My buddy received his rig recenly with the box somewhat flat, with a set of dual wheel tire tracks across the top. UPS argued they had received it that way.
A company I order machine tool parts from, will not send anything over 75 lbs via UPS even though UPS will accpet 105lbs. I tried to order a machinist vise for my mill, and the dealer said it had to go by truck, a $45 doller option, because UPS had a history of damaging this 79lb piece of iron. If UPS can damage what amounts to just of hunk of solid iron, what do you think it will do to you precious antique that weighs in and around that amount? I have used FedEx ground for years. They are faster, deliver on Saurday, usually the same price or cheaper, and have never had a problem with them. My company has an account with UPS. One day, do to a package confusion, I was in the truck looking for an overnight package. I found it, and next to it was another for our company. I asked if I could take that one too, and he checked and said no, this was not an overnight, it was a 3-5 day shipment. It rode on the truck for 4 days before he dropped it off. A friend whose is a gun dealer here, also uses FedEx, they will pick anything he has to ship for $4. UPS in its paranoia based corporate mentality, requires the dealer to hand carry the firearm to a particular person and hand it over at an exorbitant rate. if that fellow is off that day, you don't ship. When I deal with a company who also sends one of those prepaid mailer cards asking how they did, I always request they give up on UPS and use FedEx, and I always comment to UPS via email about their poor service. The USPS outdoes UPS hands down nowadays too. I recently returned a machine tool that the dealer sent to me via UPS that took 6 days to get to me from Atlanta, GA. I returned it via the USPS, it arrived in ATL in one day, and a credit appeared on my account the second day after I mailed it. Just a run down of my dealing with UPS. Charlie, W4MEC in NC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
