I agree for small shipments. However USPS doesn't pack. The point being, if I use the Fed-X packing service and it gets damaged or lost it is 100% their issue. In other words they don't come back to me and say "poorly packed".
I lost a radio via UPS due to damage. When I recovered it there was a corner crushed and some type of equipment track on the box. Their response was "improper packaging". ???? Guess I should have used a steel case. Seems that diff folks have different results. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 25, 2018, at 2:50 PM, Ken G Kopp <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
