Fedex and Ups Damage thread

In the past 10 years I have shipped over 100 pieces of gear with Fedex including at least 10 heavy tube amps and never had an issue till about a year ago. Have had 2 tube phono stages damaged, Internal parts shaken loose due to miss handling and both units were shipped in their factory packing. I am through with shipping by Fedex and paying their insurance prices just to deny my claims when the time comes, will be selling for local P/U only unless it is a set of headphones or something less likely to be damaged by their people who obviously are untrained or just don't give a sh.........

None.

@fuzztone , maybe that's because you don't sell anything. Just sayin

I’m the last year I bought speakers, an integrated amp, a CD transport, a DAC and several cords. None of them came damaged.  The speakers came common carrier,  strapped to a skid and arrived near my door in great shape.

These are just the hifi purchase’s, there were countless others.

JD

I've shipped, and/or received 100+ audio items over 20+ years, and have not had a single issue of damage (either sending or receiving). I have had a few boxes arrive in pretty bad shape, but luckily no damage to the item.

I tend to over-package anything I ship. The original factory packaging is typically not sufficient, especially if it has already had multiple trips.

Double boxing, added foam and plastic cling-wrap are your friends. Any possibility of an item moving in shipment, even if just a little bit, is a recipe for damage. Use enough structured foam to insure zero movement, even if the box is dropped on it's corner. Wrapping the item tightly in plastic stretch/cling wrap prevents scuffs, even better than the original factory bag/wrap

I buy foam sheets from Home Depot or Lowes, and use a large drywall square as a straight-edge for measuring/cutting the foam. I'll usually buy 2 different thicknesses that can be used individually, or stacked to create 1/2", 1", 1-1/2" and 2" barriers, as needed.

Do yourself a favor. Over package and prevent the hassle of a shipping damage claim.