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I'm trusting FedEx/ UPS less by the day

Many of the people working these high demand jobs in the shipping industry were already hating it before the pandemic and what not. Now I think many simply dont care one bit. Then you throw huge "fragile" and "do not drop" stickers on the box with a nice big beautiful picture advertisement of the component/ speaker on the outside box for everyone to see and its almost goading them to mess with it. 

Recently bought a subwoofer and  there was a hole/dent in the box  so deep it penetrated through the 2nd interior box. Obviously this was dropped from some distance. Not too mention the fact that the UPS driver just flopped the box off the dolly causing it to roll forward on to its other side. Right in front of me. No apology or anything,  just handed me the sign pad and acted like it was nothing. And that's how it's being treated in front of the customer I can't imagine what goes down in these warehouses. 

Ok end of rant 🙂

blue_collar_audio_guy

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helmholtzsoul
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The part I like is when the weight limit is 100lb and the part being delivered is 95 pounds. I can lift 100lb pretty easy, while I’m looking at a box van full of 3-30 pound packages. A sub is heavy, but fragile? It’s a SUB. :-)

I was helping out a buddy install a diesel engine for the tractor pulls. We use a pair of OHM subs to set the front tires on and strapped the tires to them. I don’t know what it weighed but an 8-V 92 with an Allison automatic is 3 tons or close. Those subs were "fragile" LOL Kinda like Mike Tyson fragile.

I looked at the subs after we were done. They never stopped playing for one and there were a couple hundred small stones embedded in the bottoms of the boxes. He just laughed an said "it added character". You could see he had done it a few times.

That was one neat 49 Studebaker Pick up..

helmholtzsoul
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A few packing issues. Never a shipping issue. I had two packages sent to the wrong address because the seller put the wrong address on the package.

If it's close to 75lb or very expensive, it goes freight. No exceptions. I've strapped a few preamps to pallets with enough stickers to turn the box RED!

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