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1 part question, 2 parts rant
- Thread Starter Warheathen1
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Since the rona, spending time in the car getting the hell out of town has been our major form of entertainment. IF, i were in the market for a gun I really wanted, we'd turn it into a road trip. Maybe even with a night at a cheap motel.
What I like about Ship My Gun is that you can pre-calculate the shipping charges as you're negotiating with the buyer. That way there are no surprises when you drop off the package at the hub service center.
UPS now ships handguns 2nd day air instead of overnight delivery, which helps brings the cost down.
The only issue I have found is when a buyer insists on using a receiving FFL that is not on SMG's vetted preferred list, which delays the process by a couple of days as they wait for the FFL to fax them their current FFL license.
UPS now ships handguns 2nd day air instead of overnight delivery, which helps brings the cost down.
The only issue I have found is when a buyer insists on using a receiving FFL that is not on SMG's vetted preferred list, which delays the process by a couple of days as they wait for the FFL to fax them their current FFL license.
That is a well thought out reason and would be worthwhile vs. the "too cheap to pay shipping but will spend more in gas/time crowd". Penciling out cost/reward is not an American strong point, unfortunately.
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We did exactly this. Pre 941 BS, Jeannie bought a shotgun off of Gunbroker that was located in LaPine. We drove over, met the seller, wound up buying some cowboy-action equipment from him as well. Spent the night at a nice hotel in bend, woke up to eight inches of snow. Drove to Redmond where it was clear and sunny and went to the gun show there. We had lunch and meandered home. All-in-all a very pleasant weekend we wouldn't have had except for the shotgun purchase.
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Sounds great!
Wifey and I did this some time before universal background checks. A guy in Grants Pass had a fine no-dash 686 that belonged to a little old lady who's husband had passed. Asked Wifey how she'd like to drive to GP. She digs that stuff too. We also know a gal there that used to be her late fathers gal friend we visited. Got our business done and took scenic routes to Creswell and got a motel and drove home the next day.
It made me post a whole lot of memes in the wrong threadAnd this makes you quote yourself?
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Like the kind that charge by the hour? Yeah, been there done that more than once. Still trying to find the right cream for that rash though......
I thought you were just trying to lighten the mood a little!It made me post a whole lot of memes in the wrong thread
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