I wonder if he bothered with insurance? Though I did send two servers recently with UPS, 6" of expanding foam on all sides, and they managed to destroy them both. But overall I have good luck with them..... bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > Reply-To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:26:26 -0500 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: [[ F ]] UPS shipping nightmares? > > At 09:48 AM 11/16/2001, Chris Stann wrote: >> Any nightmarish shipping stories? Look at this and you might feel better: >> http://homepage.mac.com/simonster/PhotoAlbum3.html > > I'm afraid the guy has no beef -- his stuff looks woefully underpacked. > > Not that UPS (or any of them) isn't/aren't capable of trashing things that > *are* well-packed, but they have to work at it a lot harder than that. > > Some useful goodies for shipping delicate stuff: > > Impact Indicators: > http://www.lamerholm.com/shockwatch%20label.html > http://www.chatsworthdata.com/impact-o-graph/indicators.htm > http://www.pitrone.com/dropntellprices.html > > Tipping indicators > http://www.lamerholm.com/tiltwatch%20label.html: > http://pages.tias.com/5428/PictPage/1402130.html > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > |
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