[R-390] USPS info (What a screw up and a rip off !!!)

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Thu Apr 1 14:05:41 EDT 2010


Tisha has indeed said a lot!

The reality is even more sobering.  Even put the responsibility square 
on the shipping company by having THEM pack it does NO GOOD!

I just recently, during the last 60 days, went to UPS and paid for them 
to pack two radios, in separate double boxes, AND foam in place packing.

Well, they screwed it up!

The foam in place packing was only HALF done.  They didn't foam package 
the tops, only the bottoms!  We aren't talking kids here either!  I 
dealt directly with the Facility Manager.

Net result - I find out from the recipient.  The receiver was damaged.

Then after the recipient gave me grief for a few weeks, my horror story 
finally stopped.

The recipient "would not provide me with the necessary pictures to allow 
a claim to be made".

The recipient also "refuses" to accept that a piece of electronics can 
"possibly" deteriorate just sitting on a shelf for over six years.  Yet 
claims he does radio work for a living. <Go Figure!>

We have some Social "issue" taking place!  I wish I could identify it.

I've come to the conclusion that I will NO LONGER sell ANY older 
equipment the I have sitting on the shelves.  I'm going to take the 
remainder to the City Hazardous Material Collection Site on the 
appropriate day(s).  I have had enough!

Bob - N0DGN

On 3/31/2010 4:31 PM, Tisha Hayes wrote:
> For these uber-expensive transactions running into the tens or hundreds of
> thousands of dollars I would rather escort something personally than to
> entrust it to a shipping company or the USPS.
< SNIP>




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