Shipping Horror Stories - Do Tell

[Fathom]

As a reply in another thread I had posted the following but thought it might be fun to hear some other peoples stories about shipping. At the bottom is one the Military Veterans will appreciate.

Let me tell you recent story about Parcel Post. I sent my parents a photo coffee cup from the Jersey Rager photos. I sent it November 2nd from Virginia Beach to New Hampshire. The difference in cost between Priority and PP was a dime. The clerk said it would make it to NH on the following Monday either way so I chose the lesser cost. They never received the cup after more than 30 days so I decided to order another one and have it drop shipped directly to them. Two days later, they thank me for the cup. I know it takes a couple weeks from the time you place the order to the time it is received so I ask them to confirm where the cup came from. It was the one I has sent 5 weeks prior. They'll enjoy having two cups.
Lesson learned: As posted earlier, you have no tracking with Parcel Post. You are at the mercy of the Post Office with no recourse if it is lost. Parcel Post is just not worth it even for short distances. Five weeks from the Mid-Atlantic to New England. Please never ship anything to me PP, I'll gladly pay the extra for traceable shipping.

Another one was while on a deployment overseas, we would get Christmas packages 6-8 months into the next year. One of the guys in my unit received a "care package" sent by his parents almost 18 months after it was sent.:woot:

Tell your strange or funny shipping story.
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[Mike W]

I have been deployed for 4 months now and I am sill waiting on packages sent when I first got in country. You gotta love the USPS.

 

[Idok]

but at least you got your ski!

 

[sflsurfrider]

i paypaled courtney for an x2 seat right before daytona last year, and didnt see anything for weeks. got a bunch of excuses so i filed a complaint to paypal and got my money back on the 45th day.

seat showed up on the 46th day LOL

 

[gj_fx1]

Lesson learned: As posted earlier, you have no tracking with Parcel Post. You are at the mercy of the Post Office with no recourse if it is lost.
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so-called priority mail is not much better. No tracking and (get this) when they loose priority mail you need to wait 30 days before they will even take a report on it.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I bought a Seadoo hood for a gts off fleabay,the guy Ups's me the hood and I recieve it no problem right.No wrong the idiot took cardboard and wrapped around the hood tightly then taped it on with shipping tape.when I opend the box the hood was destroyed.I informed the guy on ebay what he had done and he filed a shipping claim with UPS.He got paid on the claim but would not refund my money.I filed a complaint with Paypal and they wouldn't refund my money either.So to make a long story short I got a fu---d up hood and he got paid twice.

 

[Mike W]

but at least you got your ski!

Oh yea, but we wont go there though:cool2:
David L should be delivering it to my house today. :Banane09:

 

[The other Alex]

As a reply in another thread I had posted the following but thought it might be fun to hear some other peoples stories about shipping. At the bottom is one the Military Veterans will appreciate.

Let me tell you recent story about Parcel Post. I sent my parents a photo coffee cup from the Jersey Rager photos. I sent it November 2nd from Virginia Beach to New Hampshire. The difference in cost between Priority and PP was a dime. The clerk said it would make it to NH on the following Monday either way so I chose the lesser cost. They never received the cup after more than 30 days so I decided to order another one and have it drop shipped directly to them. Two days later, they thank me for the cup. I know it takes a couple weeks from the time you place the order to the time it is received so I ask them to confirm where the cup came from. It was the one I has sent 5 weeks prior. They'll enjoy having two cups.
Lesson learned: As posted earlier, you have no tracking with Parcel Post. You are at the mercy of the Post Office with no recourse if it is lost. Parcel Post is just not worth it even for short distances. Five weeks from the Mid-Atlantic to New England. Please never ship anything to me PP, I'll gladly pay the extra for traceable shipping.

Another one was while on a deployment overseas, we would get Christmas packages 6-8 months into the next year. One of the guys in my unit received a "care package" sent by his parents almost 18 months after it was sent.:woot:

Tell your strange or funny shipping story.
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Is Parcel Post like the U.S. Postal Service?
If so I have had nothing but good luck with them, and actually prefer it over UPS or anything else. They are cheap, and usually for only a few cents more you can send it priority, for another dollar you can get insurance, plus when you go priority you get full tracking, plus it's cheap. I spent 20 bucks to ship a small bracket to Georgia, regular shipping no express via UPS.
I only spend about 10 bucks sending an MSD enhancer through USPS, that included priority mail, full tracking, insurance up to 300 dollars, and it got there within about three days vs. over a week...

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I got a used laptop off of fleabay for my son last year at Christmas.It came shipped U.S.P.S. priority mail,well when I opened it up and tried to get it to run it wouldn't work.I rebox it and send the guy an email.He says send it back and he will take a look at it.Well he gets it back and calls me up.he's like WTF did you do to this thing its all f----d up.I said I didn't do anything but turn it on and try to run it.He says well the case is all cracked and it looks like it has been dropped.Okay I say ,send it back to me,now this thing was wrapped pretty well in a box with foam around that and inside another box.I take it back to the post office and they covered it under insurance,never ship anything valuable with out buying insurance.

 

[2lick]

Its not a horror story.. but i just got back from ups... it cost 12.00 to ship a full bpipe to MI from pa.... and 9 to ship a primer to GA.....

go figure.....

 

[accbr]

Sent an extra intake grate to MI from KY by parcel post about a month ago, and it still hasn't made it. It was just a padded envelope that didn't even weigh a pound. I usually use UPS or Fedex, so I can track it.

 

[Mile9c1]

The difference in cost between Priority and PP was a dime. The clerk said it would make it to NH on the following Monday either way so I chose the lesser cost.

You chose PP over a dime

Jetdude, Parcel Post is the standard USPS service. They also have Priority Mail which is quicker (but a little more expensive). They don't have tracking numbers but they have delivery confirmation numbers. They do have tracking numbers on some of their other services (like overnight).

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I now insure anything that I send U.s.p.s. and I send it priority.

 

[Fathom]

You chose PP over a dime

Yeah, it was pretty funny at the time and the clerk and I laughed about it but had no idea what the end result would be. Like I said, lesson learned. Kids, don't try this at home.:cool2:

 

[Mile9c1]

Sent an extra intake grate to MI from KY by parcel post about a month ago, and it still hasn't made it.

It made it yesterday :woot:

 

[Mile9c1]

So the USPS is still batting 1000 for me :haha:

 

[accbr]

It made it yesterday :woot:

Seriously??? That's ridiculous. At least they didn't lose it. I won't ever ship parcel post again. Glad you finally got it. :smile:

 

[Talsivar]

i shipped a b pipe fed ex. i then emailed the buyer the traking #. he emails me back and ask's if i sent him the wrong # since that package is scheduled to be delivered to a washington address and he was in new york. i check my receipt and the tracking number is correct and the address on the receipt is correct. but sure enough fed ex is sending it to the wrong address. i start freaking out cause i had somebody ship the package for me and they forgot to put the insurance on it. so i call fed ex and ask them what is going on. they say no problem we will stop the driver before he delivers it and send it to the correct address. i think whew great problem solved. i check the tracking # the next day and it shows delivered to the wrong address. i call them again and ask wtf? they apologize and say they will send the driver back the next day to pick it up. luckily they guy gave the pipe back to the fedex guy and everything turned out allright, but what a nigthtmare!

 

[LBE]

I sold a C5 Corvette glass top (Lexan actually) on ebay for $500. I sent it UPS and got the insurance for $500. Top showed up broken and the buyer filed a UPS claim. UPS picked up the package and said it was not packaged corretly so they would not cover it. I wraped the top in 2 rolls of bubble wrap!, UPS says that it has to have 3 in of peanuts all the way around to be "properly packaged". The box was clearly abused, now I'm out $500 and I have a broken top. This was friday!!:aargh4: :aargh4: :aargh4:

 

[douglee25]

UPS insures up to $100 bucks for free (just for using them as a shipper). I'm not sure about FedEX. This past summer, I ordered an sj pump from a guy. The package shows up and when I opened it, I found a pipe?? Not a pipe from an sj, but a pipe from a 2 stroke dirt bike! lol I emailed the guy and here he was selling a few things on ebay. When he went to ship multiple items at the same time, two of the items, the pipe and my pump, weighed in at the same. FedEX marked them incorrectly and sent my pump to the guy who was supposed to get the pipe. The seller had it fixed right away. lol.

Doug