UPS was Re: Need Burroughs Tape Spec's

From: pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com <(pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com)>
Date: Tue Apr 16 10:29:22 2002

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On April 16, John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
> > UPS delivered my Burroughs tape unit model BU4180 yesterday but it was
> > destroyed. They must have dropped it from a high place as this thing
> > weighs in at almost 80 pounds. Things inside are pretty bad but I would
> > like to try and get it looking nice again, since the boards inside are
> > damaged I do not think I can get it to work again. Does anyone on the
> > list have repair manual for this model? I would like to see how he belts
> > go around the pulleys inside the case. Thanks
>
> I'm wondering how UPS manages to stay in business anymore. I've
> shipped about four things via UPS in the past year, and EVERY ONE OF
> THEM arrived damaged to some extent. WTF??

I've noticed that Fedex ground seems to be cheaper than UPS ground, so
I've stared using Fedex instead... however, I've not had anything
significantly broken AFAIK by UPS - unless the 'dead' hard drive in my
AT&T 6544 was due to them.

-- Pat
Received on Tue Apr 16 2002 - 10:29:22 BST