Thread: Fastways Couriers WTF!

I have no problems with firearms having to be sent to police stations for pick up. Id rather this then not been able to sent private firearms in the future.

I don't have a problem either ive got nothing to hide it seems like a common sense idea to stop them falling int the wrong hands and stopping what happened when that dumb cow got one from gun city it would probably make life easier for the law abiding fal owners

Originally Posted by bigbear

I have no problems with firearms having to be sent to police stations for pick up. Id rather this then not been able to sent private firearms in the future.

Is it really any different to leave it on the doorstep of the unattended station than anybody elses doorstep?

Originally Posted by northdude

hows this for a dumb idea how about they get delivered to the local police station and you pick it up from there

not entirely dumb, some stations arent manned 24/7 so as vc says no different to leaving it on your own doorstep. wonder if there is a way to squeeze a rifle thoguth a one way mail slot in the door? i wouldnt have a problem going to the local station to pick it up but prefer being able to use a courier

when my rifle was couriered to me it had big red stickers on it saying something like (priority or dangerous or something along those lines) The driver has probably delivered 100 gun shaped parcels that day, he /she wont read whats in the parcel, and if the real address is 50ks away its probably not on his run. Makes me wonder if the parcel was correctly declared, its a stuff up as its probably on the wrong van, and would you send a rifle wraped in a bin bag. Looks like its the press making a big story as firearms are news at the moment

yeah, i'm not a fan. they left a shotgun on the doorstep with no one at home all day. latest experience of fastway was a small parcel of fishing tackle taking two months to arrive from sydney. are they using wakas to cross the tasman now?

Originally Posted by timattalon

I would never use post if I can avoid it. When I was in retail we had a carton come in "damaged a bit" from them and they wanted us to open with them present so we did not bill them for stuff that was not broken. It was a commercial carton of 24 Thermos flasks (yup- the old glass ones) Now I can understand the odd one of these being broken, but these ones were broken because the Stainless steel trays that were also packed in the carton from the same supplier, had been crushed so badly they went through the centre of the flasks. Whatever hit that package hit it with enough force to BEND 24 Stainless waiters trays stacked one inside the other, and puch them into the adjacent carton. It looked like a fork lift fork had been rammed through the box......

Post can go git (d)ucked!!!!

After seeing their parcel add on tv,I wouldn't send a dead rat through nz post

Fact of life isn't it - when we have a problem the root cause doesn't get addressed and quite often the solution (band aid?) adopted is to use a different process with its own set of problems. Or further complicate the process by adding/interposing additional steps, ultimately not fixing the original issues. And so on and so on.

I would have no desire to collect my mail order items from my local cop shop. My nearest is unmanned a lot of the time – I presume they are out there preventing and solving crimes which process I am happy with rather than them operating a courier sub depot. Would they modify their station manned hours to accommodate infrequent and non regular courier drop offs of FAs and likewise have designated times for pick up. Would they need to set up an internal system for handling this business. May need to employ more staff to do this. Sounds like costs they would pass on as user pays.

Or would the process be to only deliver to manned stations? In which case my nearest is a considerable drive away. Sorta defeats the purpose of couriers door to door. And how long b4 a FA goes missing by whatever means whilst in the care of a police station?

As Jexla said keep them out of the FAs admin loop.

Originally Posted by Maca49

Some one not following procedures, but no worse than the AO not letting a firearm be delivered to me at work and instead saying it had to go to a dealer, a courier depot or my place of residence, where my security is.
Should always go to the safest option.
But it's getting harder to move firearms around for sure!

agreed. i've had this debate with them a few times now. surely into my licensed hands is the best place to receive a firearm. during hours that a courier driver normally works i am at my office. they suggested i take a day off work to wait for the parcel at my home address.

I just want to further say RE: picking up mail orders from police stations, besides the issue this causes for rural folks.

That 1 of 2 things will happen:

The police will start to record these details, serials, who's picking it up etc. Therefore making a register of some kind. (Most likely in my view)

IF NOT they will instead use it as a reason for "why not register your firearms" when you already have to pick it up from them anyway. (They may as well just do #1 because what are you going to do about it?)

Originally Posted by chainsaw

sadly I can see Fastways response being that they stop providing courier service for rifles/firearms. Where does that leave us punters needing to get a rifle off to the gunsmith down line ?? Fastways are currently about the only game in town to my knowledge.

You are half way there. As of today fastway have changed their policy regarding firearm delivery, any firearm being sent to a residential address has to be C/O the local fastway depot.

Originally Posted by DPT

You are half way there. As of today fastway have changed their policy regarding firearm delivery, any firearm being sent to a residential address has to be C/O the local fastway depot.

well that was quick... i got two i need to send next week... will see how it goes

WEll Guys I had a Hand gun sent to me a month or so ago and was meant to be signed for and when I got home it was at the bottom of the mail box due to the size of the package on the side of the road and this was sent by Fastways or should I say Slowways. that was piss poor in my way of thinking just remember don't stir to much shit as use rural people will be the ones that it affects the most.

Quentin

Originally Posted by 223nut

well that was quick... i got two i need to send next week... will see how it goes

Your nearest depot looks to be Invercargill ha ha. The sea voyage to collect your toys will do your health wonders.
My nearest depot is Penrose, about an hours drive from my home. The drive there will not do my health wonders. I am rural so yeah we will suffer the most.

I sent a heavy ""fishing rod and reel"" the other week with fastways the guy who bought it off trade me picked the brown nondescript package happily from the depot, I'm very happy with the service the lady at the counter was lovely and helpful and the package was delivered the next day