New cue just arrived!!!

[classiccues]

The shipper was lucky. Even if the cue was insured, the claim would have been denied. USPS requires "fragile" items to be double boxed, and will not pay off in the event your item is damaged unless it was packed according to those guidelines.

The triangle tube is fine if another tube is used inside. U-Line sells 3" .125 cardboard tubes that are 36" long. Those tubes are stronger than the white .088 tubes USPS and others sell. The same cue, packaged inside a tube as well as the triangle box might have not kept it from damage, but would have kept it eligible for an Insurance claim.

I never ship a cue in just the round tube either, they have a tendency to roll around and wind up lost or in places more susceptible to damage.

I have used PVC pipe inside a triangle tube too, but I believe the thicker cardboard tubes work well enough.

You can also see from the damage that shipping Express makes no difference in how safely your package is handled.

Hell any Home Depot or Lowes will give you carpet tubes. Won't be anything breaking one of those...

(Like measureman said...(just saw that))

JV

 

[donnie hale]

yikes

good thing it was double packed. glad cue was ok

 

[SCCues]

.......... and it came in this box. Box was literally ripped in half and then re-taped back together.

The cue wasn't overly packed, just basic using bubble pack. Not a scratch on it. I was very lucky this time, but for anything of value, I'm using FedEx from now on....

Nice, huh? At least this wasnt' the Haley delivery....

Well we have something in common here. My 8 point Paul Mottey cue arrived in the box in these pictures. The man I bought the cue from liked using USPS and I was against it, but he insisted on using the Post Office. I was lucky as you were that my cue wasn't damaged, but I had another cue that was trashed by the Post Office in a box like yours that was torn in half. I'll never use the Post Office to ship a custom cue, EVER!!!

James