[Hallicrafters] UPS Pack n' SHip

[Bry Carling]

UPS says that is impossible if you ask them, but we know better. I receive a lot of boxes by UPS at work, and they often have holes, abrasions, marks from being dropped etc. you just have to outfox them and pack things really well because we all know they stonewall every insurance claim. (Unlike FedEx)

Bry Carling
http://af4k.com

> On Nov 9, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Howie K3HW <k3hw at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hi Glen,
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> I use FedEx to ship all of my boatanchors and request same from those with whom I do business. 
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> I agree with your comments 100%. I gave up on UPS years ago. They seem to want to play soccer or cricket with my stuff. 
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> On one occasion I received a "FLATPAK" via UPS containing old Heathkit manuals. It had a scuffed black tire tread pattern pressed into it. Fortunately there was no damage to the contents.
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> Howie K3HW 
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> On Friday, November 8, 2013 11:19 PM, Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> The "foam in place" system has been around since the late 1960s.  From 1970, until 1979, I owned the Motorola reconditioning center for the south-central United States.  We used that method for shipping complete Motorola two-way radios.
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> We shipped between 50 and 100 units every week by carriers ranging from UPS to major freight lines.  The only package damaged was by UPS when they ran a forklift tong through the box.  Per their usual policy when an article is damaged, UPS tried the "not properly packed" routine to keep from paying the claim!  
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> It
> took a telephone call from a Motorola vice-president to the CEO of UPS to get the claim paid.  Motorola was shipping, from the Schamburg, Illinois, plant, hundreds of radios a day and a good portion of those were shipped using UPS.  When the Motorola vice-president threatened to stop using UPS, the UPS CEO immediately made sure the claim was immediately paid.
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> I used UPS for well over 3-decades and the only problem was the forklift tong.  But, several years ago, virtually everything that I shipped and that I received came in damaged.  Those items in which the box didn't show ab