[Elecraft] Shipping via UPS - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way

Thu Apr 14 21:15:15 EDT 2022

I have one problem with USPS - they lie.  Occasionally.  They say things 
have
been delivered when they have not been delivered.  Yesterday, they said 
they
delivered a couple of pieces of aluminum for my latest project - I went 
out to
look when the email came in... no package.

   Sometimes stuff will appear a few days later, sometimes not.  It's a 
real PITA,
because then I have to go argue with the seller - who is totally not at 
fault, but
what can I do?

             - Jerry KF6VB

On 2022-04-13 08:06, Andrew Moore wrote:
>> What's your favorite kind of potato chips? I like Utz, or anything 
>> plain
> and unruffled. Cape Cod is good too.
> 
> Plain Utz is my favorite! But with ruffles. For Cape Cod it's the dark
> russets.
> 
> Salt and vinegar: Just say no. If vinegar and chips don't belong in the
> same room together, how can they possibly be allowed in the same bag? 
> Makes
> no sense.
> 
> Your preemptive strike on the "easily ruffled" joke is appreciated.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:38 AM Julia Tuttle <julia at juliatuttle.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> What's your favorite kind of potato chips? I like Utz, or anything 
>> plain
>> and unruffled. Cape Cod is good too.
>> 
>> Tragically, I will now be making the "that's funny because you're so
>> easily ruffled, Julia" joke before any of y'all have a chance.
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 10:01 Andrew Moore <andrew.nv1b at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> > Elecraft products are relatively small however they are expensive and
>>> many of us have shipped them so I think this is a good subject for 
>>> the
>>> list.
>>> 
>>> Kudos to John for bringing some humor into an otherwise monotonous 
>>> thread
>>> (I'm not being sarcastic here).
>>> 
>>> I eat snacks in front of my Elecraft so a discussion of potato chips 
>>> is
>>> warranted too, LOL.
>>> 
>>> The irony is that despite my initial ask (which I think only three 
>>> people
>>> actually understood and addressed; the rest responded with irrelevant
>>> opinion), I find myself reading most of the thread.
>>> 
>>> To the original poster (Ted I think? I was a while back):
>>> 
>>> In the interest of staying on topic: despite your frustration with 
>>> the
>>> cost
>>> of the UPS Store service, the explanation is also revealed what you 
>>> wrote:
>>> the alternative - nearest UPS depot - was a 90 mile round trip. You 
>>> pay
>>> for
>>> the convenience of having a drop-off location close by, not having to 
>>> pay
>>> high fuel costs for a 90 mile drive, not having to spend a minimum of 
>>> 3
>>> hours for that effort, etc.
>>> 
>>> In the interest of getting off topic: I've had loads of success with 
>>> USPS
>>> Priority, and there's probably a real USPS office near your location.
>>> 
>>> I do understand your frustration with the price. I grumble every time 
>>> the
>>> cost of potato chips goes up. A family size bag cost $2.45 just a few
>>> years
>>> ago. Now it's just under $5.00, and I swear the bag is smaller and 
>>> it's
>>> filled with more air,  fewer chips.
>>> 
>>> Oh jeez, here we go with the potato chips. My KX2 is out for delivery
>>> today! I'm going to celebrate by having a snack in front of it.
>>> 
>>> Speaking of USPS, many thanks to Madelyn & Elecraft for such a prompt
>>> delivery. The KX2 left Elecraft in California at 3 pm Monday and will 
>>> be
>>> delivered in Maine less than 48 hour later. That's 2,700 miles in 
>>> less
>>> than
>>> 2 days and cost me just $32.46 via USPS, and all I did was sit on my 
>>> butt.
>>> Eating chips.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> -Andrew NV1B
>>> ..
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:55 AM <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > In this case the subject line makes it very obvious that the original
>>> post
>>> > is about shipping. Elecraft products are relatively small however they
>>> are
>>> > expensive and many of us have shipped them so I think this is a good
>>> > subject
>>> > for the list.
>>> >
>>> > If you read the archives like I do it is very easy to pick which posts
>>> you
>>> > wish to read. It is easy to ignore the ones that are not of interest and
>>> > there is nothing to delete.
>>> > http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2022-April/date.html
>>> >
>>> > John KK9A
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Andrew Moore nv1b wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Other than trying to remember and ignore by subject line, is there a
>>> way to
>>> > mute specific threads on the Elecraft mailing list (via qth.net)? Maybe
>>> > I'm
>>> > thinking of the feature on @groups.io mailing lists - but this would be
>>> > helpful as Elecraft related topics morph into posts containing no
>>> Elecraft
>>> > content. While this content has value, it also dilutes value, as it's
>>> not
>>> > Elecraft specific.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks & 73,
>>> > -Andrew NV1B
>>> >
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