[Heathkit] Package delivery services and my HW-101

[john]

Sean, I agree...it really can't be any other way, O/W all handlers could 
just claim (after the fact) that the goods obviously weren't packed 
correctly!  I have never not gotten my money out of UPS.  One needs to be 
more persistant than they are stubborn.

John K5MO



At 08:49 PM 10/11/2005, w8okn at charter.net wrote:
>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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