[Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Frode LA2RL
Hi, Since I received my UPS tracking code last week I have been following the parcel's track through the US, arriving in Germany and then going through Denmark and Sweden before arriving in Oslo, Norway yesterday. The expected delivery was next Monday before the end of the day. However, today the

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Fred Smith
craft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-( Hi, Since I received my UPS tracking code last week I have been following the parcel's track through the US, arriving in Germany and then going through Denmark and Sweden before arriving in Oslo, Norway yesterday. The expected delivery was n

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Jack Berry
ailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-( That my friend is very hard to understand I'm sure, hope you get it sorted out soon. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Townsend
k - WE5ST From: Fred Smith To: 'Frode LA2RL' ; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-( That my friend is very hard to understand I'm sure, hope you get it sorted out soon. 73, F

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Wes Stewart
same canned response and "I'm sorry, you won't get it until next week."  So my package due on July 5 arrived on July 9. I could have driven to Vegas for the weekend and picked it up. Wes  N7WS --- On Fri, 7/27/12, Jack Berry wrote: From: Jack Berry Subject: Re: [Elecraf

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread stan levandowski
This thread caused me to check up on my own expected shipment of a new LNRPrecision ("PAREndFez") 40/20/10 dipole I've been waiting for. I went to the tracking website and look at what I found: Poughkeepsie, NY, United States 07/27/2012 8:25 A.M. Transportation accident occurred. Can you be

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Vic K2VCO
Here's a similar story about FedEx, with a happier ending. As a beta tester for the K3, I was sent some new boards by FedEx. It was a Friday, and I really wanted to install them over the weekend. I was watching the FedEx site all day. The package was "out for delivery" when suddenly at about 5

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Jack West
__ From: Fred Smith To: 'Frode LA2RL' ; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-( That my friend is very hard to understand I'm sure, hope you get it sorted out soon. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -Original Mess

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Rick Dettinger
I'm still waiting for my box of clothes! 73, Rick Dettinger K7MW On Jul 27, 2012, at 1:15 PM, stan levandowski wrote: > This thread caused me to check up on my own expected shipment of a new > LNRPrecision ("PAREndFez") 40/20/10 dipole I've been waiting for. > > I went to the tracking web

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Kane
On 7/27/2012 1:51 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: > Here's a similar story about FedEx, with a happier ending. > I instantly called their 800 number and got a human! She called the driver > and he actually > appeared in about 10 minutes. He apologized, saying that he had been on the > next block. > Sinc

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Kane
One final story before Eric lowers the boom: Many years ago I bought a special hand-drawn cartoon as a present for a good friend who was retiring. I had it professionally framed, packed, and sent via UPS. The friend reported that the glass in the frame had a crack when it was received. Back to

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Just be glad you weren't with that box at the time, Stan! 73, Ron AC7AC On Jul 27, 2012, at 1:15 PM, stan levandowski wrote: > This thread caused me to check up on my own expected shipment of a new > LNRPrecision ("PAREndFez") 40/20/10 dipole I've been waiting for. > > I went to the tracking

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-27 Thread Mark Kempisty
I was waiting for a VHF/UHF all mode rig and the tracking page said there was a delivery exception.  Calling them they said there was a labor action at the delivery address and their drivers will not cross a picket line.  I informed them it was a private residence and ask if it was my cat picket

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-28 Thread Frode LA2RL
Hi, Many of you wonder how this could happen. It is simple. UPS Norway uses the local postal service to deliver parcels to places outside the big cities. For these deliveries they print new address labels which they then stick on to the parcels. What happened is that two labels ended up on the wro

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-28 Thread Barry Garratt
PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Jack Berry Subject: Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-( Lately UPS has not been very, very good... I ordered a speaker from a company in Las Vegas, NV; I'm in Tucson.  It was shipped on July 2 and scheduled for delivery on July 5, according to UPS' o

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-28 Thread Alan Bloom
On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 15:12 -0700, Phil Kane wrote: > My experience with both UPS and FedEx is that the driver leaves the > package at the door. I have had many serious package-delivery problems with both UPS and the US Postal Service over the years. I've never had a problem with FedEx. The P

Re: [Elecraft] UPS has lost my KX3 :-(

2012-07-29 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 29 Jul 00:44 -0500, Alan Bloom wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 15:12 -0700, Phil Kane wrote: > > > My experience with both UPS and FedEx is that the driver leaves the > > package at the door. > > I have had many serious package-delivery problems with both UPS and the > US Postal Servic