Date:         Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:59:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
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From:         Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Subject:      Re: [[ F ]]  UPS shipping nightmares?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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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"
>