me as a pariah; she lied to me and refused to conduct the business she was obliged to; and she simply behaved badly, insulting and angering me for reasons she didn't share.
What's worse, though, is when I emailed Fedex with the above account, they came back with the statement that they no longer ship firearms at all.
However, http://www.fedex.com/us/services/terms/us.html is where you click on the firearms button to see that they do; it's the same place I looked before I went to Kinko's/Fedex in South Hill with the darn gun.
I expect this has happened to many of us, but it's a first for me, and I don't know how to proceed. Another shipper, I guess, is the best, but there's this testosterone thing I need to address, and in fact, the Fedex/Kinko there is by far the most convenient for me.
Comments? Advice? Commiseration?
I'm new, actually, both to gun collecting and THR; I'm more liberal than not and old enough to know better; I quit smoking three months ago and still chew ten-penny nails, though not as aggressively or as often. Hi. Gnaw Bone is the name of a sleepy little town in the state where I grew up. :banghead:
