[AMRadio] Tube Shipping Question

[Eddy Swynar]

On 2012-06-01, at 9:29 AM, Mark K3MSB wrote:

> They were shipped by FedEx.  The packers told me that if there was no
> damage to the box,  and the glass was not broken,  claims will be denied by
> FedEx as they can't be responsible for something internal like that.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience on this issue?
> 

Hi Mark,

I'm not surprised in the least...

One time a coupla years ago I was stuck in a traffic jam in downtown Toronto: it gave me the opportunity to watch, first-hand, a parcel delivery guy make his "deliveries" to a fine china shop that he was (illegally) parked in front of. What a revelation THAT was...

The guy was standing on the elevator ramp at the back of a large cube truck, the elevator being  some 5' above street level: he would pick up each parcel / box from inside the truck, hold it just beyond the edge of the ramp, & then "...bombs away." The packages dropped from that height right to the pavement.

Now, I know that rules for commercial carriers say something along the lines that your package must withstand a vertical drop of some 6', or so, but this sorta action goes way beyond what is necessary, IMHO...and I'll bet your tubes got the ol' "bombs away" treatment, too.

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ