I've Been Deceived!

[BluesDaddy]

I shipped Carver Silver Sevens (tubes) from Florida to California and had UPS do the packing.

Arrived totally trashed, even chassis were bent. Was paid completely and refunded very disappointed buyer. Cannot imagine how far the drop was to do the extensive damage.

From the top of the semi-trailer down to the street when unloading.

 

[Helicopter]

I shipped Carver Silver Sevens (tubes) from Florida to California and had UPS do the packing.

Arrived totally trashed, even chassis were bent. Was paid completely and refunded very disappointed buyer. Cannot imagine how far the drop was to do the extensive damage.

Ouch! What a shame. Probably best to take something like that on a road trip.

 

[Tom C]

I shipped Carver Silver Sevens (tubes) from Florida to California and had UPS do the packing.

Arrived totally trashed, even chassis were bent. Was paid completely and refunded very disappointed buyer. Cannot imagine how far the drop was to do the extensive damage.

That so sux. Guess nothing is foolproof.

 

[Presently42]

Really makes me wonder how speaker manufacturers and others get their wares from the factory to the showroom. Surely they're not having huge losses due to incompetent shippers!

 

[TLEDDY]

“That so sux.”

That sums it up! I hope everyone has better luck than I did!

 

[SimpleTheater]

Really makes me wonder how speaker manufacturers and others get their wares from the factory to the showroom. Surely they're not having huge losses due to incompetent shippers!

They don't use UPS/FedEx, they use specialty carriers. Not that their perfect, far from it, but they ship everything on pallets, shrinkwrap all the boxes together, so very little moves.

 

[Presently42]

They don't use UPS/FedEx, they use specialty carriers. Not that their perfect, far from it, but they ship everything on pallets, shrinkwrap all the boxes together, so very little moves.

And do we mere consumers have access to such counselled carriers? Seems they'd make a pretty penny catering to end-users....

 

[SimpleTheater]

And do we mere consumers have access to such counselled carriers? Seems they'd make a pretty penny catering to end-users....

I had to ship some very large speakers once, and it didn't take too long to setup an account with Old Dominion. I couldn't ship them UPS because a) they were too heavy and b) the cost was prohibitive.

What was nice was they allowed me to put on oodles of insurance - $15,000 if I remember correctly. I was shipping some Paradigm Signature S8's and Signature surrounds. Ended up Old Dominion did mess up the delivery and dented two of the speakers. The insurance agent offered $3k for what was very minor damage and the guy I shipped them to gladly accepted it as a discount.

https://www.odfl.com/Home/

 

[dmac6419]

And do we mere consumers have access to such counselled carriers? Seems they'd make a pretty penny catering to end-users....

Yes,get the right pallet,pack it in a wooden container, strap the wooden container to the pallet,it should arrive ok,now being in trucking some trailers have two decks and you can put stuff on the second deck,ltl ( less than truckload) it depends on the driver and the company, they're only gonna tear up certain schitt, they're not gonna tear up high value schitt,1 little well packed wooden container can be worth half a million, it ain't getting dented, trust me.

 

[Presently42]

Well! I today successfully closed the case: I contacted the vendor, and asked for a partial refund of the cost of shipping. Ebay stepped in to push things along, and I received the compensaish today. Huzzah! I'll use to funds to fix the amp.

I'm not sure I'd've even asked, had I not made this post and received such excellent supportive advice. I'm indebted to the asr membership.

 

[warnerwh]

Happy it worked out for you!

 

[mhardy6647]

Holy Moses -- I have been deceived.

 

[Presently42]

Happy it worked out for you!

Well, not quite. The amp seems to be toast and needs repairing. Rythmik was happy to oblige; but when I told them I was in Canada, they started ignoring me....