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The UPS store would not ship my scope. UPDATE

Posted on 10/9/19 at 6:13 pm
Posted by SkintBack
SoLo
Member since Nov 2015
1751 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 6:13 pm
I have to send a scope back to Vortex for some warranty work. I had the scope in the box it came in. The guy ask "is that a riflescope?" I said yes. He said we dont ship anything associated with rifles. So damn un-American. But they will ship dildo's all day long.

UPDATE- The Vortex VIP warranty is fantastic. Finally got my scoped shipped with less than two weeks until I left for a weeklong hunting trip. Vortex replaced my scope with a new one and I got it in less than a week. No receipt, no paperwork, doesnt matter what happened to it or how old it is, they will fix it. All optics not just scopes. FYI in case someone is on the fence about Vortex or their VIP warranty.
This post was edited on 10/28/19 at 7:41 pm
Posted by Pioneer BS 175
Pcola
Member since Jul 2015
1286 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 6:18 pm to
Wow! Did you ask if this is a new policy UPS has implemented? I know I have ordered ammo online and it was shipped via UPS.
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
19193 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 6:27 pm to
Stores are privately held and can make rules like that. Just drop it at a UPS hub or have a driver pick it up.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 6:36 pm to
I have it on a good word that UPS will ship ammunition for rifles directly to your door. So I’m thinking that guy was BSing
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
31608 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 6:43 pm to
Yup, the ups stores are dumb.

Go to a hub.
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
11741 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 7:38 pm to
Which UPS store was this?
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
57379 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 9:29 pm to
You got a rogue UPS guy. Go back and have him fired.
Posted by TheSnuggler
McSwiggin Village
Member since Sep 2012
243 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 9:29 pm to
They did the same to me. Went to Fedex and had no issue.
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 9:54 pm to
Well...a scope CAN be used as a dildo if you’re brave enough.
Posted by Dancepants
Member since Aug 2019
69 posts
Posted on 10/9/19 at 11:05 pm to
Tell them it’s a rail mounted variable magnification monocular telescope.
This post was edited on 10/10/19 at 12:32 am
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67726 posts
Posted on 10/10/19 at 5:42 am to
quote:

The guy ask "is that a riflescope?"

I would have told him it was none of his fricking business.

Posted by Boston911
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2013
2054 posts
Posted on 10/10/19 at 7:18 am to
quote:

But they will ship dildo's all day long

Exactly how many dildos have you shipped ?
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20957 posts
Posted on 10/10/19 at 12:19 pm to
The UPS store owner is a virtue-signalling jackass, and I wouldn't give him any further business.

A scope isn't even truly firearms-related, it's a piece of optical equipment. You can just use it as a tiny telescope, as someone else stated. Does this clown also have a policy against shipping Bushnell binoculars, or microscopes? Or telephoto lenses?
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
2047 posts
Posted on 10/13/19 at 6:33 am to
UPS is dropping off a rifle at my FFL guys house tomorrow. They might not ship the scopes, but they most definitely ship the rifles.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
19164 posts
Posted on 10/13/19 at 10:37 am to
I went to a local UPS store about 10 years ago to ship a defective Glock magazine back for an exchange. They asked me what it was, and I said a magazine for a pistol.

You would have thought I said it was a pipe bomb the way the guy reacted. I told him the pen in his hand was more dangerous than an empty magazine. But he said they would not ship any part of a gun.

Read on Glocktalk that this was fairly common. Returned later and told a different clerk it was "machine parts" and shipped it merrily on its way.
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34377 posts
Posted on 10/13/19 at 5:15 pm to
Too easy. Put the box in a bigger box and ship it.
This post was edited on 10/13/19 at 5:16 pm
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
18208 posts
Posted on 10/13/19 at 8:14 pm to
I have a mailbox franchise places near me you drop an Unboxed AR off they will ship it
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23762 posts
Posted on 10/13/19 at 8:26 pm to
Pussification of America. Cucks think the scope lens may morph into a bullet and shoot itself.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
19976 posts
Posted on 10/14/19 at 12:36 pm to
Lol my shop makes parts for Remington and the Bill of Lading clearly says firearms parts. UPS picks em up from us 5 days a week. The guy is certainly lying to you.
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