[Heathkit] Package delivery services and my HW-101

[Richard M. Gillingham]

However, the shipping company must take your word for the quality of the 
packaging.  They won't open it to check.  If you don't do a proper job of 
packaging, the shipping company may eat the damages, but it's still your 
fault.

And that's a fact too.

Just my opinion.

Gil, W1RG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "w8okn at charter.net" <W8OKN at charter.net>
To: <kilocycles at yahoo.com>; "Edward B Richards" <zuu6k at juno.com>
Cc: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Package delivery services and my HW-101


> 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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