Caddie Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 You think you packed it to "survive a nuclear bomb direct hit". But it STILL arrives with a cracked neck or the xfmrs torn from the chassis. How in the world could it happen? I packed it so well that eggs wouldn't break in it!Well wonder no more fellers!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM3SRG7D21YI can see what Caleb Hanie and Kyle Orton will be doing next year.caddie
django49 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Ouch.....Remember once buying a Twin Reverb, from a music store no less, It was put in an oversized box, with NO packing material. It arrived with the sound of broken glass rattling......The baffle was broken (no easy thing), it shattered the tubes and the hits kept on coming.....Totalled. They must have dropped it off a PLANE, not just a truck.FWIW, this involved neither UPS or FedEx......And my purchase price was refunded,
MCChris Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 I can see what Caleb Hanie and Tyler Palko will be doing next year.caddieFixed that for ya. Orton orchestrated a win over the damn Packers last week.But yeah, a buddy of mine worked on the "line" for UPS during college. The tales he would tell were akin to being privy to what goes on in the back of the house at a restaurant. Some things you just don't want to know.
hamerhead Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Guess I was lucky! I heard the truck pull up, then heard WHUMP... WHUMP... WHUMP...WHUMP. I got to the truck in time to see the driver rolling my new speaker cabinet - end over end - up to the front of his truck. He just looked at me like 'What?'. Fucking idiot.
bubs_42 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 My next guitar is being hand delivered to me next week. I can't say the same thing for the amplifier that's headed my way.
ib2010 Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Was it packed to FED EX specs ? Are they sure it wasn't damaged before shipping ? Has the customer played 12 rounds of "dodgeball" with the invisible Fed Ex "wall of denial". Oh, so----you got that video--------------- yea, we'll pay ya on this one.
Jeff R Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 Guess I was lucky! I heard the truck pull up, then heard WHUMP... WHUMP... WHUMP...WHUMP. I got to the truck in time to see the driver rolling my new speaker cabinet - end over end - up to the front of his truck. He just looked at me like 'What?'. Fucking idiot.I had the same thing happen about five or six years ago - a 4x12 was being shipped to my house and I happened to be at home when it arrived for delivery. I was sitting on my couch and heard the "whump ... whump ... whump" coming up my driveway. The irony was I'm 99.9 percent sure the guy who shipped it to me took a big black marker and wrote " FRAGILE - HEAVY - USE HAND CART" on every side of the box.The guy packed it very well (double-boxed and very well padded), so it was just fine. No harm, no foul.
santellavision Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 Here's more FedEx/UPS Fun...http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/us/2011/12/20/pkg-moos-deliveries-gone-wild.cnn
kenjones Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 Guess I was lucky! I heard the truck pull up, then heard WHUMP... WHUMP... WHUMP...WHUMP. I got to the truck in time to see the driver rolling my new speaker cabinet - end over end - up to the front of his truck. He just looked at me like 'What?'. Fucking idiot.I had the same thing happen about five or six years ago - a 4x12 was being shipped to my house and I happened to be at home when it arrived for delivery. I was sitting on my couch and heard the "whump ... whump ... whump" coming up my driveway. The irony was I'm 99.9 percent sure the guy who shipped it to me took a big black marker and wrote " FRAGILE - HEAVY - USE HAND CART" on every side of the box.The guy packed it very well (double-boxed and very well padded), so it was just fine. No harm, no foul.That "end over end" technique must be some kind of official method with FedEx Ground for moving large boxes. A couple of years ago I had ordered my wife a jewelry cabinet - constructed of wood and mirrors. I heard the truck pull up and heard the "whump, whump" sound. I went running outside and politely asked the driver "what the hell she thought she was doing and why didn't she use her cart?" She said "They don't give me no cart." I told her to leave it in the middle of my yard and that I would take it from there. I did get her truck number and reported it to FedEx.com. Never heard anything back.
lincsman Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 There all as bad as each other,not yet used or seen a decent currier
cmatthes Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 My son had an Ampeg bass combo delivered a few months ago - it came directly from the retailer, so was packed from the factory, unopened. My wife saw the UPS truck roll up, and although she was 30 feet away in plain view in our front yard by the gate, she watched the driver pull it off the top rack in the back of the truck and toss it on the street. When he realized she saw him do that, he made some feeble, "sorry - it slipped!" BS statement, and wanted her to sign the release. She refused until she got his name, truck number and ID. He pretty much high-tailed it out of there after that.She called the depot immediately upon getting into the house and the Customer Service rep asked if the pkg was marked "Fragile". She said that it wasn't, and he seemed puzzled, then made a comment about he would expect that if it said "Fragile" on it. WTF?!?!?!Fortunately, Ampeg packs things incredibly well, and the amp was unscathed and fired right up, but that outer box was toast.Interestingly enough, my son had a guitar delivered last week (Thanks again, Ernie!), and the Fu<#Ups driver walked it to the gate. He commented on the stellar pack job and also made a comment about how that was done right - "never put 'fragile' on there, man!".Guess it's some sort of industry inside joke.
kizanski Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 My son had an Ampeg bass combo delivered a few months ago - it came directly from the retailer, so was packed from the factory, unopened. My wife saw the UPS truck roll up, and although she was 30 feet away in plain view in our front yard by the gate, she watched the driver pull it off the top rack in the back of the truck and toss it on the street. When he realized she saw him do that, he made some feeble, "sorry - it slipped!" BS statement, and wanted her to sign the release. She refused until she got his name, truck number and ID. He pretty much high-tailed it out of there after that.She called the depot immediately upon getting into the house and the Customer Service rep asked if the pkg was marked "Fragile". She said that it wasn't, and he seemed puzzled, then made a comment about he would expect that if it said "Fragile" on it. WTF?!?!?!Fortunately, Ampeg packs things incredibly well, and the amp was unscathed and fired right up, but that outer box was toast.Interestingly enough, my son had a guitar delivered last week (Thanks again, Ernie!), and the Fu<#Ups driver walked it to the gate. He commented on the stellar pack job and also made a comment about how that was done right - "never put 'fragile' on there, man!".Guess it's some sort of industry inside joke.Yes, i think it is.I had a girl at the UPS Store some years ago comment on my use of the "This End Up" phrase written on the box, "That's like telling the driver 'Please kick here.' Just put the label on the top, ok?"Funny bunch of guys, aren't they?
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