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| Hall of Fame: eBay Shipping Vs. Murphy's Law |
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| Co6aka:
Even funnier are the buyers who "complain" about the increased shipping cost of proper packaging... "Can't you just drop it in a stamped envelope?" :-DD They demand that 20 pieces just squeezes into a flat rate envelope/box (leaving zero space for even a single air molecule; forget packing materials) so that's all they're gonna pay for shipping (lots of "!!!") and otherwise I'm a lowlife thieving shipping scammer (more "!!!") charging orders of magnitude more than it actually costs. >:D Prolly shipped more than 50,000 packages successfully since 1999 (packed for at least a six-foot drop at every interchange) but certainly received fewer than ten thank-yous for proper packaging. |
| coppercone2:
this is very mild but it is shenzen https://youtube.com/shorts/zjdpz05u2DY?si=J2_G2GFikxOA14yV the good video.. disappeared >:( but in a nut shell, check out how your package does against the 'mighty foot' to ensure test equipment integrity |
| KungFuJosh:
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on September 30, 2023, 02:01:07 am ---this is very mild but it is shenzen https://youtube.com/shorts/zjdpz05u2DY?si=J2_G2GFikxOA14yV the good video.. disappeared >:( but in a nut shell, check out how your package does against the 'mighty foot' to ensure test equipment integrity --- End quote --- That's not impressive. Shipping centers in the US are the same or worse. I had a friend who worked for UPS as a loader. His whole group pronounced UPS as "oops." They'd toss shit on the truck, and if they heard something shatter or break, they shrugged, said "oops" and carried on. |
| AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: tautech on September 29, 2023, 11:36:53 pm --- --- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on September 29, 2023, 11:32:39 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on September 29, 2023, 11:24:29 pm --- --- Quote from: coppercone2 on September 29, 2023, 09:15:00 pm ---in case someone does not understand, the point is that eventually a shipping company (evidence points to china) is gonna beat so much crap into a shipping container that it will achieve a fusion reaction, neutronium or possibly a black hole --- End quote --- ::) You really have no idea. How much shipping from Asia do you actually do, let's say in the last 10 yrs as I have and never, I repeat never received a damaged instrument. Whereas a 100+lb machine I shipped across the US to be containered in LA arrived here with parts falling from its packaging. --- End quote --- China doesn't deserve all the blame, but the joke is still funny. --- End quote --- Not from where I sit. It's blatant China bashing and little else. --- End quote --- No it's not. Stop reading more into something than exists. https://youtu.be/zjdpz05u2DY Most of us have had both good and bad experiences with a multitude of carriers; I really don't like DHL much, does that make me a Germany basher? The spec-an that came cling-wrapped to a pallet came via Hermes (as was) from a UK seller. Am I Brit bashing by mentioning it? |
| watchmaker:
We restore vintage navigational timepieces (chronometers). Been doing it for almost 40 years now. We KNOW how to ship and have shipped many overseas with only customs as the problem. Recently sent a chronometer to a licensed captain. Actually second time. Both times it was delivered to his home in Baltimore. First time we ate it, said, "well... coulda been us". The second time the cartons were thrown off a roof and driven over. $1K of damage. Did NOT eat that. UPS paid for it. Without a doubt, it was his driver. Twice in one route? I shipped it to him at work at the Pilots and Mates School. No problems. Told the story to UPS who did not care. So it goes. FedEx would not have paid. |
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