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Kosier
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Keith,
They did well to get $.50 per dollar for their loss. Several years ago I
bought a 1942 Sun Distributor Machine in Utah.
I asked the man to package it carefully as UPS had destroyed the only other
one I'd seen on E-Bay. He had it
professionally packaged. Strapped down on a pallet, and shrink wrapped with
a big sticker that said "DO NOT STACK".
So, of course, some idiot set something down on top of it and crunched it.
I put in a claim that got nowhere. So I
called and asked the "No Help" lady to talk to her boss. He proceeded to
tell me "Well, son, by law our liability is
limited to ten cents a pound. Since your shipment weighed 110 pounds, your
claim is good for eleven dollars".
I made a vulgar comment and hung up. You can't win against the big boys.
Gary Kosier
77PB w/500Cad
Newark, Ohio
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From: "Keith V"
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2017 2:41 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Just venting
> Never buy insurance it's a joke.
>
> I'm sure I said this before, but I'm old...
>
>
> I used to work with a guy that sent very expensive racing timing
> equipment, laptops and hardware, all over the country, like every week it
> shipped.
>
> They had invested in heavy duty shipping containers, 1/4 plastic with
> custom cut foam to protect everything. Large containers, like 2' x 2' x 4'
> Must of cost a fortune each time.
>
> Shipped insured for multiple years.
>
>
> one got run over by a truck, just demolished it, broke stuff encased in 6"
> of foam.
>
> UPS's response? you didn't pack it good enough!
>
>
> Luckily his club has a few lawyers in it and they sued. Even then they
> only got $.50 on the dollar to replace the equipment.
>
>
> You will never pack it good enough to get insurance.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Gmclist on behalf of Justin Brady
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 7:58:54 AM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Just venting
>
> We deal with this every day. It's a huge pain in the ass.
> Last month we had a 2nd day air go ups. It took over a month to arrive.
>
> To be fair though We ship 500+ packages a week and have a less than 1/2%
> defect rate through the post office or ups. So it's really not as bad as
> it
> seems it's just infuriating when it doesn't go as planned!
> --
> Justin Brady
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/
> 1976 Palm Beach 455
>
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