Date:         Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:12:05 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: UPS is VERY  expensive...
Comments: To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20050401031818.5817.qmail@web51805.mail.yahoo.com>
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I ordered 10 gallons of liquid Polyurethne Molding Rubber once.- 5
gallons of Part A, 5 Gallons of Part B.  Cost me $495. Had it shipped UPS..

Well, UPS ruptured the buckets and had to clean it up enroute. I did not
get the order. I re-ordered, and low and behold, they did it again. I
ordered again, and this time, had the company specify separate tickets.
I got one bucket, the other was destroyed by UPS. But I at least got
one. I ordered again the missing bucket, and it got through that time.
Cost me 8 weeks screwing with it.

After that, I just bit the bullet and had the stuff shipped air freight
from the get go.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Robert Keezer wrote:

>Below is  a message a friend got after he shipped
>a rare Porsche Targa door to an eBay buyer-
>
>"  I got the door yesterday; it
>sat
>for several days at a neighbor's house since he
>got
>the address wrong.  They finally traced me down
>and I
>went to get it.  It was sent just wrapped in
>moldy
>carpet and shrink wrap.  Since it weighs in at 99
>
>lbs,
>and shrink wrap is hard to get a grip on, it
>looked as
>if it had been dropped several times, the door
>edges
>were crumpled, the sides had huge dents in them,
>the
>interior door pockets crushed, and BOTH widows
>shattered--not at all what was in the pictures
>that I
>bid on.  It arrived over a month after I paid for
>
>it.
>And its in now worse shape than the door I need
>to
>replace."
>
>Yes,  you guessed right- UPS.
>
>I'd like to add that it should have been crated.
>Shipping a door is risky business.
>
>Robert
>
>-- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>
>
>>this eve after work i drove over to UPS to ship
>>a vanagon sliding doorpanel
>>from here to Nevada.   they wanted $70 to ship
>>it.   yep.   70 freakin
>>dollars..
>>
>>i took it over to FedEx and they wanted $35.
>>
>>i know who i'll be doing more business with...
>>
>>chris
>>
>>
>>
>
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