post office and Fed Ex both mangle packages

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In 13 years of collecting and sending and receiving hundreds of packages I've had a total of two bad deliveries. One was a paper thin Zookeeper marquee that the sender packaged horribly and I don't blame USPS, but the sender on that one. The other was an NOS unreplaceable WG6401 high res XY monitor that USPS miss-delivered and was lost (and never found).

Now, my last two sent packages have gone bad. First was a wood and metal Crazy Climber CP sent by Federal Express Home Delievery. To break apart a wood control panel they had to be trying to do it. It would easily survive most falls and drops. This was packaged well with a ton of bubble wrap.

Then just this morning, a perfect condition Tail Gunner front plexi was broken in half by USPS. If it was glass, I might understand, but this was plexi. You can bend these things 45 degrees and they don't break. Again, they had to try to break this, it couldn't happen by accident.

I guess I'm jinxed right now. Insurance on both, but I know that will be painful and they'll claim improper packing, etc. We'll see.
 
Don't feel bad fedex totally trashed a monitor that I shipped to pennsylvania. After they sent it around the state for over a week I got it back. The tube was in a million pieces but the chasis was still intact. the box was full of holes and I think they used it for a piniata.
 
Don't feel bad fedex totally trashed a monitor that I shipped to pennsylvania. After they sent it around the state for over a week I got it back. The tube was in a million pieces but the chasis was still intact. the box was full of holes and I think they used it for a piniata.

I used to load trucks for RPS which is now fedx and let me tell you we would build walls with the big stuff and compete with other truck loaders by playing box basketball. One would guard the wall..the other one would try to shove the small boxes into the openings and behind the wall. :)

It was fun nevertheless but yea in the depots your stuff is treated like shit
 
Back in 1992 I worked for Gateway (back then it was Gateway 2000). I was amazed how many brand new monitors I replaced on a daily basis. Seriosuly it wasn;t uncommon to replace 20+ a day and my call volume was 75. I ran across a website showing video footage of different terminals. The way UPS handled packages was unbelievable. At some terminals the boxes would take a 10 foot drop. I know if someone dropped me 10 feet onto a cement pad something would come loose or break ;)
Ever since that day - everything I have shipped is insured to the friggin hilt.
 
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