[Boatanchors] UPS trashing - Requium

Wed Dec 19 22:21:21 EST 2018

 A few years back one of my athletes on the Special Olympic bike team I coach was chosen to compete in national competition in New Jersey.  I let him use my carbon fiber bike to practice for and ride in competition.  I borrowed a bike shipping case and sent the bike to Jersey.  That went fine. On the trip back the bike disappeared in Mesquite Texas.  I made several calls and initiated a lost item search and they could not find it. They said they had no idea what happened to it. That was until Special Olympics contacted them and initiated an insurance claim for $5500.  They don’t give carbon bikes away.  When faced with having to pay that they miraculously found the bike.  It was in Denver in the unidentified box bin.  It seems the label was ripped off the box in Mesquite. And, evidently all of the UPS employees in Mesquite are illiterate morons since people I borrowed the case from had their name AND number written on the case on every side of the case. Evidentially they could not read the number and if anyone could read it they were too stupid to call the number to ask where the crate is going. 
It took a month but I did finally receive the bike and it was not destroyed!

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> On Dec 19, 2018, at 3:31 PM, The Pollacks <rinkies at att.net> wrote:
> 
> I have had a couple of claims over the years where they sent the damaged item back to me.  Perhaps it's a matter of how much the insurance value was.  In the case of a 75A4, which probably was a high dollar value claim, they have a department to try to recoup some value.  In the case of $100 or $200 claims, it's possible that they don't want to try to dispose.  Just speculating.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of SGS 126
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 11:04 AM
> To: RAY FRIESS
> Cc: boatanchors; boatanchors at puck.nether.net; boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net; Boatanchors QTH
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] UPS trashing - Requium
> 
> I’ve never had them ask for anything back, I guess it’s really not worth it for them to come get it and then have to dispose of it.
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>> On Dec 19, 2018, at 12:51 PM, RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Funny thing is ...  UPS did not demand that they get to keep the receiver.  Don't know why, but I'm not going to argue about it.
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>> From: Robert Vincent <robvi3 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 11:43:11 AM
>> To: w2iy at verizon.net
>> Cc: RAY FRIESS; boatanchors; Boatanchors QTH; boatanchors at puck.nether.net; boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] UPS trashing - Requium
>> 
>> Yep that is right, I surrendered a nice 75A4 because the cabinet was dented, it was either that or no refund for my purchase insurance.  Rob K1DFT
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 1:35 PM Michael Tortorella <w2iy at verizon.net<mailto:w2iy at verizon.net>> wrote:
>> Ray,
>> 
>> I am surprised that UPS did not take the damaged item from you.  The USPS
>> retains possession of the item when they pay an insurance claim.  Ask me how
>> I know.
>> 
>> 73
>> Mike W2IY
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at puck.nether.net<mailto:boatanchors-bounces at puck.nether.net>] On Behalf Of
>> RAY FRIESS
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 1:17 PM
>> To: boatanchors; Boatanchors QTH; boatanchors at puck.nether.net<mailto:boatanchors at puck.nether.net>
>> Cc: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: [Boatanchors] UPS trashing - Requium
>> 
>> Well, looks like there may be a good ending to the HA350 saga after all.
>> After informing UPS that I intended to file suit against them this week for
>> the damaged receiver and their refusal to respond to the insurance claim, I
>> got a call yesterday informing me that they would be sending me a check in
>> the next 7 to 10 days.  I'll use it to repay the buyer.  Meanwhile, I end up
>> with the damaged receiver which he already paid me for.
>> SO...  I decided to just part it out.  I have too many other projects to
>> work on.  SO, I have received inquiries from several of about parts for your
>> own 350s.  However, I will first offer it up to anyone who wants a good
>> winter restoration project.  The damage is largely to the cabinet.  The
>> front panel is still in good shape, and from what I can see, there is no
>> major damage to the circuitry, just some audio problems which may or may not
>> be a tube failure now.
>> If anyone is interested in taking it and restoring it, I will make a good
>> deal.  I'm not looking to make a lot of money because both I and the buyer
>> have been compensated.
>> If there's no response before the weekend, I will go ahead and part it out
>> and contact those who asked about components.  Parting it out could also
>> give me a good power transformer for a power supply for other projects like
>> converters, etc.
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