[Yaesu] FT 990 progress

[Mike Brown]

I've had my 990 about 3 weeks now, and it was double boxed, and shipped via 
FedEx and the boxes looked like new. I don't think I've ever had anything 
like that come from UPS. Usually you'll see some wear and tear on the box 
from UPS. I think the rates for FedEx are less then they used to be years 
ago. After reading your story Bry, I guess the Post Office can tear things 
up also. Sorry to hear about the problem. I may start driving 15 miles 
instead of 1, to ship at least big things from now on.

Good luck on getting the  situation resolved.

73, Mike K9MI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bry Carling" <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
To: <FT990 at yahoogroups.co.uk>; <foxtango at yahoogroups.com>; 
<Yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <Yaesu at contesting.com>; <ham-radio-deluxe at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 14:41
Subject: [Yaesu] FT 990 progress


> You folks may remember I bought an FT990 a couple of weeks
> ago, and it was shipped to me, then arrived with many of
> the controls on the front panel not working, or intermittent.
>
> It soon became clear that the FT990 was damaged in shipping
> even though double boxed.... it evidently took a hit.
> Fortunately the seller insuraned it for $800, but SO FAR the
> post office has been trying to get out of paying because the
> box didn't look smashed up enough. Some of the employees
> at USPS tried to blame the seller etc. We have had to really
> press the issue with them. Sigh...
> I will keep you posted on how they react.
>
> Meanwhile I strongly suggest that if you ship a valuable radio
> that you NOT use the USPS!  They are trying to renege on
> their insurance!
>
> If you use FEDERAL EXPRESS, you wil get MUCH better
> service and they pay up quickly with no excuses, fancy footwork
> and they don't try to weasel out of paying up.
>
> Bry, AF4K
>
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