[AMRadio] Packaging Radio Gear

[Bob Peters]

Dave not to get a big discussion going here but back in the 50's people
cared about there work and took pride in there work..Today people think
you owe them a living and pride is a thing of the past,,... I know this
to be a fact as I run a company with 42 employees  The over 40 group
cares the under 40 group could give two Hells or Damns about customer
service and people...  UPS and FedX are the total same...

Bob W1Pe

-----Original Message-----
From: amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of david knepper
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:00 AM
To: Discussion of AM Radio
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Packaging Radio Gear


Could someone explain to me how radios were shipped back in the 50's so
that 
they arrived at the dealers with no apparent damage.  I wonder what the 
original packing was back then?

With all the thousands of expensive solid-state transceivers, computers,

etc. shipped today, I rarely ever hear of any of them getting damaged.
I do 
know that they are cradled in  styrofoam.

It would seem that the reason our "boatanchors" are damaged in shipment
is 
either the manner in which these heavy radios are packaged or how the 
shipper handles the package - perhaps, a little of both.

How were Viking Valiants, etc. packaged by the manufacturer?  I know
that 
many of these early radios went by rail or motor freight before the
advent 
of  UPS and FedEx?

Recently, I shipped a Collins 32V-3 transmitter to Chicago using FedEx 
services.  The transmiter was carefully boxed and then enclosed in a
wooden 
crate.  It helps to have a neighbor that works for FedEx!

Thanks

Dave, W3ST
Publisher of the Collins Journal
Secretary to the Collins Radio Association
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pieter Gerlach" <Pieter at FreeToBe.de>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:02 AM
Subject: [AMRadio] Packaging Radio Gear


In response to some of the good ideas on how to and what to use to pack 
valuable pieces of equipment i want to relate my latest experiemce. It 
doesn't really matter what is used for packing if someone decides to
open 
things up in the dying days of the "War on Drugs." I purchased A Viking 
Valiant from a fellow in Colombia who cardboard boxed with styrofoam and

then wooden crated the old warrior. Presuming it was filled with cocaine
or 
some other illegal substance either Colombian or Canadian Customs felt
it 
had to be "stripped searched." When it arrived here at my home in Canada
the 
wooden crate was shattered, the cardboard and styrofoam sheets were 
scattered and every nut, bolt, screw and every other fastener had been 
removed and not replaced and a few strips of tape were wrapped around
the 
radio to hold things together. I took photos and refused to take
possession 
and am now in the process of filing claims...probably for the next year
and 
a half. I don't know if there is a message in this other than don't
purchase 
radios from countries that bureaucrats and officialdom hold suspect for 
whatever reason. I still appreciate all the ideas some of the other 
subscribers have contributed.

Pieter Gerlach VE1PPG
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