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Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Here to integrity
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I used to do it for a living....ship stuff to customers. Expensive stuff.
The cocksmokers at FedEx, and UPS did everything possible to put me out of fucking business. They'd smash my shit, and then deny my claims. Even though my company was shipping product packed in OEM boxes, with special foam inserts and bulkheads, and even though everything was packed in a double-corrugated box as per their spec., they'd always find some lame excuse, and fuck me in the end, sometimes (usually) for hundreds or thousands of dollars in losses. I positively hate these fucking people for the grief, time, hassle, and financial harm that they exacted on me and my business for years. Now, I don't do that for a living anymore...but for anyone here that does, or has friends or family who do, I'd like to share a little secret that may help folks escape the constant maltreatment I received as a customer to these goatfuckers: ShockWatch G-force sensors (just saw these on Mythbusters!): http://www.mrboxonline.com/shockwatc...0g-p-4205.html and the companion label: http://www.mrboxonline.com/shockwatc...ls-p-4207.html Paired, these two items will set you back about $5 per box shipped. They provide irrefutable, irreversible proof of gross mishandling (which is seemingly almost the fucking norm with these flaming assholes), and may help you to make sure that you get your claims settled properly, and responsibly. I wish they had and/or I knew about these when I was in the biz. I'd be thousands of dollars ahead, and probably have considerably less gray hairs...
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WSB Champion
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Anaheim, CA
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Personally, if I was making 8 bucks an hour loading shit on a truck and I found a "Fragile" or "Warning: Shock Sensor Equipped" label, I'd be inclined to drop the box. LOL
Where were u shipping? You should have put the thing in mutliple layers.
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
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Ride Like an Asshole
Join Date: Feb 2008
Moto: nothing...
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
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UPS are union jobs.
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flyin high
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: cali
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start at somewhere around there for part timers but with set raise schedules (union), o.t., seniority(hit full time), making $50k-$100k is easily possible.
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Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Nope, it wouldn't have helped...for reasons too complex, that I don't care to go into here, but which were finally disclosed to me, regarding the internal workings of their operations, by a friend of mine's GF, who happened to work at FedEx, in the Memphis sorting facility.
They know they're responsible, but they conveniently play dumb. This holds their hands to the fire, and makes them accountable.
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Soul Man
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Everywhere, all the time.
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Those were SOP for cases containing consoles, guitars, etc., when we airlifted tours overseas. Only thing is, the carrier has to agree to the procedures for check-in and verification to be held responsible.
JC
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Kneedragger
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: VA
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Had a few dealings with their fine working network. Over the yrs.
Use to work for a company that received 1,000's of packages a day was funny see what was sent there wrong. Seen everything from bubble gum to handguns and rolexes. This was a daily thing. |
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Nomadic Tribesman
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brampton, Canada
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The vast majority of out-of-box failures we had for monitors, was a broken neck on the CRT. Do you know how far something has to fall in order to break that?
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