[Elecraft] OT: Shipping

[Ken G Kopp]

In decades we've -never- had a positive interaction with FedEx ... IMO, an
awful company!

Rose (Elecraft Cases & Covers) ships 10 - 20 orders per month via USPS
Priority Mail, and have never had a single issue.  Never more than 3 days
to anywhere in the US.

73!

K0PP

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 13:32 Carl Jón Denbow <n8vz at qth.com> wrote:

> Never had a problem like that at UPS, and I’ve shipped many high value
> items with them.  I did have a problem like that, but not as severe, at
> FedEx once. They opened the box because I said the value was about
> $4000.00.  They had to insure the packing was sufficient.  I’ve avoided
> them for high-value items ever since. 73 de Carl
>
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> > On Sep 25, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I just took mine to the authorized Fed-X shipping store and let them
> deal with it.  No hassles. Less expensive than UPS and faster service.
> >
> > Bob, K4TAX
> >
> >
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> >
> >> On Sep 25, 2018, at 1:36 PM, Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The thread started by the gentleman who thought his KX2 might be dead
> and needed to go to Elecraft motivated me to make this comment about
> shipping.
> >>
> >> For several good reasons, I just sent my K3 to Elecraft for service for
> the first time ever.  Insured, double boxed, expensive Uline 3” plank foam
> cushion support for the inner carton, etc.   Because I insured it for a
> high value, I was required by UPS to take the carton to the local UPS
> Customer Service Center, not the UPS store, etc. to obtain a signature.
> Don’t know if I’d scheduled a pickup that it would have been the same fire
> drill, but that wasn’t an option for me because of UPS schedules around
> here.
> >>
> >> Got to the UPS Center at the airport  and was told that I had to UNPACK
> ALL of the cartons so they could see what was inside and determine that it
> wasn’t explosives (apparently there was an incident at FedEx back in
> February).   UPS did a sloppy job of retaping everything.  Nothing worse
> than having to cut open carefully packed and sealed containers to prove
> you’re not just another uni-bomber.  I bit my lips and was (mostly)
> friendly about it.  Worse than TSA … because they don’t have the chemical
> detection wipes and X-ray machines that TSA has.   So it’s a bigger than
> average hassle.
> >>
> >> Word to the wise — leave your  cartons untaped, take your tape gun with
> you, and close/tape the containers yourself.  (Maybe I’m the only person
> that didn’t know this was a current UPS policy?)
> >>
> >> Grant NQ5T
> >> K3 #2091 KX3 #8342
> >>
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