[Heathkit] Package delivery services and my HW-101

[Edward B Richards]

The biggest problem with all package delivery services, not just UPS, is
the shipper. 99% of damage is because the shipper did not pack it
properly. If you pack to survive a 4 foot fall onto a concrete floor, you
will have practically no shipping damage. I would bet your HW-101 was not
double boxed with 2 inches of bubble wrap around the radio and 2 inches
of Styrofoam (not peanuts) between the boxes.

Ed K6UUZ

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:03:20 -0700 (PDT) Ted Bruce <kilocycles at yahoo.com>
writes:
> Fortunately, for the types of parts that I buy from
> Mouser, USPS Priority mail is an option.  I just
> received another order today from them.
> 
> When I was buying and lot of stuff on eBay earlier
> this year, I stopped offering UPS as a shipping
> option.  One of my first purchases, my now-treasured
> HW-101 got "UPSed".  Rather than accept their solution
> to send it back to the owner, from whom I certainly
> could not have received a replacement, I just bit the
> bullet and hammered out the case bottom (the back
> bottom corner was bent).  I also sold a transceiver
> and a camera to two different parties, and I was
> specifically requested not to ship UPS because of
> delivery damage experience from their local UPS
> offices.  They paid extra for Parcel Post.
> 
> Trucks are trucks, and humans are humans, so the
> answer maybe lies in a process problem somewhere.
> 
> 73,
> Ted KX4OM
> 
> 
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