[Yaesu] FT 990 progress

[Mike Brown]

Did the 756 have insurance on it? If so, did they pay up, or did you have to 
argue with them?

Tnx

73, Mike K9MI



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <n5ten at yahoo.com>
To: <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>; <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: Sunday, November 25, 2007 00:56
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] FT 990 progress


> Can't vouch for fedex on this one.  I bought an Icom
> 756 a few months ago from Tom, WQ5J who lives 180
> miles from me.  Fedex scanned the radio as getting on
> the truck to delivery to me house, and then lost it.
> How it can get lost on a truck is beyond me, but my
> experiences dealing with them on this was the picture
> perfect definition of incompetence.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> --- Bry Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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