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UPS doesn't just damage and lose Hi-end gear

thought this was pretty funny:

A $7,500 fur coat Mariah Carey donated to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been lost by the United Parcel Service.

The coat was en route to Mongolia, where it was to be given to refugees to help them keep warm this winter.

Animal-lover Carey sent two floor-length mink coats she received from a rich admirer to PETA bosses, asking them to donate the furs to the charity's annual winter drive to help clothe homeless and needy refugees around the world.

According to PETA sources, one coat was on its way to Switzerland, where it was to be packaged in a sealed container bound for Mongolia to be included in a Swiss Animal Protection Society drive -- but the coat never arrived.

UPS tells PETA the coat cannot be located and is lost. After filing a claim, the anti-fur charity will be reimbursed the full $7,500.

The other coat Carey donated did get to its destination -- Los Angeles -- and will be used as the canvas of a new anti-fur campaign, created by graffiti artist Marcus Suarez.

The coat will be used as a prop at PETA protests later this winter.
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accent
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I wouldnt ship a brick across the street to someone I didn't like using UPS. They would still take 5 days to get it there and break it.
Check my feedback, you'll see the last time I used those morons.
DHL regularly delivers in 3 days cross country on 5 day shipments.
DHLDHLDHLDHLDHLDHL!!!!!
gibson58
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funny story- I'm in my mailroom at work sending back the guts of my klipsch sub to get repaired via UPS, and I ask the clerk for a marker to write "fragile" on the outside of the box. He says that I absolutely should not write fragile on the box. I ask why, and he says to one of his co-workers "jason, you used to work at UPS, what did you do to the packages that were marked fragile?" Jason says, "oh, we'd kick the hell out of those packages." So I'm thinking of my sub as a soccer ball, and ask why he would do that and he said "because our jobs were so miserable." So far I have not had any trouble with anything that I've mailed with either UPS or Fedx, but will never write fragile on the box again.
mfkeleher
146 posts
 
Something sounds fishy here. UPS is going to pay up?
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audphile1
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11-10-06: Gibson58
..."jason, you used to work at UPS, what did you do to the packages that were marked fragile?" Jason says, "oh, we'd kick the hell out of those packages."

I'd think this was the reason Jason is no longer with UPS.
There are a-holes working for FedEx, DHL, UPS. Do you think they don't kick and throw packages around at DHL or FedEx?
Most of the operations are now automated in all major hubs at UPS facilities and the equipment used is really state of the art. The labels are scanned and packages are routed to an appropriate conveyer line according to their destination. There is minimum manual handling of packages. If you ever see how this is done at these locations, it is pretty amazing. Kicking packages will soon be a non-issue, since most Jasons will be working somewhere else because of automation of process.

I would think that if packages do get damaged, these would be the ones that traveled across the country by trucks. If you use air to ship for example from CA to NY, you decrease the chances of packages being damaged. Yes, it is more expensive, but well worth it.

There are plenty of carriers around for you to choose. Sooner or later, you will have problems with each one of them. All you need to do is insure the packages and know wich of the carriers is most responsive when it comes to paying up insurance claims. Insurance is only couple of dollars.

Do a search on audiogon for FEDEX, DHL or UPS. You will find similar posts on each one.

And besides, who cares about Mariah Carey's fuhr coat? Couldn't she write a check? No, she preffered to donate something she didn't even pay for. Now that's an effort!!!
Shows how much she cares for Mongolian refugees. And why did it have to be sent to Mongolia? Could have been auctioned here and the profits donated to one of the shelters here in US. Do you think there are no people here who need warm cloths for the winter?
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