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1. [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Harold B. Mandel" <ka1xo@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:27:10 -0500
There's a ham who's contacted me regarding damages inflicted upon his Alpha 77, (yet another one...), and has asked what people have done when U.P.S. destroys equipment. Perhaps your comments on ship
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00732.html (6,648 bytes)

2. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "David C. Hallam" <dhallam@rapidsys.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:35:04 -0500
My wife and I sell on eBay. Over the past few years, I have had to file a number of claims and found UPS fairly easy to deal with about shipping damage. You need some documentation to substantiate th
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00739.html (8,454 bytes)

3. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" <jim.isbell@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:23:26 -0600
Well, I have recently changed to Priority Mail for shipping anything that needs careful handling because it is all hand sorted and moved. When it goes into the roll around basket at the post office i
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00741.html (11,392 bytes)

4. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: bob finger <finger@goeaston.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:42:25 -0500
Jim: Some of us were not born yesterday. Think about the impact of your statement below. I know the usps is losing money, but that is a bit beyond realistic. It is simply nonsensical. That said you h
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00744.html (7,914 bytes)

5. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: Colin Lamb <k7fm@teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:44:31 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
"Items should be packaged to survive a fall of several feet from a conveyor. It happens." That is the key. I assume that a package will be dropped 4 feet. If after packing the unit you are shipping,
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00745.html (9,473 bytes)

6. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" <jim.isbell@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:47:18 -0600
I think there is no reason to get nasty and make derogatory statements that reflect on my intelligence or my veracity . I made that statement based on information given me by the Postmaster at the po
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00746.html (9,397 bytes)

7. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Will Matney" <craxd1@ezwv.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:31:56 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Hal, Most know I used to build them and what kind so I wont get into that. However, when I did ship with UPS, let's just say I had numerous claims. The claims were hardly never on a light weight pack
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00748.html (9,328 bytes)

8. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Will Matney" <craxd1@ezwv.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:51:15 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Hal, Most know I used to build them and what kind so I wont get into that. However, when I did ship with UPS, let's just say I had numerous claims. The claims were hardly never on a light weight pack
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00749.html (9,272 bytes)

9. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: Ian White G3SEK <G3SEK@ifwtech.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:53:52 +0000
There's worse. The UK record is held by a firm called Screwfix, who used no packing when they shipped a batch of light bulbs in the same box as... an anvil. -- 73 from Ian G3SEK _____________________
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00750.html (7,891 bytes)

10. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: bob finger <finger@goeaston.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:06:21 -0500
No nasty intended. I pointed it out because some folks might believe your statement. From PO to truck to consolidated sorting point to airplane to distribution point to airplane to distribution point
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00751.html (9,181 bytes)

11. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:14:27 -0800
A little sideways on this subject. Recently, due to UPS's near over-the-top shipping fees, I have been using FedEx with excellent service. Their (air) express rates are the same as the brown truck fo
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00753.html (11,696 bytes)

12. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: ToddRoberts2001@aol.com
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:32:36 EST
I wholeheartedly agree. I recently priced sending a large box 24"x24"x20" cross country. UPS Ground rates were $60 while FedEx Ground rates were about $30 if you take your package directly to their o
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00755.html (8,898 bytes)

13. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:41:24 -0500
Yes, I was surprised to discover that FedEx's ground rates are, in some cases, almost 50% lower than the USPS. 73, Joe _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contestin
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00758.html (12,923 bytes)

14. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: ToddRoberts2001@aol.com
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:54:38 EST
I forgot to mention one place that really has safe packing of heavy items down to a science is Fair Radio Sales in Lima, Ohio. They literally roll heavy items like transformers inside heavy cardboard
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00761.html (7,893 bytes)

15. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Thompson" <g8gsq@ic24.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:59:42 -0000
Glad to hear that - Maybe they really are taking time and care to pack my R390A for air freight. Coming up 4 weeks to roll it in cardboard - it's going to be a big package!!! Steve __________________
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00762.html (8,602 bytes)

16. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: W0UN -- John Brosnahan <shr@swtexas.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:03:38 -0600
Just a few observations on this issue based on three years at Alpha/Power. These are personal experiences -- YMMV. 1) The transformer is shipped separately mostly because the sheet metal is not stron
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00764.html (16,416 bytes)

17. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Will Matney" <craxd1@ezwv.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:04:51 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Todd, The best way to ship heavy transformers and chokes I've found is to use a piece of wafer board. You cut out 1 piece of 1/2" wafer board to the inside dimensions of the box your shipping in. Nex
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00765.html (9,341 bytes)

18. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:20:57 -0500
their increased Incredible. So the shipper's solution to the "long term problem" was to burden the customer -- not conduct a root-cause-analysis into the problem. It's pretty hard to believe that in
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00766.html (9,740 bytes)

19. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:22:10 -0800
Want to recall that rf parts (for example) ships their tubes in a single purpose designed semi-soft foam packing that holds the tube in the tube's box so that any shock to the box and its contents ar
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00767.html (18,138 bytes)

20. Re: [Amps] Shipping Damage (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Smith" <wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:43:21 -0800
"I don't know how the USPS handles things now, but in those "old days" I would never ship Parcel Post unless the item was indestructible. I think it is better now, in large part caused by competition
/archives//html/Amps/2005-02/msg00770.html (10,328 bytes)


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