Details on shipping a p-ball gun

El Paintballer · 02-20-2005, 12:11 PM

I recently made a trade with some here on pbn. It was this morning in fact. I am wondering, how do I go about shipping the gun out for him? Do I need some special send thing? Do I have to go somewhere special? I need fast, copious input please.

blindeseher · 02-22-2005, 07:20 AM

The only issue with shipping a paintball gun has to do with pressurization. Nothing should be pressurized when you send it. Gun should not have any gas in it, and neither should any tanks that you might be sending with it. As long as it's an inert chunk of metal and plastic, you're good to go. The only thing you'd even have to think about would be state laws, and I don't know of any that would touch shipping an unpressurized paintball gun.

STORMTIMMY · 03-03-2005, 02:21 AM

out it in a box

not systemx (Banned) · 04-25-2005, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by STORMTIMMY
out it in a box

degas gun
make sure its free of paint

box it up nice in an inconspicuous brown box, use newspaper for padding.

dont say anything about it at the post office

M. Clementi · 04-30-2005, 10:27 PM

If they ask about whats inside the box because your insuring it for a lot, just say some weird technical terms and call it a marker. the employees will have no idea what your talking about, feel stupid, and drop the subject.

the_t0ny · 05-10-2005, 10:32 PM

what if they do know what your're talking about ......

afrotc465 · 05-11-2005, 04:23 PM

there will be no problem, i told a post office worker that it was a paintball gun, and she did not give a damn

M. Clementi · 05-11-2005, 08:12 PM

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Originally posted by the_t0ny
what if they do know what your're talking about ......

The post office workers at my post office are 60 year old mexicans. I would be surprised if they knew what a paintball was. I don't know about other areas though.

kleners · 05-18-2005, 02:57 PM

just say its a PAINTBALL MARKER. as long as you dont say GUN. they wont know or care. and you will be set.

Rare Faction · 05-22-2005, 09:42 PM

The people at the post office won't ask what it is. They're not allowed to

dyepsycho · 07-23-2005, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Rare Faction

The people at the post office won't ask what it is. They're not allowed to

Rare Faction: The truth in the darkness of noobs.

He's right, they legally cant. Now, if you TELL them that it is one and they don't let you ship it, well, thats your fault. They can't ask though.

deckerv · 09-07-2005, 12:01 PM

I just wrote "Paintball equipment - Fragile" on the box in several spots when I shipped an Ion... and had no problems at all...

xoopiter-jeff · 09-08-2005, 01:28 AM

Canada>US or US>Canada is where you run in to problems. 100% guaranteed customs will open the box and treat it WITHOUT care. I have gotten so much stuff that has been opened and manhandled I would never order a gun from the US for that reason alone.

Jeff

deckerv · 09-08-2005, 10:26 AM

Know what you mean. I bought an rc airplane from a northern neighbor, and by the time it got to me, it was snapped in half.. but the box was in decent condition... Thanks customs

Tonto · 09-08-2005, 05:09 PM

if the postoffice askes tell them that your sending you **** to a medical center to see if you got a disease that has been known to be air born. Then look at the rep and cough a couple of times. That will catch them off guard.