Yoda
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I just lied to FedEx. I feel guilty. I feel dirty. I'm confessing to you.
I auctioned off a Beretta Model 70 last week. Today, the money order and printed FFL came in the mail, so I went to FedEx to ship it. I already had it all wrapped up and the box sealed. I also had checked multiple times to be sure it was unloaded.
When I went up to the counter, I froze. There SHE was.
The last time I had tried to ship a gun at this FedEx, about six months ago, SHE was there. I told her I was shipping a gun, and SHE instantly replied that SHE would need to check it to be sure it was unloaded, and it would also have to be disassembled.
I told her that I'm always glad to let someone else verify that an unloded gun is actually unloaded, but there is no requirement to disassemble a gun to ship it.
SHE said that she's worked there for years, and SHE knows the rules. If it isn't disassembled, SHE isn't going to ship it. "It's against the law or something."
I asked her what SHE meant by disassembled? Did that mean that the bolt had to be removed, or the action taken out of the stock, or what? I was shipping a Ruger 10/22, and I really didn't want to open the box and take it apart.
SHE told me very authoritatively that she didn't know, but "The gun has to be in pieces. It's a rule."
At that point, I drove across town to another FedEx and shipped it with no problems. The kids there looked up the rules in a FedEx notebook, and it turned out that it didn't need to be disassembled (surprise!). In fact, a long gun didn't even need to go overnight. Those kids actually saved me a LOT of money.
Anyway, earlier this evening, with the gun all wrapped up and ready to go, I went back to the original FedEx to ship the Beretta.
There SHE was.
"I'm lost," I thought. "I'm going to end up having to drive across town again."
At least SHE was in a someone better mood.
"Maybe i can pull this off and save myself a ride," I thought.
"Is the gun unloaded?"
"Yes." SHE didn't ask to verify it on her own. but it WAS unloaded.
"Is there any ammo with it?"
"No."
"Good, because we can't ship ammo."
I started to explain to her that she could, but I let it go.
"Is it disassembled?"
"Yes." I lied.
She didn't check. She took me at my word.
But I lied.
Can you guys ever forgive me?
- - - Yoda
I auctioned off a Beretta Model 70 last week. Today, the money order and printed FFL came in the mail, so I went to FedEx to ship it. I already had it all wrapped up and the box sealed. I also had checked multiple times to be sure it was unloaded.
When I went up to the counter, I froze. There SHE was.
The last time I had tried to ship a gun at this FedEx, about six months ago, SHE was there. I told her I was shipping a gun, and SHE instantly replied that SHE would need to check it to be sure it was unloaded, and it would also have to be disassembled.
I told her that I'm always glad to let someone else verify that an unloded gun is actually unloaded, but there is no requirement to disassemble a gun to ship it.
SHE said that she's worked there for years, and SHE knows the rules. If it isn't disassembled, SHE isn't going to ship it. "It's against the law or something."
I asked her what SHE meant by disassembled? Did that mean that the bolt had to be removed, or the action taken out of the stock, or what? I was shipping a Ruger 10/22, and I really didn't want to open the box and take it apart.
SHE told me very authoritatively that she didn't know, but "The gun has to be in pieces. It's a rule."
At that point, I drove across town to another FedEx and shipped it with no problems. The kids there looked up the rules in a FedEx notebook, and it turned out that it didn't need to be disassembled (surprise!). In fact, a long gun didn't even need to go overnight. Those kids actually saved me a LOT of money.
Anyway, earlier this evening, with the gun all wrapped up and ready to go, I went back to the original FedEx to ship the Beretta.
There SHE was.
"I'm lost," I thought. "I'm going to end up having to drive across town again."
At least SHE was in a someone better mood.
"Maybe i can pull this off and save myself a ride," I thought.
"Is the gun unloaded?"
"Yes." SHE didn't ask to verify it on her own. but it WAS unloaded.
"Is there any ammo with it?"
"No."
"Good, because we can't ship ammo."
I started to explain to her that she could, but I let it go.
"Is it disassembled?"
"Yes." I lied.
She didn't check. She took me at my word.
But I lied.
Can you guys ever forgive me?
- - - Yoda
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