Sending firearms via Parcel Force

[Dark Skies]

Is it usual for an RFD to send a firearm to another RFD via Express 48?

I was under the impression Parcel Force forbade it.

The reason I ask is that last Wednesday an RFD sent my firearm to my usual RFD and sent me a tracking code.
When I tried to track the parcel it came back with:

Service: Express 48
Tracking status: Advised
We have no tracks for your parcel yet. The status of your parcel will be updated in due course.

When I phoned my RFD on Saturday it had not arrived. He's closed on Monday so I can't check with him until Tuesday.

However, it seems to me that five days later the tracking system ought to at least report the current whereabouts of my firearm - even if it's just sitting in a hub somewhere. I'm starting to get a tad uneasy.

I've left a message with Parcel Force but haven't had a reply.

[saddler]

RFD types can use Parcel Farce.
Us mere mortals are forbade Parcel Farce by the folk that think they know better (apart from non-FAC airguns)

Us can instead send S1 & S2 guns by Royal Snail (1st class as minimum service, I prefer to use recorded/next day or similar). Minor snafu here is the max. BOX size comes into play.....so send in a TUBE!!

[Gazza]

I wouldnt let your arse start nipping just yet.
I had a similar thing happen to me last month albeit not with a firearm.
The goods I had coming to me got delivered late and when I checked the tracking company web site it wasnt even showing it had been picked up let alone delivered!
I cant remember the courier but it was one of the biggies.

[saddler]

Re the tracking. The Offishul site is bobbins....i use a Russian site. Something like trackitonline.ru
Works on ALL mail/courier/shipping data.

[Rarms]

The advised status likely just means he has booked the parcel and printed the label. If he had dropped it off or had it collected yet then that is what I believe the status would be. Wouldn't worry.

[the running man]

I was under the impression that rfd's best practice is not to send firearms out on anything but a Monday Tues or weds, otherwise your gun is sitting around a warehouse somewhere, consequently it could get nicked......

[Blackstuff]

The advised status likely just means he has booked the parcel and printed the label. If he had dropped it off or had it collected yet then that is what I believe the status would be. Wouldn't worry.

This

Basically your gun hasn't gone anywhere yet

[Christel]

I was under the impression that rfd's best practice is not to send firearms out on anything but a Monday Tues or weds, otherwise your gun is sitting around a warehouse somewhere, consequently it could get nicked......

Yup