Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen to that! I've had more problems with UPS, (especially) and Fedex than with US priority mail. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Marc James Small wrote: > At 07:21 AM 8/21/03 -0400, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > >>how to pack for fedex? that should have been my question LAST >>week. > > > Yes, you should have asked. Send cameras by national mail, NOT by FedEx, > UPS, or their ilk. These folks are brutal on the packages entrusted to > their care: there IS a reason that they make a profit, and the reason is > the low wages they pay their help which, in turn, means that they hire > Harry the Gorilla and Ralph the Moron-Who-Should-Be-Institutionalized as > their loaders. > > BIG shippers -- LL Bean and Eddie Bauer and QVC -- sell clothes for the > most part and these companies know how to pack clothing so that it will not > be damaged. But a precision instrument ought NEVER be entrusted to the > care of these ham-handed apes. > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html