[Heathkit] Package delivery services and my HW-101

[w8okn at charter.net]

The shipper is NOT the problem.  If the shipping company accepts the
packaging, then they become responsible for the proper care and delivery.
This is fact, not fiction.

Sean
W8OKN



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward B Richards" <zuu6k at juno.com>
To: <kilocycles at yahoo.com>
Cc: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Package delivery services and my HW-101


> 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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