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.

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 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.