Rant on shipping

[ponytug]

Never received package. Received refund. Since it was the last in stock cannot reorder.

Sorry to hear it.

I have had it happen more than a few times. Now when I see weirdness in tracking entries, I am already out ordering the replacement. I have had light items (e.g. Light fixtures), heavy ones (e.g. a power washer with no added packaging), and liquid ones (a special paint not available locally) all become a Missing In Shipping, Surprise! (MISS, for short). The paint I had a laugh over, imagining someone tossing the box onto a truck, and having the can rupture.

I was sitting on a plane once, watching a ground crew load freight onto the plane, and saw a package labeled "radioactive liquid, handle with care". Yes, you could read it from the passenger cabin. An employee stopped to read the caution statement and then tossed it on the conveyor belt. That was the end of my believing that anyone would follow a cautionary statement on a package.

Then again, some companies just do an amazing job. Valley Vet for one. We get all sorts of liquids and breakables from them, all creatively packed, and never any damage or leaks. I suspect them of having some internal formula to ensure that a box this heavy has at least this much surface area.

I would never put Amazon on the well packaged list, but they are so happy to take the problems back that it is almost a minor issue.

All the best,

Peter

 

[goeduck]

I was in my shop yesterday and an older Dodge Caravan with something wrong with his radiator fan and New Mexico plates pulls up. Then I notice cardboard FEDEX signs in his back windows. He gets out, slides the side door open and hands me a box. Very nice gentleman working hard to make ends meet apparently as a contracted owner-operator.

 

[Jstpssng]

I was in my shop yesterday and an older Dodge Caravan with something wrong with his radiator fan and New Mexico plates pulls up. Then I notice cardboard FEDEX signs in his back windows. He gets out, slides the side door open and hands me a box. Very nice gentleman working hard to make ends meet apparently as a contracted owner-operator.

Hopefully there was something in the box... a topic of discussion in another thread from a poster who lost the tines for his Titan pallet forks when the packaging failed.

Forks - Titan Attachments Pallet Forks MIA

I’m a new land owner and tractor owners as well (Kubota L2501). I recently took advantage of Titan Attachments flash sale and bought their pallet forks. I went with the cheaper ones where the forks are fixed, but can be removed from the rack. Well, short story is all I got was the rack and no...

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[Oaktree]

Would anyone be interested in a shipping service that cost Half typical prices, But you had to drive to the nearest town to get (or send) your packages? (Sort of like having a PO Box at the post office but for packages....)

?????????

Might be false economy...spend $8 in gas to save $5 in shipping costs. Also figure that for tax purposes it costs ~55¢/mi. to operate a motor vehicle. Out here in the country that "nearest town" could be quite a ways away too. Gotta figure in the real cost of this.
And how long would they hold your package? Amazon has a similar service they call hub lockers, but you've only got a couple days to pick up or it gets sent back.

 

[Jstpssng]

In winter I have packages delivered to a nearby general store which also acts as a drop off point. There is additional cost involved; 3$/package, plus driving 10 miles each way. It gets really frustrating and costly when I place one order from Amazon and it comes in 3 packages over a weeklong period.

 

[Pixguy]

In winter I have packages delivered to a nearby general store which also acts as a drop off point. There is additional cost involved; 3$/package, plus driving 10 miles each way. It gets really frustrating and costly when I place one order from Amazon and it comes in 3 packages over a weeklong period.

Boy, you are out in the boonies. I'm in Washington county right now!

 

[goeduck]

When you can't package it, just slap a label on it and call UPS. Exactly how this arrived. They did tell me that some paint may be chipped in shipping. The bottom actually looks fairly good.

 

[Jstpssng]

Boy, you are out in the boonies. I'm in Washington county right now!

So am I.

 

[LouNY]

Lots of Washington Counties around,
I'm in mine and it's 9 miles to town.

 

[Jstpssng]

Lots of Washington Counties around,
I'm in mine and it's 9 miles to town.

I wonder... is there a Washington County in Washington State?

 

[goeduck]

I wonder... is there a Washington County in Washington State?

Nope.

 

[Frankenkubota]

When you can't package it, just slap a label on it and call UPS. Exactly how this arrived. They did tell me that some paint may be chipped in shipping. The bottom actually looks fairly good.
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that's how my pallet forks came, unwrapped with a shipping label. i bought it because it was "made in america" only to find stickers on the forks themselves saying....made in china.

 

[Whidbey]

I wonder... is there a Washington County in Washington State?

Be carefull, you are starting to think too hard! lol

 

[aczlan]

that's how my pallet forks came, unwrapped with a shipping label. i bought it because it was "made in america" only to find stickers on the forks themselves saying....made in china.

I had a 8k side handle drop leg jack for a trailer show up that way, had a Tyvek hang tag zip tied to it and the UPS sticker on that. Worked fine except that the pin to hold the drop leg in got lost somewhere along the way, fortunately the drop leg came with the jack. Amazon refunded me, didn't want it back so I put a new pin in and welded it on.

Aaron Z

 

[buckeyefarmer]

When my pallet forks were delivered, they were thrown off the back of the truck at the end of my drive.

 

[MoKelly]

I wonder... is there a Washington County in Washington State?

It’s my understanding no state has a county named after that same state.

Many states have counties named for other states - but not named after themselves.

MoKelly

 

[dadiehl]

I think New York is a county in New York. Go figure.

 

[dadiehl]

Although it may be piggy backed onto the city.

 

[Jstpssng]

Although it may be piggy backed onto the city.

I had to look. My original question about Washington County was frivolous, but yours got my curiosity up. According to Wikipedia, List of counties in New York - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia New York County is one of the 12 original counties back when NY was a British colony. It now encompasses NYC and Manhattan.

So your statement was correct.

Addendum; Not so long ago, I wouldn't trust Wikipedia for anything as it seemed to have so many errors. Either my viewpoints have changed or their fact checking is better, as for the last few years I've turned to them more and more. It could also be since Mr Jeeves retired.

 

[goeduck]

When my pallet forks were delivered, they were thrown off the back of the truck at the end of my drive.

Yikes! I feel better now, at least my cattle guard was delivered to my house.