Man Orders TV, Gets Sig Black Rifle Instead

[gun sane]

I know you have to report a screwup like this.......but dang!

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/this-guy-received-an-assault-rifle-in-the-mail-but-he-ordered-a-tv-what-happened/

I wonder why they didn't evacuate the area.

[gjohnsoniv]

D'oh!

[ttocswob]

This kind of thing never happens to me!

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...

[Caster]

I believe I'd have left some good feedback about the cool TV I just got and kept on truckin.

[Dolomite_supafly]

I would like to know what television he bought and where.

Obviously somewhere in the shipper's custody something went awry.

Dolomite

Edited August 9, 2012 by Dolomite_supafly

[gregintenn]

Somebody's at a gun store somewhere raising h3ll!!!

[E4 No More]

Now we'll have a bunch of morons calling for stricker shipping regulations.

[Johnny Rotten]

That makes no sense, they would have been drop shipped from two different locations and came together at the shipping terminal, the driver would have never touched it with out a shipping label...

unless the TV store and gun shop did shipping favors for each other and it got screwed up there...

[Capbyrd]

From the story I read, the TV was purchased on Amazon's marketplace so it could have easily been a pawn shop or something or a store that happens to carry both.

[monkeylizard]

The story suggested the TV's label came off and wast stuck to the Sig. Plausible, I suppose.

[BryanP]

Looks like it came from this place:

http://www.floridagunexchange.com/

[monkeylizard]

I don't see any TVs for sale on that site.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Like the commenters on the Blaze site, I think it was a setup.

How many times have you seen a shipping label on a UPS or Fedex box that would come off easily? And notice

the Brady bunch was quick to point out about the ease of shipping of firearms.

I would have kept the damned gun and given a good review about the TV. Considering the cost of a 39 inch TV,

I'd say he got better value.

He's probably a bleeding heart liberal, though.

[gjohnsoniv]

You would have to be an idiot to put the wrong label for a tv on a gun box. I know new tv's can be small but who would think a flatscreen is coming in a box like that?

[Guest HvyMtl]

This was probably a shipper or origin shipper error. The stickers, if not stuck down, will stick to anything. I bet the store with the TV did not remove the plastic backing and attached only the corner of the sticker. And then when it got to the sorter it had transfered to the other package, or the minimum wage temporary just stuck it to the closest box.

[Garufa]

I think the story is just that, a story. I'm calling BS.

[Sam1]

Now we'll have a bunch of morons calling for stricker shipping regulations.

Obviously due to this incident, 17 illegal alien minors have died so we must immediately impose a 27 day wait time for all items shipped to allow a new agency to open and review the contents of every box in the country that is being transported.

[E4 No More]

Like the commenters on the Blaze site, I think it was a setup.

How many times have you seen a shipping label on a UPS or Fedex box that would come off easily? And notice

the Brady bunch was quick to point out about the ease of shipping of firearms.

I would have kept the damned gun and given a good review about the TV. Considering the cost of a 39 inch TV,

I'd say he got better value.

He's probably a bleeding heart liberal, though.

He said he's never touched a gun before.

[scoutfsu]

Hipster douchebag who calls the Brady Campaign and states that he think all guns should be banned? This is nothing but a setup. It'll come out sooner or later.....and I doubt the news will plaster it like they are now.

[kwe45919]

Silly story.......dumb actors.

[Guest dfsixstring]

Fox said it was ordered from Amazon. I know Amazon doesn't sell real firearms. Something doesn't "smell" right here.

Dfsixstring

SR9c

LCP

RST4S

[strickj]

Like the commenters on the Blaze site, I think it was a setup.

How many times have you seen a shipping label on a UPS or Fedex box that would come off easily? And notice

the Brady bunch was quick to point out about the ease of shipping of firearms.

I would have kept the damned gun and given a good review about the TV. Considering the cost of a 39 inch TV,

I'd say he got better value.

He's probably a bleeding heart liberal, though.

I've seen lots of envelopes with rhe label inside come off. Can't say I've ever seen the self adhesive type come off though.

Although rarer nonadays, I think some places still use envelopes to save bucks. A case of possible but not plausible?

Edited August 10, 2012 by strickj

[vontar]

I would like an upgrade on my orders like that.

I am calling BS as well. Smells of setup.

[Seabeejason]

Yup, definitely a set-up of some sort. These dirt bags will stop at nothing.

[Clod Stomper]

He's probably a bleeding heart liberal, though.

Didja see the black fingernail polish and the capris pants in the video. A bleeding heart liberal at best. I bet he peed himself when he saw that it was a rifle.