[ARC5] [Milsurplus] OT: UPS Ground Insanity

[mac]

  I've shipped a lot of stuff with them, radios and also crystal and  
china.  Packed firm, thick and double boxed and have had no problems.   
Same with incoming stuff, go figure...

Agree the "last mile" can be the slowest.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Nov 29, 2012, at 3:08 PM, J. Forster wrote:

> Well, I had a solid cast iron "mushroom" antenna base for the WS19 34'
> mast shipped from Canada via UPS.
>
> Yup, they broke it! About 1" thick cast iron! And, a couple of months
> later I got a bill for "Brokerage Charges".  True story.
>
> -John
>
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>
>
>> Back in the 1980s I ordered four steel car wheels - nearly
>> indestructible, I thought, but the trucking company managed to bend  
>> the
>> rims of all four. Denied any responsibility -
>>  - Gordon White
>>
>
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