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
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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
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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
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