[Elecraft] OT: Shipping

Tue Sep 25 16:42:35 EDT 2018

Lets also end -this- duplicate thread at this time in the interest of improving 
list SNR for our other readers.

Eric
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On 9/25/2018 1:35 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> I agree for small shipments. However USPS doesn't pack. The point being, if I use the Fed-X packing service and it gets damaged or lost it is 100% their issue.   In other words they don't come back to me and say "poorly packed".
>
> I lost a radio via UPS due to damage. When I recovered it there was a corner crushed and some type of equipment track on the box.  Their response was "improper packaging".  ???? Guess I should have used a steel case.
>
> Seems that diff folks have different results.
>
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 25, 2018, at 2:50 PM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> 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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