WOW ! So in April of 2024 I sent a gun down to cole's for a new barrel I had purchased thru them. My cost to insure the gun from SC to Florida was $40.00 so that the refitting could be completed. It was the same amount when returned.
Just recently I had a gun boxed up to send down to them as I was putting it on consignment for a new purchase I'm planning. Well I was in shock when the guy at the ups distribution location said 514.00 to insure my package. I mentioned that I had sent the same package previously to the same location and it was 40.00. As you may suspect he stood there and said next, for the person behind me. I then took the package to my local ffl where if I'm a buyer that is the location I use.
So he uses Fedex to ship guns, they where very busy at the time I dropped the package off. Being it's going thru a ffl he had to unbox it to get serial numbers off the gun. I told him to call me with the rate to insure the gun when he could get to it. To my shocked surprise it was almost 600.00. What the heck is going on with insurance costs? and No I did not ship it.
Just recently I had a gun boxed up to send down to them as I was putting it on consignment for a new purchase I'm planning. Well I was in shock when the guy at the ups distribution location said 514.00 to insure my package. I mentioned that I had sent the same package previously to the same location and it was 40.00. As you may suspect he stood there and said next, for the person behind me. I then took the package to my local ffl where if I'm a buyer that is the location I use.
So he uses Fedex to ship guns, they where very busy at the time I dropped the package off. Being it's going thru a ffl he had to unbox it to get serial numbers off the gun. I told him to call me with the rate to insure the gun when he could get to it. To my shocked surprise it was almost 600.00. What the heck is going on with insurance costs? and No I did not ship it.
