shipping scope

[just country]

morning, I bought 2 rifle barrel blanks. insured, notice of arrival.
went to the usps office to pick up by notification. presented the
notice of arrival, the clerk handed me an empty box. I looked at
her, this box is empty. she said NOT MY DEPARTMENT OF LOST
AND FOUND!! SHE POINTED TO THE SUPERVISOR!! Got the run around
for 3 weeks. called the down town usps office. connected me to
lost and found. gave the lady the info on the box and receipt
for cost of the barrels. got my money in 3 weeks. all total
6 weeks for correction of usps misadventure. like
I said do not send USPS. justme gbot tum

 

[Laelkhunter]

I save all of the plastic shopping bags I get at the grocery, and use them as packing material. You can really bunch them up and put them in a box around your items to cushion them. Grab a handful, and squeeze them into a ball, and stuff them into the box on all sides of your item. After you stuff them in there, they slowly start opening up to form a great cushion. They are cheap (free), and add no weight to your package. I always have a bunch of them, so I use them all the time to safely ship items.
Wrapping a scope or other optics in a sheet of bubble wrap, then surrounding it in the box with plastic shopping bags makes a great and safe way to protect the items.

 

[Barrelnut]

morning, I bought 2 rifle barrel blanks. insured, notice of arrival.
went to the usps office to pick up by notification. presented the
notice of arrival, the clerk handed me an empty box. I looked at
her, this box is empty. she said NOT MY DEPARTMENT OF LOST
AND FOUND!! SHE POINTED TO THE SUPERVISOR!! Got the run around
for 3 weeks. called the down town usps office. connected me to
lost and found. gave the lady the info on the box and receipt
for cost of the barrels. got my money in 3 weeks. all total
6 weeks for correction of usps misadventure. like
I said do not send USPS. justme gbot tum

Sounds like all we need are more big government run big businesses.

 

[rdr59]

Thanks everybody for your time and advice . It will help .

 

[Riflehunter1776]

UPS sucks.
If you want to send through a carrier with zero accountability, who outsources their customer service to pakistan, then be prepared for frustration and lots of wasted time when they lose something.
As frustrating as the USPS is, at least they have a local office staffed with local people who speak English and will make phone calls for you, to get to the bottom of things if anything goes wrong.