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Shamal said:
Not my best but its a hard one lol
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£24 postage! - last RIF I sent an month or so ago (a heavy E&L AK with a bunch of mags) cost me £13 via PF48.

Nice enough gun otherwise.

 
It’s the post office / Parcel Force insurance that bumps it up

I have literally just posted a rif Parcel Force 48

£100 value of item cover £13.14

Up to £250 cover was £24, so the seller in my opinion is just covering his bases ?

 
Enid_Puceflange said:
It’s the post office / Parcel Force insurance that bumps it up

I have literally just posted a rif Parcel Force 48

£100 value of item cover £13.14

Up to £250 cover was £24, so the seller in my opinion is just covering his bases ?
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Yup, that's what I'd expect it to cost.  Anyone charging less is risking being out of pocket.

Although there used to be a £100 limit listed on either the ParcelFarce or RoyalFail sites, but that seems to have gone now.  Or at least I can't find it, which isn't necessarily the same thing. 

It might be quite the bun fight if they dug up and revealed a secret limit later, after taking your money for providing extra cover.

[EDIT] Found it here: https://www.parcelforce.com/help-and-advice/sending/prohibitions-and-restrictions

This the wording that contradicts other pages, as it says that they won't send any firearms, components, RIFs or any sort of toy gun, except for low powered air weapons.  We've had a handbag fight over this before, but seems clear that the Post Office will accept honestly described RIFs, and if they take the money, they create a contract.

Arms and Ammunition - low powered air weapons Low-powered air weapons (air rifles, air guns and air pistols), together with lead pellets and other airgun and airsoft projectiles, can be sent but are subject to the following conditions:

  1. These items must be sent on an express48 service only
  2. These items must be sent via the Post Office only, and presented at the counter
  3. Enhanced compensation cover is not available


I reckon if you declare it honestly (and can prove that) and if they take the money for extra cover, you should be OK.  Although there's some danger that they might say "Here's your £100 plus what you paid for extra cover, go whistle for the rest." about 6 months down the line.

 
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novioman said:
Parcelforce won’t pay anymore than a £100 compensation for any type of gun, so paying for extra insurance is just a waste of money. 
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This is the only way my local post-mistress will accept a RIF to send - no additional compensation can be be applied and she reads the rules as £100 cover only, so that's the way I've been sending them.

I tell her 'low powered air weapon for sporting use'.

Rogerborg said:
I reckon if you declare it honestly (and can prove that) and if they take the money for extra cover, you should be OK.  Although there's some danger that they might say "Here's your £100 plus what you paid for extra cover, go whistle for the rest." about 6 months down the line.
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I would wager that they would just retort with this part of their policy and politely tell you to jog on.

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That pretty much sums up every RIF.

 
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Speedbird_666 said:
£24 postage! - last RIF I sent an month or so ago (a heavy E&L AK with a bunch of mags) cost me £13 via PF48.

Nice enough gun otherwise.
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Where are you posting from? it usually costs me £13 Just for a pistol parcel force 48. By the time you add packaging it cost me the best part of £25 to send a rifle pf48

 
BigStew said:
Where are you posting from? it usually costs me £13 Just for a pistol parcel force 48. By the time you add packaging it cost me the best part of £25 to send a rifle pf48
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My village PO charged me £16 for a standard-sized RIF box but with a heavy E&L AK plus a bunch of metal mid-cap mags taped to the side (just under 6Kg).

She also knocks off another 15% because I have a Rewards4U card from ParcelForce (ask at the counter or apply online - free with no requirements). Total price was a smidge over £14. Last plastic-bodied RIF (<5kg) I sent cost £11 with the 15% discount via PF48. I've checked the pricing on PF website and it hasn't changed since I last sent a RIF in April.

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BigStew said:
Add 60 on for shipping and customs on to the price. 65 for the MOSFET, on idea on the silencer or the mags I could see all that costing £300 ish new. Still wouldn't pay that for a second hand cyma mp5
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The Gemtech is available for about 60EUR (plus shipping of course), the mags are £10 each from Patrolbase.

 
yeah, its not that shop at all - its just the price point for something a bit/ very niche.

 
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£300 for a WE M4? But it's got a PTS grip and trigger guard so that's ok. Looking back he was trying to sell it for £600 as a BCM build he'd built but never skirmished. Seems like someone just wanted the rail so he decided to split it all. Trouble is he's expecting to make back all the money he poured into it. 

https://forums.zeroin.co.uk/forum/classifieds/rifles-smg-s-for-sale/gas-gbb-rifles-smg-s/3232731-we-m4-cqb-unskirmished

https://forums.zeroin.co.uk/forum/classifieds/rifles-smg-s-for-sale/gas-gbb-rifles-smg-s/3230670-we-bcm-mcmr-build-as-new

 
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