[Boatanchors] Fed-X

[Ray Friess]

That is EXACTLY why I dont ship Fed X or UPS when I send equipment or 
have equipment
shipped to me. 
     In all the times I have shipped by postal service, I have had only 
ONCE that something
 arrived broke... and it was a tube that fell out of its socket inside 
the rig because I didnt
put enough packing material inside.   My fault, not the PO... And I have 
NEVER received something sent postal that didnt arrive in the same shape 
it was sent....
     On top of that ... the cost of postal is about the same...   a 
little more sometimes at the most,
but well worth the extra little cost.
     At the post office, the workers gently pick up the box (whatever 
the weight) and put it in the
bin...   unlike at UPS or Fed Ex where they either try to make a three 
point basketball shot...
or they toss it onto the conveyor belt like a sack of garbage...    I 
used to wince when I saw that
before going to postal shipping...



ronnie.hull wrote:

>Tonight I had the pleasure<?> of following a Fed-X truck down the freeway. 
>His back door was up and he was dropping packages all over the interestate. 
>They were getting wacked left and right. Suppose it had been a pristine SX-88 
>that I was shipping to someone? LOL
>
>I stopped and got one box and it was BLOOD!!  Being shipped to Yonkers New 
>York ( them yanquis sure have funny names). I called FED-X and they said they 
>would be right out to get it. That was 4 hours ago. I guess this overnight 
>package aint gonna make it and I hope it wasn't for someone in critical care.
>
>Anyway, glad it wasn't someone's precious boat anchor
>
>de W5SUM
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