UPS

[Griz44Mag]

UPS does sometimes have a hiccup.
I shipped a rare rifle (made by International Harvester) across the country for a client.
It arrived folded into a "V" shape.
Seems it got caught in a conveyor or lift gate. UPS balked on the insurance until I sent the collectors blue book info to them.
It took a couple of months to get it settled. And of course - a rifle this rare could not be replaced.

 

[Hillbilly Delux]

I'd blame UPS. Those guys don't care one bit for people's merch. I know because I worked for another delivery service for a year when I was laid off from my job. Some of what I witnessed was sickening. From throwing packages to stepping on them inside the vans to get to one in the back. Heavy boxes tossed onto light ones or ones marked fragile. They didn't care. I did though. I treated every one as if it were my own. I kept my mouth shut because I was the new guy and needed the money for my kids who were young at the time. Fortunately I was only there 1 year then got called back to my other job. I quickly left the delivery service and luckily never had to go back.

A man of character...Thank you good man.

 

[jonathan butcher]

Very eye-opening, it's a miracle any package ever gets to where it's going! That being said the video plainly shows packages dropping onto conveyer belts, into bins, all with the force of enertia. I think packing any firearm without keeping that video in mind isn't wise.

My question- is marking a box' fragile', essentially pointless ? I doubt any of the automated movement points are reading packages marked 'fragile'and treating them with any more care than others unmarked.

 

[jonathan butcher]

Bingo.

Here’s how I do it.

 

[Two Feathers]

I've got a buddy who has been a delivery driver for a local UPS hub for about 35 years. One day after he had dropped of a bunch of packages at the company were I worked. I asked him, "what's the difference between Breakable and Fragile?" He said, "How far you can throw the package." The worst part about his statement is, he was dead serious!
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[Josephg]

Recently received a flinter with barrel sticking out the end of the box. The container was a rectangular wooden frame inside a box. The builder/shipper did all he could to protect the merchandise. The taping could have been more substantial. I put in a complaint and replaced the ramrod. I have received packages with tire tracks on them. Shipping makes me very nervous.

 

[Robby]

So you get your barrel from UPS and its bent, no problem. Just box it up and ship it back to yourself via UPS and they will bend it straight.
Robby

 

[jonathan butcher]

As well it should my brother, as well it should

Recently received a flinter with barrel sticking out the end of the box. The container was a rectangular wooden frame inside a box. The builder/shipper did all he could to protect the merchandise. The taping could have been more substantial. I put in a complaint and replaced the ramrod. I have received packages with tire tracks on them. Shipping makes me very nervous.