USPS Shipping
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Glad to hear your cue survived the post office!
Can't say enough for double tubing the cue as well! Put the cue in a pvc tube or at the very least a hard cardboard tube before putting it into one of these triangle boxes. They're meant for blueprints.
Oh and yes, HAVE to agree with the OP.. Insurance! It's very inexpensive for what you're sending.
Glad to hear your cue survived the post office!
Can't say enough for double tubing the cue as well! Put the cue in a pvc tube or at the very least a hard cardboard tube before putting it into one of these triangle boxes. They're meant for blueprints.
Oh and yes, HAVE to agree with the OP.. Insurance! It's very inexpensive for what you're sending.
Azer's
just wanted to give you heads up on USPS shipping. This is how my cue arrived today.
Good thing is that the cue arrived unscathed!!!!! Everyone should get insurance if shipping via USPS.
Why buy the insurance, they will "Never" pay you. It is like 3 months before you can even file a claim and then you will never hear from them again. I challenge anyone on here to tell me a story of collecting money from the post office on a claim.
Looks the same
I got a shaft last week from a member here. Your pictures look exactly like the box the shaft arrived in. The shaft wasn't damaged but that wasn't the post offices fault. I just got really lucky. The box was broken in the exact same place as yours.
I got a shaft last week from a member here. Your pictures look exactly like the box the shaft arrived in. The shaft wasn't damaged but that wasn't the post offices fault. I just got really lucky. The box was broken in the exact same place as yours.
not an az,er
if an az,er worked at the usps i think that may not happen.
you know to most people a cue is just a peice of wood , not worth much
they think a cue cost about 10.00 dollars. and that would be to much.
someone should teach the workers about how to handle tube type
boxes . and what they may contain . you can look at address and figure
out what is being shiped, i would think
just my thought on this johnQBS : anderson sc
if an az,er worked at the usps i think that may not happen.
you know to most people a cue is just a peice of wood , not worth much
they think a cue cost about 10.00 dollars. and that would be to much.
someone should teach the workers about how to handle tube type
boxes . and what they may contain . you can look at address and figure
out what is being shiped, i would think
just my thought on this johnQBS : anderson sc
Ah crap! I don't wanna see this kinda thing today...I got a package coming. However, because of the recent higher incidences of this taking place, I opted to go with UPS this time, and paid out the bigger bucks for Next Day Air.
Because of where all these splits in the tubes are happening, I would venture to guess the are getting caught in the 'turn' on the belt. And remember, that for all USPS Priority and Express packages, they are actually shipped via FedEx planes.
Lisa...keeping her fingers crossed her package arrives unscathed.
Because of where all these splits in the tubes are happening, I would venture to guess the are getting caught in the 'turn' on the belt. And remember, that for all USPS Priority and Express packages, they are actually shipped via FedEx planes.
Lisa...keeping her fingers crossed her package arrives unscathed.
To the OP, please check out this thread and pass it on ... http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=182139
One who ships a bubble-wrapped cue in one of those boxes is asking for trouble, regardless of carrier.
Insurance is nice, but it generally can not provide an exact replacement...which could be good or bad!
Insurance is nice, but it generally can not provide an exact replacement...which could be good or bad!
Agree...I would NEVER expect a cardboard container to amply protect something of value. I use a hard plastic tube, Then it's put inside a triangle box like the one that was pictured. The above link is a great description and a MUST READ!!
I bought a pair of Oakleys from Ebay. The seller insured the item. I think the mail man stole them because I never got them. I took the insurance info to the post office filed a claim and like 90 days later I got a check for 98 dollars, they were insured for 130.00, not sure why it wasn't a payment in full but it was something.
I am glad to hear that, you hate feeling like you are going to get ripped off all the time. They seem to have a system in place that is designed to ware you out and never pay. I actually had them deliver a COD and never collect the money. I had all the paper work and they would not pay. They wanted me to contact the person and collect the money myself. Needless to say when I tried the guy would not even admit getting the package even though I had a signature from his maid. I was out $350.00 for a cue. The post office refused to do anything even though it was their fault.
I have to be honest, you are the first one I have ever heard of getting paid by the post office and you still didn't even get paid in full. I am not doubting your story but it is usually the shipper who has to file the claim and they are the one who gets paid. Are you sure you were not reimbursed by paypal or ebay? About my COD story, I never did get paid. He would not even return my calls.
And now people think its a good idea to have the government run our healthcare.... they can't even run a postal service...
It costs about $6 at my local building supply to have them cut three appropriately sized lengths of PVC pipe (one for butt section, two for shafts). I'll never ship another cue without it being encased in PVC pipe and fully insured.
They could still break it but it would take a very serious effort to get it done.
They could still break it but it would take a very serious effort to get it done.
WRONG!!! Everyone should never ship valuables via usps. That's pure insanity.
Me either. I just ordered a Z2. Now I wont get a good nights sleep till it gets here.
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Ok, I work for the USPS and if you are shipping something valuable or irreplaceable, definitely use "Registered Mail". You can ship items that need insurance up $25,000, try to get that much insurance through Fed Up or Oops be Us (sorry, touchy subject). It is the only service through the Postal Service that literally goes under lock and key. Each individual that touches this mail piece has to sign for it. Guess what? These never come up missing. LOL, and if they do, we know exactly who touched it last.
Registered mail does not go through any of our automated equipment either. So...less chance of any danage that way.
I won't go into the whole insurance thing. I will say that it has changed and all claims go through St. Louis now, which takes a lil longer.
Hope this clears up how to ship pool cues a bit. :thumbup: