[Elecraft] Upgrading the Shack

[Robert Rennard]

FedEx – 

Put a failed delivery sticker on the gate an eighth of a mile from our porch.  Claimed they did so the next 2 days, but they did not.   When I called they told me to pick up the item 30 miles away in another town.  Asked them to deliver to our town which they agreed to do and claimed it would be at FedEx Office before Noon.  I went there and the clerk laughed and told me it might be Noon in Hawaii when they got it.

UPS 
Does not ring the intercom bell at the roadside gate, leaves the parcel in a large plastic bag which flaps in the wind to alert the poachers.  If I leave the gate open, they bring the parcel onto the porch, do not ring the doorbell, and do not put the parcel in a protective bag.

USPS
Sent a cashiers check for $1500 by Priority Mail to get a soil characteristics report done for inspection by the county engineer before erecting a tower.  The soils engineer drilled a 25 foot deep test hole, created a report, and billed me for the $1500.  When asked, they said they’d never seen the check, they called USPS who said it was delivered to their office on Saturday to which they replied that the multi-tenant building was locked,  They asked USPS to find out what happened and the USPS response was that the delivery carrier was no longer in their employ.  

DHL
Shipped some electronics from San Jose to San Diego overnight.  DHL claimed that the forest fire forbid them making the delivery.  When I asked them how far away the fire was from the downtown recipient, they went more stupid.

Good luck

Bob R = n7wy