Lost History........damaged in shipping

[kreika]

Bikeflights!!!!!! = Fedex ground. Your expecting some teenage kid to pack your stuff properly at a UPS store your just asking for trouble. I have 19 years at UPS and wouldn’t use them for shipping my bike stuff. If you have to use them go huge on the packing materials and make sure your item doesn’t move in the box.

 

[WES PINCHOT]

Because without such a label, there's only a 50/50 chance that the package would arrive in this condition. Had they marked it as you suggest, that number would immediately jump to 100%

THAT WOULD BE MY EXPECTATION ALSO!

 

[stoney]

It happed to me with the same sign/clock. Fortunately I was able to repair the 8-10” crack. Bought from a CABE member, this was was packed tight but the plastic is just very brittle.
At this point you barely notice it and when lit up it fine.

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Sorry to hear. Must be the damn sign. Honest to God. I also had the same sign/clock smashed to hell on it's way to me about 14 years ago.

 

[HARPO]

A friend had a UPS bike shipped with the tire truck mark across the crushed box. You can guess what the bike looked like...

 

[blincoe]

Thanks again for the advice @IngoMike @cyclingday & @kirk thomas

Just got mine unpacked today. It was delivered Friday but I was in mammoth snowboarding. Seller took the transformer out and took the bulb out.

It came with the original box. I had him double box it.

NOS rollfast clock.

 

[cyclingday]

Glad to hear, it arrived unscathed, Alec.
Just for future reference.
YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE TRANSFORMER TO SHIP ONE OF THESE PLASTIC CLOCK/SIGNS!
You can pack it any way you like, but it won't make a difference, if you leave the transformer unsecured.

 

[bricycle]

Sorry for your loss.
Had a whizzer motor shipped to me securely in a wood box, still snapped off the cast iron exhaust elbow. Dang uncareful Couriers!

 

[stoney]

Whenever I ship something VERY fragile I line the box with 1/8" hardboard, then I bubble wrap like hell. Do not leave any room in box for item to move around.

 

[Farmboy1895]

That`s sad to hear. So now what do you do.? UPS has more money than God. They really d`not care. They will say, oh well, things happen. Hopefully you will find another one in better condition and for less money. So, all the packing in the world is not always the answer, when it comes to forklifts. Yep, some dummy drove the forks through a package of glass I was receiving. And yep, UPS tried to deliver to me in that condition. That is lot of ba!!!s.

 

[blincoe]

@cyclingday

Yes it was removed. I’m glad it arrived safe.