Advice on Shipped SKS's -- Tracking not working

Did I say the OP did anything ILLEGAL? Everything I posted was the exact truth, straight from CP, and personal experience!

You really told me! Guess what? Canada post regulations have absolutely nothing to do with the law, so who is lost in space? :jerkit:

Watch out the Canada Post Shipping Police are on the way!:eek:

And please tell me where in the OP's post he refers to himself as a dealer of any kind? He specifically refers to them as his prize possessions or whatever, so clearly this is not the case!

Never said he was a dealer,now did I?
 
Canada Post, I assume?

Delivery times are at best an estimate with CP. Read the fine print, they don't guarantee any delivery times.

Express and Priority are guaranteed delivery or you are money back
It is in the fine prints you mention:
Xpresspost includes an On-time Service Guarantee. Canada Post offers replacement service or credit of the shipping charges (transportation charges), if the sender’s shipment is not delivered on time, as measured against the published delivery service standards for Xpresspost, in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions. See General Terms and Conditions at canadapost.ca/generalterms for more information. Customers can also call Customer Service at 1.888.550.6333.
 
Express and Priority are guaranteed delivery or you are money back
It is in the fine prints you mention:

Exactly, hence the reason why I'm getting my money back. I paid for "Xpresspost", and it is already a day late, and I'm getting a bad feeling that it won't show up today either.

BTW, CP is experiencing problems with their tracking system. I was told that all tracking updates come at the end, when the parcel is delivered -- alot of good that does anybody.
 
Thanks guys. Just to confirm a few facts. I am not a dealer, but regularly ship firearms, as I like to buy and sell. I also have a venture One card, which I suppose makes me a "contract customer". I was never aware of there being a problem shipping a firearm "expedited", and I will confirm with Canada Post on the matter later this morning. Murdoc will check again to see if it arrived today. If not, I will let you know how successful I am in getting a refund or partial refund.

There is some confusion here. "Expedited" and "Xpresspost" are two different levels of service.

"Expedited parcel" is ground transport. It is like regular parcel, with a very small discount (lucky to save a $1 over regular parcel) and $100 free insurance. Only Venture One cardholders can get Expedited parcel.

Xpresspost is air transport.

Canada Post policy says ground transport only for firearms. It is not against Canada Post policy to ship a firearm by "Expedited" service. If you shipped "Expedited Parcel" you probably don't get any refund for late delivery. You are entitled to a refund if your Xpress post pkg arrives late.

Canada Post tracking number is NOT real time. You did specify signature on delivery so you should be OK. Good luck.
 
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Kurgan, it sounds like you are entitled to a refund. I would chalk it up to bad weather, I live several hours west of Edmonton and its -30 and we've had good amounts of snow on the roads.
 
I shipped my two prized and very accurate SKS's to Murdoc for the full monty on Saturday. They were supposed to have arrived yesterday. Unfortunately, the tracking number does not work, as it still only indicates "item received at post office". I confirmed that the item is not at the post office. Do I have a case to get my $99.07 in shipping charges refunded? I mean, I paid for tracking and expedited service. The SKS's still have not arrived. For all I know, they could have been lost or stolen -- however, if the later were the case, the dip$hits will have no bolt, bolt carrier, gas piston, main/recoil spring, piston rod and piston rod spring.

The Shipping is worth more than both the SKS's at Wholesale! :p

Get a Refund, buy two more! lol
 
lets see...laminate SKS - anywhere from $200 to over $400 depending on condition and refurb/non refurb (Kurgan says theyre his prized SKS's and they are both excellent shooters)
Hardwood SKS - anywhere from $169 to $230 depending where you buy it
$99.07 divided by 2 =$49.53...:eek: wholesale is selling high quality laminate SKS's for 50 bucks!
 
Yeah, you can get them cheap, no doubt about it... however, I have seen and handled so many, I can tell you there's a huge variance in condition, fitment, and how many original parts there are. I went through quite a few, until I found a couple of exceptional shooters that were all-matching and looked good.
 
heh Ive got a meter of snow in my backyard, my dog almost dissapears in it :) the roads are nasty out our way, but the worst of it is over for now. shipping is gonna be slow for a while
 
Yeah, I'm just happy they arrived. If they were just run-of-the-mill SKS's (of course one man's junk is another man's treasure) I wouldn't have cared as much. I can't wait to get them back!
 
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