Damn! Broken stock

[mccarthy.tf]

After 6 months of saving and arguing with myself on which kit to buy. It arrived today. I opened the box and the stock was broken right at the lock inlet. :cursing: What a shame. That was a beautiful piece of wood. I took pictures of the stock and the box it came in and emailed them back to the company I got it from. I'll call them in the morning and see what they say.

 

[wattlebuster]

Sounds just like my luck :idunno:

 

[Lock Nut]

Ya thats a shame. I've had situations like that before. Suppliers don't always realize how abusive mail/parcel couriers are with packages. ( doesn't matter who) They get thrown, dropped, kicked and tossed over fences like yesterdays trash. They could care less what's in them. Even if it's marked fragile

If they send you a new one, tell them to tape a 2x4 along side the stock so it won't get broken :wink:

 

[Col. Batguano]

I had that with a Winchester 52-B I bought off of GB one time. In hindsight, and in reviewing the pictures and his feedback, I think the seller was actually trying to hide the crack, and pass it off. It was a major undertaking to get reimbursement out of the schmuck.

 

[mccarthy.tf]

They had a piece of scrap maple taped between the butt and the Ram rod entry hole. Looks like it did not help enough. The box did not look in that bad of shape either just some rub marks and a crease. When I called they said they will make a claim to UPS and they will replace it. Shipping can be a gamble sometimes. They told me mine was the second this week and once they even had one returned with tire marks on it.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

They aren't the only ones..., I had a musket arrive in two pieces, and the letter carrier (USPS) tried to cover up what happened. So I went to the postmaster, and showed that if you leaned the box slighly against the wall of the loading dock as one might while loading the carrier-truck, the rubber marks matched the rubber on the letter carrier's bumper. Not necessarily his fault, but one of them backed into the box. :cursing:

Sorry for the rant.

LD

 

[JohnN]

As a letter carrier and builder I can tell you that you don't have time to treat every parcel like it's glass but you need to take at least a reasonable amount of care. We are delivering more and more parcels every day. I try to treat every parcel like it's my own.