[Heathkit] shipping.. an old sore spot

[Carl]

Pure bovine excrement.

Im a rather high volume restorer plus amplifier repairs and 6M conversions 
who experimentally tried and dropped FedWrex I use only UPS who by the way 
carried the 13 ton drilling machine from PA to Chile. Ive not had a damage 
claim in decades.

The local industrial park has almost completely dropped FedWrex.

So Howie, take your BS and stuff it in a FedWrex envelope.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Weinstein" <k3hw at yahoo.com>
To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>; 
<w5sum at glowbugs.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] shipping.. an old sore spot


> Fella's
>
> Fed Ex is ENDORSED by several well known boatanchor restoration GURU's. 
> They ship and receive more delicate boatanchor packages in a few months 
> than most of us do in a lifetime. They also echo the criticism of UPS we 
> are seeing here. It is well founded criticism. the stories are based on 
> facts and real events.
>
> Easy solution - DO NOT USE UPS.
>
> I have used FedEx, UPS, and USPS for shipping and recieved boatanchors in 
> the recent past.
>
> FedEx is GREAT and number ONE -- ACROSS THE BOARD
>
> For smaller stuff USPS Priority w/Delivery Confirmation is fast and 
> efficient. I ship and receive vacuum tubes via USPS Priority all the 
> time - never a problem.
>
> UPS - well,  as we used to say on the boats - "they suck bilge water!" - 
> and I will continue to publicly criticize them until they acknowledge 
> their lousy third world type service and strive to improve it - They have 
> cost me (and my employer) precioous time and money. They have damaged 
> shipments incoming and outgoing. My employer - a large defense 
> contractor -cancelled their UPS contract in January 2010 !!!
>
> We ship delicate electronics used by customers such as NASA - we can't 
> tolerate such nonsense.
>
> Fella's - Vote with your dollars - use FedEx or USPS Priority.
>
> Tnx es 73 de Howie K3HW
>
>
> --- On Tue, 11/2/10, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] shipping.. an old sore spot
>> To: "Ronnie Hull" <w5sum at glowbugs.com>, heathkit at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 8:48 AM
>> With me its FedWrex that destroys the
>> incoming packages as their shipping
>> customers appear to have the lowest packing IQ. Ive not had
>> an outgoing UPS
>> destroyed yet, BUT I know how to pack. Im also tired of UPS
>> bashing, as all
>> package companies, including USPS, are handled pretty much
>> the same.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ronnie Hull" <w5sum at glowbugs.com>
>> To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:56 AM
>> Subject: [Heathkit] shipping.. an old sore spot
>>
>>
>> > For years I have wanted a very nice and clean DX-40.
>> Bought one off of
>> > Ebay and it arrived yesterday torn to hell. Crappy
>> packing job. Meter
>> > broken, all the tubes inside shattered and a huge dent
>> in the back which
>> > took out the crystal cover. What a damn shame.
>> >
>> > WTH is wrong with people? Regardless of packaging I
>> think UPS could
>> > destroy a stainless steel bowling ball. But this was
>> just packing POORLY
>> >
>> > okay enough ranting..
>> >
>> > Ronnie - W5SUM
>> >
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