> On Feb 1, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Norman Jaffe <tur...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I've had even more fun with UPS - there was a big hole punched in the side of > a tape library that was shipped to me, completely destroying the library. > The hole matched the fork on a forklift truck. > UPS insisted that the hole existed before they shipped it - until it was > pointed out that the hole was right through their shipping documents.
Yea, they’re response when I was talking to them, was “Well just have the shipper send another one”. Yea, right. It’s hard to get them to appreciate that some of this stuff *is no longer manufactured*. I guess the only other way is to put such a high value on it (with insurance) that they sit up and take notice if it goes missing. TTFN - Guy > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Guy Sotomayor" <g...@shiresoft.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 10:43:40 AM > Subject: Re: USPS: Shipping > > >> On Feb 1, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Ken Seefried <seefr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 31 Jan 2016, Pete Lancashire wrote: >>>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Henk Gooijen <henk.gooi...@hotmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Spend the extra few dollars (or what your currency is) and pack it in a >>>> very strong box. I've actually had EPROMs show up cracked in half >>> >>> Seconded. The machines the USPS uses for automated sorting of mail are not >>> gentle on parcels. >>> >> >> I'd rather strongly suggest you not us the USPS period. In the last 6 >> months or so they've flat out lost 4 items either destined to or >> shipped by me, and one item apparently (according to the tracking web >> site) sat in a sorting facility in Utah for nearly a month before >> magically showing up. Glad it wasn't perishable. >> > > I’ve had failures with *all* of the major shippers. > > UPS tracking is a *joke*. It tells you not where the package is but where > it’s supposed to be. I was tracking an IBM 3278 terminal and it wasn’t > until the tracking said it was “on the truck for delivery” that they realized > there was a problem. There was not one “physical” scan of the package > and they had no idea where it was. > > TTFN - Guy > >
