OK, here it goes, not real bad, but rather annoying.......
I sold a Upper, and went to ship it today, now since I was planning a trip to the Yamaha dealer anyway, I thought I would ship the uppper, stop by Yamaha, and stop by a gun shop just to browse....
OK, first stop UPS, I walk in and stop at a computer, fill out the shipping info and get my little tag to put on the box....
Walk up to the clerk, who from past experiance, is anti gun....
Well she scans the tag and asks is this only a barrel?
Yes I reply, (Now I filled out on the shipping form, that it was a rifle barrel only, and insured)
She says well I cant ship that, you have to be a dealer.
No, I reply, the barrel is not the firearm, it is only a piece of metel, and anyone can ship to anyone, no dealer is needed.....
After a bit she says OK, BUT I have to open the box..
Fine I said, so she opens the box and looks at the upper, without a clue as to what she was looking at.
She says nothing, tapes up the box and starts the process to ship, then she says, we recieved word today, that UPS can longer ship anything automatic.
Really I said, well thats ok, all I have is SEMI-AUTOMATICS, so that will not apply to me....
I take my reciept say Have a nice day and walk out the door, shaking my head.....