In a message dated 4/16/2002 12:12:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
dquebbeman_at_acm.org writes:
> >
> > > From: Dave McGuire
> > >
> > > 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..
> > >
> > > 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??
> >
> > Meanwhile, I personally have never had a problem with UPS, and with
> > the volume of packages coming & going in this building, I've never seen
> > anything bad either. Maybe just a moron for a driver?
>
> He didn't mention whether it was residential or commercial delivery;
> with commercial/business dleivery, you usually end up establishing
> a relationship with the delivery person; as a result, I think those
> guys are more carefully because they're going to have to look you
> in the eye.
>
> OTOH, residential delivery drivers just dump the package
> and run... so in that case, I might suspect a delivery person.
>
> But I've seen videotapes of UPS employees offloading planes,
> and with one guy "going long" you can tell how respectful
> they are with stuff. And they were being quite jolly about
> it, too...
>
> -dq
>
I ordered a NIC from a company and it shipped inside a bigger box shipped
UPS. One corner of the box was crushed to 50% of its original height.
Thankfully the NIC was far from damaged. I should have taken a picture of
that box just to show what UPS does. They don't give a *(&* about the
packages.
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