In decades we've -never- had a positive interaction with FedEx ... IMO, an awful company!
Rose (Elecraft Cases & Covers) ships 10 - 20 orders per month via USPS Priority Mail, and have never had a single issue. Never more than 3 days to anywhere in the US. 73! K0PP On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 13:32 Carl Jón Denbow <[email protected]> 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 > > Sent from my iPhone > =========================== > Carl Jón Denbow, N8VZ > 17 Coventry Lane > Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 > > [email protected] > www.n8vz.com > EM89wh > > IRLP 4533 Echolink 116070 > > PSK and JT65 Forever! > =========================== > > > On Sep 25, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I just took mine to the authorized Fed-X shipping store and let them > deal with it. No hassles. Less expensive than UPS and faster service. > > > > Bob, K4TAX > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Sep 25, 2018, at 1:36 PM, Grant Youngman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> The thread started by the gentleman who thought his KX2 might be dead > and needed to go to Elecraft motivated me to make this comment about > shipping. > >> > >> For several good reasons, I just sent my K3 to Elecraft for service for > the first time ever. Insured, double boxed, expensive Uline 3” plank foam > cushion support for the inner carton, etc. Because I insured it for a > high value, I was required by UPS to take the carton to the local UPS > Customer Service Center, not the UPS store, etc. to obtain a signature. > Don’t know if I’d scheduled a pickup that it would have been the same fire > drill, but that wasn’t an option for me because of UPS schedules around > here. > >> > >> Got to the UPS Center at the airport and was told that I had to UNPACK > ALL of the cartons so they could see what was inside and determine that it > wasn’t explosives (apparently there was an incident at FedEx back in > February). UPS did a sloppy job of retaping everything. Nothing worse > than having to cut open carefully packed and sealed containers to prove > you’re not just another uni-bomber. I bit my lips and was (mostly) > friendly about it. Worse than TSA … because they don’t have the chemical > detection wipes and X-ray machines that TSA has. So it’s a bigger than > average hassle. > >> > >> Word to the wise — leave your cartons untaped, take your tape gun with > you, and close/tape the containers yourself. (Maybe I’m the only person > that didn’t know this was a current UPS policy?) > >> > >> Grant NQ5T > >> K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
