[Milsurplus] [ARC5] OT: UPS Ground Insanity

[C.Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
It was my friend's fault.  He shipped me a IC-751 via UPS.
He packed it into a nice cardboard box, and placed pieces
of cardboard around all sides.  Including the front where the
main dial knob is.
You guessed it.  UPS whacked the box, (they do a lot of that),
and the dial got pushed into the radio.  Way in.
UPS declined to pay, said was the packers fault.
I use USPS or FedEx.
EOT
73  Clete
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On 11/29/2012 7:31 PM, mac wrote:
>  I've shipped a lot of stuff with them, radios and also crystal and 
> china.  Packed firm, thick and double boxed and have had no problems.  
> Same with incoming stuff, go figure...
>
> Agree the "last mile" can be the slowest.
>
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
>
> ************
>
> On Nov 29, 2012, at 3:08 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>
>> Well, I had a solid cast iron "mushroom" antenna base for the WS19 34'
>> mast shipped from Canada via UPS.
>>
>> Yup, they broke it! About 1" thick cast iron! And, a couple of months
>> later I got a bill for "Brokerage Charges".  True story.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ===================
>>
>>
>>> Back in the 1980s I ordered four steel car wheels - nearly
>>> indestructible, I thought, but the trucking company managed to bend the
>>> rims of all four. Denied any responsibility -
>>>  - Gordon White
>>>
>>
>>
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