[FLham] Ham Traders Beware

[John/K4WJ]

Three years ago UPS would not accept an original carton that I was using to 
ship a transceiver back to TenTec for repairs. They said it had to be 
double boxed. I showed them it was an original carton as the equipment fit 
perfectly inside the box.(It was the same carton that TenTec used to ship 
the very same  transceiver to me) I asked why they accepted this carton 
from the factory and they won't accept it from me. The answer, "it has to 
be double boxed."

I suspect that TenTec must insure their own packing and this relieves UPS 
from some responsibility.

I took the same box to the Post Office and they shipped it as is and it 
arrived safely. After I shipped it this way I called TenTec and they said 
they would prefer receiving shipments from UPS.

73..de John/K4WJ



acceptinside At 11:36 PM 3/14/02 -0800, Jim White, K4OJ wrote:
>I sold an amplifier to a ham and took it to UPS today for shipment...
>
>UPS has new rules as of this week...despite the fact that the amp was in the
>original carton with the original packing they would not accept it unless I
>re-boxed it inside another carton...yes that is correct it was in the
>manufacturers original carton with original packing....
>
>In an effort to cut down on the amount of insurance claims against them, UPS
>has adopted tougher packaging requirements...
>
>What I was shipping today was a transceiver and an amp...the amp was in
>three boxes and all were insured....apparently anything insured for over 500
>dollars is subject to inspection as to worthiness of packaging...
>
>I was damned proud of the job I had done packing up the amp but they
>insisted they would not take it and they would help me repackage it into
>another carton by selling me a large carton and they would supply me with
>foam to place between the two cartons...
>
>The foam was the expanding kind in a plastic bag that suddenly gets hot as
>hell when it starts to expand...and you place it and watch it grow.
>
>I was not the only one caught today with the new regs...I was at the local
>UPS terminal here in Tampa for almost two hours.
>
>BEWARE - allow yourself extra time and you might wanna phone ahead if you
>are shipping something of value via UPS.
>
>73,
>
>Jim, K4OJ
>
>73,
>
>Jim, K4OJ
>
>
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73..de John/K4WJ
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