Fortunately I haven't had this happen to me. However, my wife used to work
to for UPS, part of her responsibilities included "damages" (boxes that are
damaged or suspected to have the contents damaged). With all the different
things that ship through UPS (which makes for some interesting stories and
good conversation at home!), there is no way to be an expert in all of them.
Anyways, my wife was required to open the "damages" and verify if infact the
contents were damaged, if not than they were repackaged (often in a new box)
and sent on its way. Had my wife received what you described, I KNOW (god
bless her though ;-)) that she wouldn't have known that it was damaged, and
probably repackaged itand sent it along. Just something to keep in mind.
Tim Vandenheuvel
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "walter higgins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [RCSE] NSP Deals?
>Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 21:07:59 -0700
>
>I'd be pissed if it wasn't replaced too, although the damage might still
>have occured in shipping.
>
>A while back, a friend of mine bought an Opus V from RC Direct. It arrived
>in two boxes, with the v-
>tail in a seperate box from the wings and fuse (which is fine, that's how
>they ship them). On opening the box, he found the v-tail cleanly snapped
>in two. On further inspection, it appeared that there would have been no
>way for the v-tail to even physically fit in the box while it was intact.
>The box was way to small.
>
>At first, my friend blamed the hobby company, thinking maybe an uncareful
>packer tried to stuff the v-tail into a box that was too small. After
>contacting the RC Direct, though, they came to the conclusion that someone
>at
>UPS broke the tail in the original box, then removed it, and put it in
>another, smaller box, and sent it on it's way.
>
>RC Direct replaced the v-tail pretty quickly.
>
>Brett
>
>At 01:40 AM 9/5/01, walter higgins wrote:
> >
> >Well, I have a friend that got a real good deal from Sal.
> >
> >About a year ago he bought an Eclipse from Sal. The sailplane arrived
>and
> >one of the tips on the V tail was crushed (No damage to shipping
>container).
> >So the V tail must have been damaged prior to shipment.
> >
> >Well, you ask has your friend received a new V tail from Sal.
> >
> >NO!
> >
> >Sal has sold other Eclipses since then and has not given my friend a new
>V
> >tail. Only EMPTY PROMISES. That are never kept.
> >
> >So let the buyer beware.
> >
> >Walter
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
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