I just wanna say one thing about UPS

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Blame the shipper.

That's what i'd do.

Refund coming your way for one, and we already talked about the other.

-Robin

 

[ryan8551226 10+ year member]

wow im impressed

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

9 out of 10 times its because of poor packaging.

This. I thought there was a sticky somewhere on how to properly pack heavy items. It's not UPS' fault since their work at the distribution center is fast paced. They don't have time to gently place packages on the conveyor belt. It's literally thrown. I know. I used to work at UPS. And that sucked.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

 

[KingDiamond 10+ year member]

I would blame that on bad packaging.

My second job while in college was working part-time at UPS as a night shift package handler. My job was to load the package off the conveyor belt onto the 18-wheeler trucks destined to another package handling facility. The boxes are stacked on top of each other and it's sort of like tetris, you find a box that fits into a spot to make a nice stable "wall" in the truck. You build these walls until you get the entire truck full. You are rated by how many packages you can fit into a truck so it wasn't uncommon to throw boxes into the empty areas between the "walls." But another common thing I saw guys do (I didn't do it, I used a step-stool that they instruct you to use but it's heavy and is a pain to move around), and that would involve grabbing a box and stepping onto it to reach the final top levels of each wall. Usually the box would get squashed. This guy that worked the bay next to me (there were about twenty bays at this facility) he would get temper tantrums when the supervisor told him to hurry up and he would throw the packages across the truck or sometimes stomp on them and then he laughed. About 80 percent of the guys working there were complete morons. The conveyor systems can also be a culprit because sometimes the conveyors empty into a moveable carton. The boxes fall down a chute and if a box gets stuck then it will be pounded with something similar to a broom handle. Also, the package handlers hate heavy packages. They are usually susceptible to being "dropped" a couple times.

If you want a package to be "safer", don't ship ground because those packages are most likely to be handled by an *******. Those are low-level packages that get handled by at least a dozen handlers before they get to you. Also shipping during the christmas season is hell at the UPS facilities and that's probably when most package damages occur.

But all of these things can be avoided with proper packaging. It's important to use a good strength cardboard box and then the item should be cushioned.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I would blame that on bad packaging.
My second job while in college was working part-time at UPS as a night shift package handler. My job was to load the package off the conveyor belt onto the 18-wheeler trucks destined to another package handling facility. The boxes are stacked on top of each other and it's sort of like tetris, you find a box that fits into a spot to make a nice stable "wall" in the truck. You build these walls until you get the entire truck full. You are rated by how many packages you can fit into a truck so it wasn't uncommon to throw boxes into the empty areas between the "walls." But another common thing I saw guys do (I didn't do it, I used a step-stool that they instruct you to use but it's heavy and is a pain to move around), and that would involve grabbing a box and stepping onto it to reach the final top levels of each wall. Usually the box would get squashed. This guy that worked the bay next to me (there were about twenty bays at this facility) he would get temper tantrums when the supervisor told him to hurry up and he would throw the packages across the truck or sometimes stomp on them and then he laughed. About 80 percent of the guys working there were complete morons. The conveyor systems can also be a culprit because sometimes the conveyors empty into a moveable carton. The boxes fall down a chute and if a box gets stuck then it will be pounded with something similar to a broom handle. Also, the package handlers hate heavy packages. They are usually susceptible to being "dropped" a couple times.

If you want a package to be "safer", don't ship ground because those packages are most likely to be handled by an *******. Those are low-level packages that get handled by at least a dozen handlers before they get to you. Also shipping during the christmas season is hell at the UPS facilities and that's probably when most package damages occur.

But all of these things can be avoided with proper packaging. It's important to use a good strength cardboard box and then the item should be cushioned.

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[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

never had a problem with ups so im gunna have to say bad packaging

X2

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

With the millions of packages UPS and FedEx handles they do not care how they handle packages. Knowing that UPS does not care for packages, knowing the weight of those bats, using a few packing peanuts and charging you $30.00 means the shipper was at fault. If the shipper charged you $30.00 for material to package the products and did use the proper precauctions with that $30.00 then again the shipper is 100 percent responsible for any and all damage.

 

[nba1341 10+ year member]

Even if it might not have been packed well that thing is ****ed up. It looks like someone tossed that thing and had it land upside down, (im assuming being a battery it was labeled this side up?). Ive had a laser printer ship to me with no packaging at all it was just in a box that it fit in and it was still in 1 piece.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

They don't expect a package to weigh so much, and end up droping it is my guess. When I got my 2 intimidator 31s they were packaged together, and the weight would surprise you if you weren't expecting it. People should start writing VERY HEAVY or something.

 

[SubNit 10+ year member]

this is never why u never choose ups to ship anything! them danm ******s over there dont know what there doin!

Haha....comments like this make me laugh

How many of these "**** ups" or "**** fedex" threads do we see a month? Package your shit right and it won't happen /story. Blaming a specific company just doesn't make sense, it's the people who handle the package and the packing job itself. Brand name has nothing to do with it

It's not like the people at UPS are out to **** up every package they get their hands on, and the fedex people arent' tucking your packages in at night either

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

Even if it might not have been packed well that thing is ****ed up. It looks like someone tossed that thing and had it land upside down, (im assuming being a battery it was labeled this side up?). Ive had a laser printer ship to me with no packaging at all it was just in a box that it fit in and it was still in 1 piece.

from what ive seen they do not care what you write on the box. had many times when even the driver did not even leave it on my porch the right way when it was had this side up or what ever on it.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

I would blame that on bad packaging.
My second job while in college was working part-time at UPS as a night shift package handler. My job was to load the package off the conveyor belt onto the 18-wheeler trucks destined to another package handling facility. The boxes are stacked on top of each other and it's sort of like tetris, you find a box that fits into a spot to make a nice stable "wall" in the truck. You build these walls until you get the entire truck full. You are rated by how many packages you can fit into a truck so it wasn't uncommon to throw boxes into the empty areas between the "walls." But another common thing I saw guys do (I didn't do it, I used a step-stool that they instruct you to use but it's heavy and is a pain to move around), and that would involve grabbing a box and stepping onto it to reach the final top levels of each wall. Usually the box would get squashed. This guy that worked the bay next to me (there were about twenty bays at this facility) he would get temper tantrums when the supervisor told him to hurry up and he would throw the packages across the truck or sometimes stomp on them and then he laughed. About 80 percent of the guys working there were complete morons. The conveyor systems can also be a culprit because sometimes the conveyors empty into a moveable carton. The boxes fall down a chute and if a box gets stuck then it will be pounded with something similar to a broom handle. Also, the package handlers hate heavy packages. They are usually susceptible to being "dropped" a couple times.

If you want a package to be "safer", don't ship ground because those packages are most likely to be handled by an *******. Those are low-level packages that get handled by at least a dozen handlers before they get to you. Also shipping during the christmas season is hell at the UPS facilities and that's probably when most package damages occur.

But all of these things can be avoided with proper packaging. It's important to use a good strength cardboard box and then the item should be cushioned.

I've seen this. I was an unloader. I hated it. Unloading a truck in less than an hr. and at 3 am in the dam morning. Of course they didn't bother telling me this before I started there. So good thing it was p/t and only there for a month.