Selling my pyro

[Shaun Haynes]

So im slowly giving up airsoft  and i have quite a lot of pyro that  i dont need and or want where do i stand on selling it on?

[E21A]

What have you got? 

[Shaun Haynes]

Wp40s

Thunderflashes 

Eg18

 

[E21A]

How many of each? Price? 

 

 

[Shaun Haynes]

This isnt a sales post im asking if i can acatully sell them 

[E21A]

You can, to me ?

[proffrink]

Yeh, don't do sales in these sorts of threads please all you'll get a warning for off-topic posting. Perhaps send a PM in the future?

[L3wisD]

It's also worth bearing in mind that shipping is probably a no-no, as most couriers won't allow explosives to be shipped.

 

Enola Gaye have a good page for this:

https://www.enolagaye.com/guidance-shipping-pyrotechnics-by-road-uk/

 

[E21A]

12 minutes ago, L3wisD said:

It's also worth bearing in mind that shipping is probably a no-no, as most couriers won't allow explosives to be shipped.

 

Enola Gaye have a good page for this:

https://www.enolagaye.com/guidance-shipping-pyrotechnics-by-road-uk/

 

 

Ive has plenty of pyro sent to me from various couriers 

20 minutes ago, proffrink said:

Yeh, don't do sales in these sorts of threads please all you'll get a warning for off-topic posting. Answer the OPs question/contribute to the subject of the thread or don't post. Perhaps send a PM in the future?

 

Provided you sell it to someone over 18 I can’t see any issues. 

[L3wisD]

Yes, but from retailers presumably?

[E21A]

Just now, L3wisD said:

Yes, but from retailers presumably?

 

What’s the difference? It’s still being posted ??‍♂️

[proffrink]

3 minutes ago, E21A said:

 

Ive has plenty of pyro sent to me from various couriers 

 

Provided you sell it to someone over 18 I can’t see any issues. 

This isn't the section for selling, so it would be considered off-topic, but no one would see you sending a PM.

 

Same reason sales shouldn't happen in the appraisals.

[E21A]

Just now, proffrink said:

This isn't the section for selling, so it would be considered off-topic, but no one would see you sending a PM.

 

Same reason sales shouldn't happen in the appraisals.

 

I answered the question as you requested. PM will be sent momentarily 

[proffrink]

And this is why we have to just issue warnings instead of trying to ask nicely in threads I guess *shrugs*. Conduct your sales/purchasing via the classifieds or - failing that - just send a PM. Don't bump threads with off-topic content - simple.

[ImTriggerHappy]

7 minutes ago, E21A said:

 

What’s the difference? It’s still being posted ??‍♂️

Retailers can post things that private sellers can't. 

[proffrink]

5 minutes ago, ImTriggerHappy said:

Retailers can post things that private sellers can't. 

The expectation being that a retailer will take precautions to properly package and label explosive material that a private seller won't. I know when I've ordered bulk pyro it only ever comes via TNT and with big warning labels all over it. Don't think Parcelforce will even touch retailer stuff, but I could be wrong (most retailers seem to opt for TNT (heh) or FedEx and it costs a pretty penny too). I think the surcharge I've typically paid is about a tenner ontop of whatever I've already paid for postage.

 

To OP: Might be best to deliver them in person or sell them at a site.

[Rogerborg]

Little aside, the VRCA made it an offence to sell, buy or attempt to buy "a cap-type primer designed for use in metallic ammunition for a firearm".  There is no exception or defence for airsoft use.

 

And yet .209 shotgun primers are freely traded without any concern.  I wonder if it's because sellers are confident that definition doesn't apply, or if it's just the case that they don't know, or don't give a stuff.

[Shaun Haynes]

4 hours ago, L3wisD said:

It's also worth bearing in mind that shipping is probably a no-no, as most couriers won't allow explosives to be shipped.

 

Enola Gaye have a good page for this:

https://www.enolagaye.com/guidance-shipping-pyrotechnics-by-road-uk/

 

That seems like a lot of hasslw to post them.  So should be ok to sell and do collection  or deal in person  as long as over 18

[Jedi_Master]

Just now, Shaun Haynes said:

 So should be ok to sell and do collection  or deal in person  as long as over 18

 

Yes.

[proffrink]

1 hour ago, Rogerborg said:

Little aside, the VRCA made it an offence to sell, buy or attempt to buy "a cap-type primer designed for use in metallic ammunition for a firearm".  There is no exception or defence for airsoft use.

 

And yet .209 shotgun primers are freely traded without any concern.  I wonder if it's because sellers are confident that definition doesn't apply, or if it's just the case that they don't know, or don't give a stuff.

That's actually pretty interesting. I believe in this case we're 100% talking about fireworks/pyrotechnics rather than blank firers, but it's somewhat amusing that blanks are fine but primers are not? I mean surely one could extract the primers from a blank if they were that bothered, or do blank firers use a different/less violent primer? I'd have thought not.

[Arwen]

Sorry, sort of serious thread but I burst out laughing at this:

5 hours ago, proffrink said:

I know when I've ordered bulk pyro it only ever comes via TNT and with big warning labels all over it.

 

What other courier company could transport explosives ?

[clumpyedge]

On 15/09/2018 at 11:01, ImTriggerHappy said:

Retailers can post things that private sellers can't. 

 

^^^^ this!

 

While some couriers can delivery fireworks/primers/blanks etc they would have had a dangerous goods form completed (or i would hope they would) this would most likely cover them for limited or excepted quantities (if I remember correctly from my dangerous goods training) for ADR.

 

When you order from Fire support for example you have to add on the cost of the postage for dangerous goods as I

assume they use a specialist courier (although Ive had pyro delivered from a few stores of which used DPD)

 

I would say your best bet is going collection/delivery to your local site is the easiest way as mentioned above otherwise the cost of posting would more than likely outweigh the cost of the goods.

 

On 15/09/2018 at 16:04, proffrink said:

That's actually pretty interesting. I believe in this case we're 100% talking about fireworks/pyrotechnics rather than blank firers, but it's somewhat amusing that blanks are fine but primers are not? I mean surely one could extract the primers from a blank if they were that bothered, or do blank firers use a different/less violent primer? I'd have thought not.

 

Most blank firers will just use your normal blanks used in many of our BFG's alas if they are used in any form of fully automatic blank firer they are prone to jamming especially the larger calibre blank's

[proffrink]

2 hours ago, clumpyedge said:

Most blank firers will just use your normal blanks used in many of our BFG's alas if they are used in any form of fully automatic blank firer they are prone to jamming especially the larger calibre blank's

What Rogerborg is saying though is that the primer itself (i.e. not the whole blank but the firing cap) is enough to be bad. If you wanted to enough removing a primer from a blank to use in live ammo wouldn't be a problem, I assume. And of course there's the point that .209 primers are sold by the hundreds with no problem at all

[clumpyedge]

Just now, proffrink said:

What Rogerborg is saying though is that the primer itself (i.e. not the whole blank but the firing cap) is enough to be bad. If you wanted to enough removing a primer from a blank to use in live ammo wouldn't be a problem, I assume. And of course there's the point that .209 primers are sold by the hundreds with no problem at all

 

Yes agreed it is, but funny like you say the get shipped from loads of airsoft shops and other shops without any form of DG classification or age restriction. Pretty sure once a primer is in a casing you cant get it out but having said that if I've been doing home loads for my friends .410 if i mess one up I don't tend to try getting a primer out i just fuck it off and move onto the next one.