Yes sir, that's the way to go... and someone mentioned that PVC tube INSIDE the
triangular shipping box, double up. Just thinking about shipping a cue gives me
the yips... feel like I'm kissing that cue goodbye.
The USPS Package of a Cue to me
- Thread starter justabrake
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Yes sir, that's the way to go... and someone mentioned that PVC tube INSIDE the
triangular shipping box, double up. Just thinking about shipping a cue gives me
the yips... feel like I'm kissing that cue goodbye.
Now I'm hungry, thanks.
DON'T DO IT ..... It's 2yrs expired.
If you eat it, you'll get the shit's.
Several years ago, UPS was getting a large number of claims for missing gun shipments. Their investigation revealed package handlers at their ground terminals were stealing them. How did they resolve this issue? They made it mandatory all guns had to ship overnight or next day air.
What can Brown do for you?
What can Brown do for you?
By the way. Don't ship tubes. Put the tube inside a triangle or square box. It helps to avoid the rolling around.
Exactly. I have never had a car accident but I still have insurance. It's just smart business.
The customers response when I sent him pictures and said. You need to call me.
I see it. Never noticed it. I bought the Butt off a guy on AZ a month ago. Probably to late to do anything about it now. Just send it back, thank you for your time and patience.
I'm scratching my head and sending it back.
My mangled package USPS experience:
I bought a bunch if magazines (Pool & Billiard) and it turns out that the cheapest way to ship them is by USPS Priority medium flat-rate box. You can put 30-40 magazines into each box with a perfect fit. It turned out to be about 18 boxes.
None of the boxes arrived unbroken -- every box had at least one split seam. Two of the boxes arrived without any contents. A couple of them had been retaped after bursting. Three of the boxes were never seen again. Either there had been a truck wreck or someone was playing dodgeball with the packages.
It is the sender who files the claim so I did not deal with the problem except to take pictures and make up a list of which packages were received and the condition of each. Priority comes with $50 of insurance automatically and the sender did not bother to add extra, so he took the hit on the loss.
I have since shipped magazines in those same boxes. After sealing the seams with packing tape, I run band of strapping tape around the box in at each corner -- six bands total of strapping tape. The boxes used to be a lot tougher but now they are one grade above paper towels.
I bought a bunch if magazines (Pool & Billiard) and it turns out that the cheapest way to ship them is by USPS Priority medium flat-rate box. You can put 30-40 magazines into each box with a perfect fit. It turned out to be about 18 boxes.
None of the boxes arrived unbroken -- every box had at least one split seam. Two of the boxes arrived without any contents. A couple of them had been retaped after bursting. Three of the boxes were never seen again. Either there had been a truck wreck or someone was playing dodgeball with the packages.
It is the sender who files the claim so I did not deal with the problem except to take pictures and make up a list of which packages were received and the condition of each. Priority comes with $50 of insurance automatically and the sender did not bother to add extra, so he took the hit on the loss.
I have since shipped magazines in those same boxes. After sealing the seams with packing tape, I run band of strapping tape around the box in at each corner -- six bands total of strapping tape. The boxes used to be a lot tougher but now they are one grade above paper towels.
Yep
With collectible cues worth many times the original price, the only way to get reimbursed if lost is to have an actual insurance policy.
Registered mail still won't pay off on artwork and collectibles.
Registered does however put much more responsibility on the supervisors who sign off on it, but it could take forever to arrive.
I believe that heavily insured packages are less likely to be mis-directed and that is what I am worried about the most.
I know at least 5 times guys have received empty tubes, and that is where I see the conspiracy.
With cameras and all it has to be a tricky thing to pull off but opportunities do come up.
The tube is set aside, no opportunity occurs, and it just ends up on some truck going to who knows where.
One example is an overnighted South West going to the Chicago area.
Delayed in Denver, eventually ends up in Pueblo, Colorado.
Lost for a few days, no tracking information, eventually turns up in Marengo, Illinois.
Since that one, I have been buying insurance, I was hours away from refunding the money when it turned up.
Not that the full amont would have been paid, but I think the handling is a little more controlled with big insurance.
I picked refunds the next Saturday on 3 guranteed overnights at one time, 4 were picked up on packages coming to me, including a FedEx from Pete Tascarella.
FedEx really jacked around, lied to me and lied to Pete.
Pete had to go to a supervisor to get the refund.
I hated asking him, but they were so awful I couldn't let it go.
If it was just a situation of a couple days late I would not have cared enough to ask him for a refund.
Always wrap my stuff properly. Never had a problem with the Postal Service.
Don't ever think that the zip code and address are looked at and used the way they should. I shipped a knife from Lufkin Texas to San Antonio Texas. Put the guys name on the address label. & days later I get a call from a man in Washington state with the same name wondering why I had sent him this knife. Fortunately he called me. How could it go that far off course and find someone with the same name, unbelievable for sure. He was great about it and reshipped it to the San Antonio address. Go figure with the USPS.
New Mezz arrived today, no problems. Was in a regular box, well packed no signs of
any mishandling. Great looking cue by the way, EC-7 WMW model.
any mishandling. Great looking cue by the way, EC-7 WMW model.
I don't think most USPS workers could find San Antonio on a map.
Heres a similar mishap, sorta... A while back I found a bench warrant on my door, the first problem was the fact it wasnt for me but it did have my address. The second problem was it was the wrong state. They served a warrant for someone in Illinois to a house in Indiana with the same address :scratchhead: I could have just wadded it up and thrown it away and let the actual person get a failure to appear, or possibly risk the SWAT team coming to the wrong house again and end up filing a lawsuit against the city. Instead, I took it to the sheriffs department and informed them of their fk up and they said "you'll have to come back later, everyone is at lunch"...I said nah thats ok ya'll can figure it out :idea:
Hahah! Yeah, Google it... I bought stamps at the P.O., it came to $6.42... I handed the
P.O. worker a $20... "Oh, the computer is down right now.."
I says "can you give me change?"
P.O. worker "yes, but the computer is down".........
It dawned on me that this person couldn't make change for a $20 without a
computer... tax dollars at work, y'all.
"I CALLED SUICIDE PREVENTION, THEY PUT ME ON HOLD!!!"
-Rodney D.
DON'T DO IT ..... It's 2yrs expired.
If you eat it, you'll get the shit's.
No worries, I always buy insurance. hahahaha
But thanks for the heads up.
Very Scary, Indeed .......
I’ve used these Tubes, placed inside a Triangular PRIORITY Box for Cue
shipments. Now, I am concerned that the protection may STILL be insufficient.
I’ve used these Tubes, placed inside a Triangular PRIORITY Box for Cue
shipments. Now, I am concerned that the protection may STILL be insufficient.
