[ARC5] OT: UPS Ground Insanity

[Dennis Monticelli]

I too have had better luck with FedX ground.  The boxes usually arrive
with square corners.  The local UPS store is a small one and I pass it
each day commuting home.  Sometimes a UPS truck is in the process of
unloading when I drive by.  The technique involves throwing the
package out of the truck whereupon it either hits the pavement or
strikes another box before hitting the pavement.  Then the driver
climbs out and stacks boxes on a dolly.  If he stacks to carelessly
the boxes come crashing down again.  He is in a hurry and he just
doesn't care.

Dennis AE6C

On 11/30/12, Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I abandoned UPS several years ago after using them for well over 30-years
> when virtually everything that I shipped and received that went through
> their Mesquite (Dallas area), Texas, hub started getting damaged.  Even
> small, light weight, boxes often arrived damaged.  I get parts shipments
> from Mouser which is located less than 50-miles from me that would arrive
> with badly damaged boxes.  Mouser knows that UPS damages packages going
> through Mesquite and would use much larger boxes with LOTS of protection
> inside the boxes.  The parts usually made it fine, but the boxes were in
> shambles.
>
> Within the past couple of months, I have been requesting FedEx Ground and
> the shipments arrive usually in the morning and not late in the afternoon,
> or even as late as 10:00 PM, depending on the driver with UPS.  The
> shipments usually make it the next business day with both carriers.  So far,
> I haven't had any problems with FedEx Ground including several packages
> received that were definitely very badly packed and even came across the
> country.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> To: ARC5 at mailman.QTH.net
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] OT: UPS Ground Insanity
>
> On 29 Nov 2012 at 16:51, Geoff wrote:
>
>> Because FedWrex aint no better. I ve had more damage from them than
>> UPS over the last several decades.
>
> I have had extremely good luck with FedEx GROUND, not so much with
> FedWrex AIR. The GROUND truck goes right past my door every day.
>
>> And when I do the packing nothing gets damaged except maybe a drivers
>> back.
>
> Same here: custom-made custom-fitted crates made by me out of 3/4 inch
> plywood. I have shipped RAL, R-389, and other such with no damage...so
> far.
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