Pellets from Amazon

[Ponyman]

I ordered some Crossman Hollow Points from Amazon. They looked good when I received them, packaged well. Went to Walmart and found them $5 cheaper. Don't have big selection but usually have Crossman and Gamo pellets.

 

[Trent A]

I ordered some Crossman Hollow Points from Amazon. They looked good when I received them, packaged well. Went to Walmart and found them $5 cheaper. Don't have big selection but usually have Crossman and Gamo pellets.

Maybe I have just had a particularly bad run of luck on things, but my experiences have been consistent over the last decade so I assumed everyone else was likely falling subject to the same poor handling of their pellet orders as well. Glad to hear not everyone is getting shafted like I've grown to expect on such transactions involving Amazon as the party handling shipment.

 

[Chief Ten-Beers]

I ordered some Crossman Hollow Points from Amazon. They looked good when I received them, packaged well. Went to Walmart and found them $5 cheaper. Don't have big selection but usually have Crossman and Gamo pellets.

Unfortunately, where I live the selection is Dismal! LOL At the Wally World here they have almost no .22 cal at all, and at Farm&Fleet I can get Daisy or the Crossman HP. Even the only Gun store carries nothing for pellet Guns.

 

[mtnGhost]

I just got some pellets from Amazon. Not the first time I've ordered from them and it probably will not be the last. There is a dent in the bottom of the tin as you can probably see in the picture. But the pellets look fine. They shipped in a lightly padded bag. I don't expect the pellets to arrive in pristine tins. But most of my orders have contained pellets in pretty good shape, like these. The tins that looked mangled got sent back.

But the reason I order from Amazon is I can get them fast. This tin cost me the same per tin as the best price I saw from other sources. Amazon included shipping, however, and the others did not. So it didn't cost me extra. I ordered 5 tins from another retailer Friday afternoon and they haven't shipped yet. I ordered this tin Saturday (when I saw the other order hadn't shipped) and it arrived today. I think 1-2 day delivery is worth something too.

Their price is not always as good as I got on this order and I would worry the chance of damage would be greater on a larger (and heavier) order. But for a tin or two, especially if I need them quickly, I think amazon is a viable option.

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I've had two H&N dealers over the past 2-3 years tell me that an obscene number of H&N's tins arrive to them dented. This seems to be endemic of H&N, and they really need to figure it out.

 

[HN Sport]

I've had two H&N dealers over the past 2-3 years tell me that an obscene number of H&N's tins arrive to them dented. This seems to be endemic of H&N, and they really need to figure it out.

I am sorry but I cannot relate why it must be our fault when tins arrive at the dealer dented. They leave our factory in good condition. Our tins are relatively stable anyway because they have a screw-on lid.

 

[mtnGhost]

I am sorry but I cannot relate why it must be our fault when tins arrive at the dealer dented. They leave our factory in good condition. Our tins are relatively stable anyway because they have a screw-on lid.

That's the wrong attitude to have for trying to determine why they're getting damaged and how to correct the problem. Dealers shouldn't have to eat that cost.

 

[Chief Ten-Beers]

I have never ordered any pellets from Amazon other than these. They are packaged well.

 

[MrFantasticMan1]

amazon's legit for many things but not for this

 

[JimD]

I think the packaging shown in #27 helps. Seems to work better in the slightly padded envelope Amazon uses. My other theory is that keeping the weight down helps. Single tins, no multiples where the envelope weighs more and may slam into things in transit harder. But still it is a bit of a gamble to order pellets from Amazon. One of my recent shipments was bubble wrapped inside the envelope. Might have been the Midway fulfilled order for FTs. That is better.

 

[nekret]

FWIW I gave up ordering pellets from amazon... about 75% of them come damaged during shipping. So far Pyramid air and The Pellet Shop have both done some amazing work packing ammo in foam & cardboard so the ammo shows up in about a good shape as you can get without ordering a pallet.