Shipping stuff? This is key... - Page 3

njchopper87 · 08-02-2010, 06:01 PM

UPS.. I don't trust them with anything even remotely valuable. I got a shipment of computer parts a couple weeks ago and saw a huge indentation in one of the corners. Luckily newegg packs everything nicely or there could have been some damage there. It seems everything I receive from them has either a dent or a hole masked with nothing but tape..

Hydrant · 08-02-2010, 10:39 PM

I just recently went through this. This was shipped with UPS.

I bought a Browing Citori 625 Sporting over and under shotgun, with a value of about $3,000, from a very reputable store in Pennsylvania. They shipped it to a local gun dealer for the FFL deal. When the local dealer called me (myself, and family have bought a lot of guns from this dealer so its a first name basis) they said to bring a camera. I feared the worst. I checked the gun over with a very fine tooth comb, and the gun is unscathed. In the second to last pic, they came within about a half inch of denting the stock. I called the place I bought it from, bitched about it, sent them the pics, and they said they were going to do some checking with UPS, since they ship a lot of high dollar guns, they don't want have to go through that process.

Here it is.

Avatard · 08-02-2010, 10:49 PM

Unbridled Package Smashing.

Dnyce · 08-03-2010, 12:49 AM

i always always waaaaaaaaayyyyyy overpack, to the point of ridiculousness-but i havent had any damaged items.

Mudpuppy · 08-03-2010, 10:50 AM

Those shock labels are very cool.. I might have to buy some of those.. I ship a fair amount of stuff both for business and personal.. I mostly use USPS because they are way cheaper than UPS or FedEx.. Their tracking and speed of delivery kind of blows but most of the time I am not shipping anything valuable.. I haven't had much problem with damaged packages.. FedEx has fucked me a few times with deliveries and playing games like that but never any damaged packages.. For work I ship probably 1,000 packages via UPS and FedEx a year and maybe 1 or 2 out of the 1,000 get damaged..

Avatard · 08-13-2010, 02:22 PM

That.

See, the geniuses that designed the sorting facilities have belts moving along 45 feet off the ground. If boxes jam up on the belt, your package tumbles three stories onto the floor (and if it lands flat, the box shows little or no damage).

The box is then casually scooped up, put back on another belt, and then sent to you...where it delivered complete destroyed, and then they claim it's your fault for not packing it correctly/insuring it enough/or whatever...in flagrant disregard for interstate trucking laws that actually make them ENTIRELY responsible, no matter what.

Problem is, you need to sue them to get them to respect that law.

They're all scum.

08-02-2010, 10:39 PM	#2
Hydrant WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Moto: 2003 Suzuki TL1000R, 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i Posts: 660	I just recently went through this. This was shipped with UPS. I bought a Browing Citori 625 Sporting over and under shotgun, with a value of about $3,000, from a very reputable store in Pennsylvania. They shipped it to a local gun dealer for the FFL deal. When the local dealer called me (myself, and family have bought a lot of guns from this dealer so its a first name basis) they said to bring a camera. I feared the worst. I checked the gun over with a very fine tooth comb, and the gun is unscathed. In the second to last pic, they came within about a half inch of denting the stock. I called the place I bought it from, bitched about it, sent them the pics, and they said they were going to do some checking with UPS, since they ship a lot of high dollar guns, they don't want have to go through that process. Here it is. Last edited by Hydrant; 08-02-2010 at 10:41 PM..

08-02-2010, 10:49 PM	#3
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Unbridled Package Smashing. __________________ Insert free thought here.

08-03-2010, 12:49 AM	#4
Dnyce flyin high Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cali Moto: 10speed huffy w/cards in the spokes Posts: 2,318	i always always waaaaaaaaayyyyyy overpack, to the point of ridiculousness-but i havent had any damaged items. __________________ "Racing Is Life, Everything Before and After is Just Waiting" Steve McQueen

08-03-2010, 10:50 AM	#5
Mudpuppy South of Heaven Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Moto: 2006 Yamaha R1 50th Anniversary Edition Posts: 1,491	Those shock labels are very cool.. I might have to buy some of those.. I ship a fair amount of stuff both for business and personal.. I mostly use USPS because they are way cheaper than UPS or FedEx.. Their tracking and speed of delivery kind of blows but most of the time I am not shipping anything valuable.. I haven't had much problem with damaged packages.. FedEx has fucked me a few times with deliveries and playing games like that but never any damaged packages.. For work I ship probably 1,000 packages via UPS and FedEx a year and maybe 1 or 2 out of the 1,000 get damaged.. __________________ Mudpuppy Redline Superbike http://www.redlinesuperbike.com/ Learn about photography: ATP Members

08-13-2010, 02:22 PM	#6
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	That. See, the geniuses that designed the sorting facilities have belts moving along 45 feet off the ground. If boxes jam up on the belt, your package tumbles three stories onto the floor (and if it lands flat, the box shows little or no damage). The box is then casually scooped up, put back on another belt, and then sent to you...where it delivered complete destroyed, and then they claim it's your fault for not packing it correctly/insuring it enough/or whatever...in flagrant disregard for interstate trucking laws that actually make them ENTIRELY responsible, no matter what. Problem is, you need to sue them to get them to respect that law. They're all scum. __________________ Insert free thought here.