postage worries

[bcham]

Which is why you need a service that you can openly say "it's an air gun which is legal by your rules"
I know the seller chose the service (probably the cheapest on parcel2go) not you, but as the buyer you should also know the post rules & if necessary pay more so that a legal service is used.

If you now tell Yodel what it is, they can just confiscate it as a prohibited item, so if the seller ignores you unfortunately you're stuffed.

when purchasing the gun i paid £15 extra for postage,and asked him for tracking number,thinking he was sending it pf 48 hours, but he emailed me saying hes awaiting tracking number,it would be emailed out to him later, then i started wandering ,(emailed out). first ive heard of a tracking number being emaied.

[piggy589]

when purchasing the gun i paid £15 extra for postage,and asked him for tracking number,thinking he was sending it pf 48 hours, but he emailed me saying hes awaiting tracking number,it would be emailed out to him later, then i started wandering ,(emailed out). first ive heard of a tracking number being emaied.

Could you remind us,how long has your parcel been in transit now?.

[bcham]

Could you remind us,how long has your parcel been in transit now?.

was posted out wednsday for next day delivery.

[piggy589]

was posted out wednsday for next day delivery.

I take you have written confirmation that it was sent next day delivery?.

As I said earlier they dropped a parcel off for me on wednesday night,in transit almost three days.

Having said that parcelforce48 has been known to take up to seven days.

[bcham]

yes seller emailed me tracking number the next day. and it was out for delivery.
but never turned up. but tracking was showing delivered ,

[piggy589]

All I can say is the tracking service was poor compared to hermes for example.
Wishing you good luck .

[lensman57]

In 1969 NASA managed to send people to the Moon and back in seven days. But joking aside I have seen the way these guys load up the poor drivers. Just far too much is expected of them. Recently we had a delievery from Yodel @ 9.20 pm.

A.G

[bighit]

I take you have written confirmation that it was sent next day delivery?.

As I said earlier they dropped a parcel off for me on wednesday night,in transit almost three days.

Having said that parcelforce48 has been known to take up to seven days.

i had a theoben evolution sent legitimately via parcel force 48 from inverness . it was only going 90 or so miles , it went the the main depot in Coventry then back up to me .


that took 5 days . it possibly passed my house unless it went down the other coast road.

a few courier services have a main depot and its possibly in the middle of england . so parcels sent in inverness to inverurie (90 or so miles) has to go nearly a 1000 miles .

[mel h]

Probably not what you want to hear at the moment but as I remember it, paying through Paypal for an airgun will result in a loss of protection.

[bighit]

Probably not what you want to hear at the moment but as I remember it, paying through Paypal for an airgun will result in a loss of protection.

correct hence why its not recommended on here in the sales section but people still do it .

even for non airgun stuff this from garyc on here

If you do this and the person asks you to pay via paypal as a gift, he is pretty much asking you to waive any right or redress to save a couple of quid. Errr helloooooooooooooo


its would be easy to pay a few hundred for a scope then the buers says paypal gift and not send the goods. paypal wont help

[Shootfish]

There are plenty of PayPal fee calculators online. If I am buying airgun parts, accessories, anything apart from complete airguns or cylinders and the seller wants PayPal as a gift, I always say I will pay the fees. As an example the fees on £30 are £1.26. £1.26 for peace of mind is a no-brainer.

[bcham]

There are plenty of PayPal fee calculators online. If I am buying airgun parts, accessories, anything apart from complete airguns or cylinders and the seller wants PayPal as a gift, I always say I will pay the fees. As an example the fees on £30 are £1.26. £1.26 for peace of mind is a no-brainer.

yes i use this.
http://www.clothnappytree.com/ppcalculator/