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El-Toro-pupu of the USPS

Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
edited 2012-11-22 17:45 in General Discussion
Package was copiously stamped "Received in damaged condition". Bulls**t!
Parallax does not send out packages in this condition!
Items inside were thankfully undamaged.
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Comments

  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2012-11-02 12:09
    Just curious: when you placed your rush order, did you use the phrase, "And step on it" ??? :)
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-11-02 12:27
    Probably revenge for this:

    attachment.php?attachmentid=96668&d=1351884368

    Yes, that is 14 ozs.
    :)
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  • Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
    edited 2012-11-02 12:39
    erco wrote: »
    Just curious: when you placed your rush order, did you use the phrase, "And step on it" ??? :)

    Wow, that one goes back to the pony express... :tongue:
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-11-02 12:48
    "Received in Damaged Condition" -- Are you freak'n kidding me? Yeah right.

    I get stuff from Parallax all the time.. NOTHING ever goes out that looks like that.

    Jeff
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-11-02 13:22
    Now, that package has seen some real handling! That's why I resent so-called "handling" charges from other vendors. After all, who wants their stuff "handled" like that?

    Maybe the USPS decided to use it in a commercial with a gorilla to show how tough their Priority Mail boxes are. "It takes a licking and keeps on shipping!"

    -Phil
  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2012-11-02 15:32
    Now that real bad I have seen some bang up boxes before but this real bad
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2012-11-02 18:39
    If you are out of the counytry there is not much you can do. I have seen this happen in customs before. However, if you are in the country both sender and receiver should file a complaint wiyh the USPS. A long time ago my brother sent a walking stick in the mail. it arrived broken in half with the same stamp on it. He went directly to the post office and they ended up giving him $100.00 for it because he had his receipt and was able to prove he was the one that sent it from a post office!!!
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-11-02 18:49
    BTW, the "received in damaged condition" stamp may have been applied by the destination post office, not the distribution center of origin.

    -Phil
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2012-11-03 06:45
    Both are good examples of how we keep our prices so low,,,
    -MattG
  • jivy43jivy43 Posts: 11
    edited 2012-11-03 07:32
    Martin Hodge wrote: »
    Wow, that one goes back to the pony express... :tongue:

    The Pony Express carried letters not packages. When started the rate was $5 per 1/2 oz. When the PE stopped, after 19 months, the rate was $1 per 1/2 oz. The rates were just for transporting the mail from/to St Joseph Missouri to San Francisco. Letters carried by the PE had USPS postage. That was 10 cents.

    Live close to the Eastern terminal of the PE.
  • Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
    edited 2012-11-03 14:46
    jivy43 wrote: »
    The Pony Express carried letters not packages.

    (rolls eyes) they probably didn't use ponies either but that's not the point.
  • jivy43jivy43 Posts: 11
    edited 2012-11-06 15:17
    Martin Hodge wrote: »
    (rolls eyes) they probably didn't use ponies either but that's not the point.
    (roll eyes) You had a point!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2012-11-08 09:48
    Same shipper for this locomotive... http://jalopnik.com/5958494/this-is-what-happens-when-you-accidentally-drop-a-200+ton-locomotive
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-11-08 11:47
    erco wrote: »
    Same shipper for this locomotive... http://jalopnik.com/5958494/this-is-what-happens-when-you-accidentally-drop-a-200+ton-locomotive
    Not real high on style points but at 200 tons you can really STICK the landing and that's important!!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2012-11-22 17:45
    BTW, your FedEx package just got crushed AND delayed in Texas: http://news.yahoo.com/massive-pileup-shuts-10-texas-2-dead-195305344.html What a mess: two killed, many injured.
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