27 Oct
2011
27 Oct
'11
4:33 p.m.
I have shipped both UPS, Fed-Ex, and many others over the years. For a
number of reasons I prefer Fed-Ex.
One DEC terminal in particular I ship in a new 24x24x20 box. It weighs
between 35-40 pounds and I've shipped dozens over the years. I had a
request to ship 3 Fed-Ex ground and thought nothing of it. A week
later, I had to ship another and the person at the counter, who I've
known for years, asked if one of the last batch was damaged. I said
yes, and he replied it was probably because it was shipped ground. I
thought about it, and I had never shipped one ground before.
I drop off my packages at Fed-Ex and UPS at the terminal.
Paul
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <alpine.DEB.2.00.1110260837270.11983 at duo>,
? ?Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> writes:
will arrive in one piece. ?It doesn't look
like anyone in the area is
setup for injected foam packing anymore, and I just don't trust the usual
foam + peanuts anymore - too many broken units over the past few years. ?I
think UPS and FedEx hired the chimps from the old luggage commercials to
throw packages around during loading.
I keep seeing this assertion made, that somehow its all the fault of the
rough handling that shipping companies give to the packages and not the
fault of the way the unit was packed.
I've had many, many heavy terminals and workstations shipped through these
packaging companies to my house. ?In each and every single case, the ones
that were damaged during shipping were the ones that were poorly packed.
NEVER has an item that had proper packing, even when the box clearly
showed signs of rough treatment, been damaged.
My data says its all in how you pack it, NOT whether or not UPS/FedEx
hires "chimps" to do the transfer of package from distribution center
to truck to delivery location.
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