Glad to hear it all worked out in the end. I do agree with a previous poster that what you described sounds dangerously like a straw purchase. I'm not 100% on the details of what is and is not considered a straw purchase, but this sure sounds like one.
As far as USPS, they have been sucking more than usual lately. I had a package sit in one sorting facility for 3 days, then it arrived at the next one, left the same days and 4 days later arrived back at the same sorting facility it had just left again. It finally got to me but it did a few laps first. WTH?!
EDITTED TO ADD:
I did a quick search and found this doc from NSSF...
http://www.nssf.org/factsheets/PDF/strawPurchase.pdf
...and I'm still confused. It says it is when the actual buyer can't pass the background check or does not want his name associated with the paperwork. Based on the reasoning the OP gave, neither condition is true but it was still bought on behalf of someone else and not as a gift. Seems like a grey area, but I'd be careful about deals like that in the future.
Last edited by frogger; 02-21-13 at 03:33.
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