Going back to the gun story from several weeks ago, that shipper was shipping "custom" firearms. It was an FFL violation most likely. E.g. Shipping something maybe that's legal in FL but illegal in NY.
The ammo thing is such a joke. Ammo is right up there with cases of loose screws, nails, nuts, bolts, etc. All come in these boxes smaller than say a standard sized shoebox. All are incredibly dense and heavy. The smaller + heavier a box = The easier it is to bust open. A similar example is cases of copy paper. Dense, heavy, typically only held together with a singular plastic band. The distributors and manufacturers shipping this shit know they are cutting costs in the proper packaging department...
Additionally, the blue collar folks who typically stack/unload/scan are notoriously rough on package handling, get paid shit, have to work without central heat or a/c, and UPS does not give a shit what-so-ever.
You think they would attempt to fire a union protected employee for "tossing" a 50 lb box of ammo...? Shit MGMT isn't even going to discipline their grunt labor workers who typically lift/lower ~50,000 lbs of boxes cumulatively over the course of a few hours in a single shift!
And this is why I tell everyone I know to ship Fed Ex. I can't say it's any better than UPS or USPS... But I've seen the nightmare shitshow that the latter puts your packages through and maybe it's just the same over at Fed Ex, but I've not had to witness it for 20+ yrs like I have for the other two shipping entities.
Yup, totally....if i remember something from that post a few weeks ago, "ghost guns" were in the conversation as well. What can brown do for you? Well.......lol
Exactly! People will begin seeing the same "phenomenon" in other ORMD groups such as hemp/marijuana/CBD products for example.
Federally, UPS is protected in transporting across state lines these items. But, if you live in a state where it's illegal, then it's still illegal for the customer to buy and the seller to ship. It's all about origin point and destination.
Another notorious class of items is actually cosmetic and hair supplies. Think hair spray, peroxide, etc. Some of this stuff literally cannot be transported by air due to the hypothetical load constitution of an aircraft. Yet, dumbass privately owned salons try and ship the stuff all the time via "Air" service level... Often times using the very HAZMAT marked packaging it is originally ordered in. Derp!
Totally, have a friend that farms and ships hemp in Indiana. Wasn't it air canisters or some shit that brought down and ended ValuJet in the Everglades? I can understand the caution but let's be realistic about batteries and other. Trash trucks burn up everyday when batteries are disposed and crushed.
Thanks for the explanation and thanks for auditing the brown!
Heh, no problem.
Going back to the gun story from several weeks ago, that shipper was shipping "custom" firearms. It was an FFL violation most likely. E.g. Shipping something maybe that's legal in FL but illegal in NY.
The ammo thing is such a joke. Ammo is right up there with cases of loose screws, nails, nuts, bolts, etc. All come in these boxes smaller than say a standard sized shoebox. All are incredibly dense and heavy. The smaller + heavier a box = The easier it is to bust open. A similar example is cases of copy paper. Dense, heavy, typically only held together with a singular plastic band. The distributors and manufacturers shipping this shit know they are cutting costs in the proper packaging department...
Additionally, the blue collar folks who typically stack/unload/scan are notoriously rough on package handling, get paid shit, have to work without central heat or a/c, and UPS does not give a shit what-so-ever.
You think they would attempt to fire a union protected employee for "tossing" a 50 lb box of ammo...? Shit MGMT isn't even going to discipline their grunt labor workers who typically lift/lower ~50,000 lbs of boxes cumulatively over the course of a few hours in a single shift!
And this is why I tell everyone I know to ship Fed Ex. I can't say it's any better than UPS or USPS... But I've seen the nightmare shitshow that the latter puts your packages through and maybe it's just the same over at Fed Ex, but I've not had to witness it for 20+ yrs like I have for the other two shipping entities.
Yup, totally....if i remember something from that post a few weeks ago, "ghost guns" were in the conversation as well. What can brown do for you? Well.......lol
Exactly! People will begin seeing the same "phenomenon" in other ORMD groups such as hemp/marijuana/CBD products for example.
Federally, UPS is protected in transporting across state lines these items. But, if you live in a state where it's illegal, then it's still illegal for the customer to buy and the seller to ship. It's all about origin point and destination.
Another notorious class of items is actually cosmetic and hair supplies. Think hair spray, peroxide, etc. Some of this stuff literally cannot be transported by air due to the hypothetical load constitution of an aircraft. Yet, dumbass privately owned salons try and ship the stuff all the time via "Air" service level... Often times using the very HAZMAT marked packaging it is originally ordered in. Derp!
Totally, have a friend that farms and ships hemp in Indiana. Wasn't it air canisters or some shit that brought down and ended ValuJet in the Everglades? I can understand the caution but let's be realistic about batteries and other. Trash trucks burn up everyday when batteries are disposed and crushed.