Re: [Amc-list] semi OT: new toy from Hades

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have my sympathy too. And also I think the guy you bought the stuff from
screwed up pretty badly when he shipped it, but I might have considered
splitting the cost of the screw up 50/50 with him just to keep the peace.
Remember I said might have......  I take responsibility for my own screw
ups, and expect others to do the same, but I also realize that some people
just don't have the mental capacity to accept their own screw ups and bit
the bullet to git er done., no matter what it takes.
Anyway,
You guys gotta stop scaring us poor innocent UPS shippers who haven't had
much problem with them.
I still ship UPS just because there are so many drop off points in town, and
I've had more experience with their web site.
I'm not the happiest with their service, they dented two out of three
radiators I purchased.
One of them was the aluminum rad I bought for the Javelin. It was just a
slight ding on the end of the upper hose tube. The other one was damaged
beyond use, it was squashed at the filler neck and I couldn't get the cap
on. I had to return it and the supplier sent a new rad out that survived the
trip.
I heard bad stories about the UPS depot in Sioux Falls, SD. It's located at
the airport for air freight reasons. The story goes that there are several
conveyors inside the building that move packages around automatically. These
conveyors are quite a distance above the floor in spots and occasionally a
package tumbles to the floor receiving severe damage. It's a great story,
just don't have any real back up to confirm it. Other than of course I've
received some packages pretty beat up and seen some that looked like they
fell at least 10 feet.  It seems that lately most of the packages have been
heading toward the ST. Paul/Minneapolis area to get to the next hop down the
line.
I shipped a 115 or 120 pound package through FEDEX once. It was a 4 popper
engine block and crank. I made a 1 x 4 pallet and side box for it, then
covered it in cardboard. It arrived OK. Anyway I received positive feedback
on it. It took awhile because they sent it slow boat from China and it
passed through every depot in the Western half of the country. Not sure UPS
would even consider it.
God this is some boring crap I'm writing isn't it???
I really wish I could tell you guys that I just got done purchasing a
complete aluminum AMC 401 crate engine that is rated at 100% duty cycle at
7500 rpm and will produce 600 horsepower at the rear wheels of the new 2010
Javelin that my team scratch built to look very similar to the Javelin that
the artist drew for the infamous April Fools issue of Hot Rod. I wish I
could tell you that the new Pierre Cardin all leather upholstery interior
has arrived from the specialty shop, and we are looking forward to
installing it. Oh and the one off special all four corner independent
suspension has been road tested and proven on the skid pad to allow the new
2010 Javelin to produce 1.8g cornering forces while giving the smooth
comfortable ride of Grandpa's Ambassador. And that the one off, no other
like it, wheels made just for this car have been proven to be stronger than
any other wheel ever made but still lighter than any other wheel in it's
category. The new ram air hood looks somewhat like the vintage 1970 ram air
hood but through wind tunnel testing and development our engineers estimate
it will add an additional 5% more horsepower at speeds above 100 mph. And
that the engineers have estimated by the light weight of the car and the
horsepower figures at the rear wheels that this car will compare with the
best that Europe has to offer in the line of Super Cars but will cost one
fourth as much.
I know just dreams, but much better reading isn't it???

I guess it wouldn't be a new  toy from Hades either but maybe a new toy from
Heaven?? What do you think???

Armand


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] semi OT: new toy from Hades


> You have my sympathy. I have had problems with UPS shipments in the past.
One time it was a large AMC part specially packed in a wooden box by a
respected vendor in Kenosha.  NOS parts.  Neither he nor I were aware of the
UPS policy towards wooden boxes....don't use them.  Their conveyor system
has large drop points in it that will destroy a wooden box.  I got one
fragment of what he sent wrapped in plastic.
>
> Week before last I shipped a set of AMC disk brakes to a buyer in WV via
Greyhound.  It was 98 pounds, almost exceeding the Greyhound weight limit of
100 pounds.  The package did not get there until today.  To quote Greyhound:
They needed a special type of bus on the route.  Anyway it made it.  To
their credit Greyhound has never lost a package forever, although a couple
of shipments have disappeared until a tracer was put on them.  One AMX door
I shipped to Mississippi was found in Dallas, TX.
>
> Joe Fulton
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 12/4/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> > From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Amc-list] semi OT: new toy from Hades
> > To: "Strokers" <strokers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "AMC-DelMarVA:
yahoogroups.com" <AMC-DelMarVA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "AMC List"
<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 3:46 PM
> > Or, how the UPS facility ate my neat toys...
> > Semi off topic cause it is for my Stroker and other
> > assortec AMC Jeeps stuff.
> > I emailed OOPS about the lack of any new info on my Piston
> > pin jig and misc tools.
> > No reply, I called, Got some neat info. They don't know
> > where it is. As reciever I can file a traking trace, however
> > if it is not found the trace will be "closed" and
> > the process will stop.
> >    If the shipper asks for the trace and the package is not
> > found the process will automatically proceed to a refund.
> > I emailed the sender yesterday and got no reply at all. I
> > emailed again today and asked for a reply. His reply is that
> > he is out of town and he will ask for the trace
> > "later". Now just for fun I'll mention that
> > earlier he gave me an eddress that goes directly to his cell
> > phone so he would get it "right away". So, he
> > chooses to ignore the whole issue unless I beg for a reply.
> > I forget his seller I.D. but will say if anyone is looking
> > at any renault/amc tools and he is in Wisconisn area maybe
> > we should post his I.d.
> >     This guy was way nice to deal with, very quick to
> > refund when he thought I had paid too  much for the shipper,
> > way faster to ask me to pay when UPS billed and fined him
> > for packing 169 lbs in a box with 118 lb label on it! Now he
> > seems to be in no particular hurry to help me get the
> > package and avoid negative feedback!  I really do not like
> > the whole idea of leaving him negative feedback but it may
> > be only the second time since 1999 when I feel it is needed.
> >    All I want him to do is spend about 5 minutes on the
> > phone asking for a package trace.
> > I did get to talk to the people at the South Charleston, WV
> > ups facility that has lost the package, very nice woman who
> > even put me on hold to take a look around for it!
> > Unfortuneatly she did not see it! How the package could be
> > scanned in and then found and need forwarded to the Fairmont
> > facility only to disapear is anyones guess.
> >    I'm for sure back on my not shipping with UPS again
> > kick! I did one a few years back but had gradualy relaxed it
> > over time. Silly me! I guess it is hard to avoid as some
> > people don't have access to other shippers or have yet
> > to get burnt by the oopsies.
> >
> >   I guess I can only hope it is found and I get it, or the
> > guy refunds my money without a struggle if it is not!
> >
> > --
> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV
> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> > " I realize that death is inevitable.
> > I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
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