delivery of air rifle

[longdog8818 49]

im selling my air rifle. and some one has asked if i can post it. has any body got any names of companies that they have used.

[SEAN3513 7]

please ?????

 

royal mail special delivery

 

or TNT

 

cheers

 

sean

[othickman 6]

To clear up any confusion on this subject, caused by Post Office staff thinking Royal Mail has discretion on whether it has to carry airguns, please note that the RM regulator Postcomm ruled clearly in our favour in June 2005.

 

Royal Mail is stuck with this decision like it or not. They must carry legal airguns, properly packaged, as long as they meet the size requirements of parcels and Special Delivery.

 

The Postcomm press release is HERE and the full ruling is HERE.

 

It makes sense that we do our bit to make sure all Postmasters, counter staff and so on are aware of the decision if challenged when trying to post an airgun. Print out the press release if it helps and take it with you.

 

We should also take care to wrap air rifles very securely, in bubble wrap, stout boxes and with lots of parcel tape, to minimise the chances of the contents spilling out when being rough-handled and causing an "incident". The RM bosses would probably like more of these "incidents" since they support their anti-gun stance.

 

NOTE: Although a subsidiary of Royal Mail, for some reason Parcelforce is exempt from the Postcomm ruling and so its ban on carrying airguns by non-account holders is apparently lawful.

 

 

 

DETAILS OF PARCELFORCE BAN ON CARRYING FIREARMS FOR NON-ACCOUNT HOLDERS:

 

Conditions of Carriage

 

4. Restricted, prohibited and dangerous goods

 

4.4

All firearms and ammunition are prohibited.

 

 

GENERAL PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

 

ARMS AND AMMUNITION

 

All types of ammunition are prohibited from being sent using any of our services. Section 1 and 2 arms and firearms may be permitted for Zone 1 to Zone 1 collections and deliveries for our account customers only, subject to prior written agreement being provided by Parcelforce Worldwide to the customer, such agreement to be given at Parcelforce Worldwide's absolute discretion.

 

Zone 1 to Zone 1 collections and deliveries of Section 1 and 2 arms and firearms will only be accepted where it can be shown to Parcelforce Worldwide's satisfaction that both the customer and the addressee are registered firearm dealers. All types of firearms are prohibited from import and export to and from the UK.

 

Copyed from another site; Royal Mail can be used for posting airguns, but send it INSURED!!

Edited October 2, 2009 by othickman

[Phantom 631]

Over the last year I have purchased and sold numerous air guns, all carried by the Royal Mail.

 

Phantom