Just my opinion, but I can't get USPS to reliably deliver my mail on a regular basis. No way am I trusting them with a high value package. I hate and dread it when I order something and it starts out UPS or FedEx and ends up "smart posting" through USPS the last mile.
The few times I've tried to file a complaint (via phone or face to face) all I got was a run around and a carrier lying to my face. YMMV. Dan - N3XJN On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 4:19 PM Peter Dougherty (W2IRT) <li...@w2irt.net> wrote: > I ship *everything* by the US Postal Service, and if the day ever comes > that I need to send my K3s or KPA-1500 back for service you can bet it'll > be using the post office, with original Elecraft shipping boxes and a > premium shipping method with full insurance. I ship merchandise > commercially and I've found their insurance far easier to claim on the 2 > instances in 27 years that I needed to do so than the first (and only) time > I ever tried to do this with UPS on a used/dead laptop. And they refused to > pay. FedEx I wouldn't trust to pick up a piece of litter on the ground, let > alone a $6,000 amp. > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Regards, > Peter Dougherty, W2IRT > DXCC Card Checker/CQ-WAZ Checkpoint > > www.facebook.com/W2IRT > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto: > elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 3:53 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Shipping high value items by UPS > > I don’t know what the other guys do. But this has apparently been a UPS > policy since February for packages delivered to the Service Center. > Didn’t know about it of course, and don’t think there was any kind of > warning on the website. Maybe just missed the announcement. I seem to > recall the last time I shipped something insured for near maximum value, > that the UPS Store could take it and sign for it, but that doesn’t seem to > be the case any longer. > > I’m not deriding UPS, just be aware if you ship an item (like a K3) with > high-value insurance by UPS, and have to take it to a Service Center, > expect them to ask you (you have to do yourself) to open or unpack the item > so they can inspect it and make sure it isn’t ticking :-) > > Grant NQ5T > K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > > > On Sep 25, 2018, at 3:31 PM, Carl Jón Denbow <n...@qth.com> wrote: > > > > Never had a problem like that at UPS, and I’ve shipped many high value > items with them. I did have a problem like that, but not as severe, at > FedEx once. They opened the box because I said the value was about > $4000.00. They had to insure the packing was sufficient. I’ve avoided > them for high-value items ever since. 73 de Carl > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to li...@w2irt.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n3xjn....@gmail.com -- Dan *N3XJN* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
