Hats off to UPS

Doctor J

Murderers!!!







P.S. the guitar is nothing to do with me but those pics still made me want to cry

Ravelleman

Ouch! It almost looks like they tried to damage it.

feylya

Christ. It's not as bad as the amp example on Chris Guitars but still, ouch!

Ancient1

and it's a strat too.......

If you look closely, you'll see a tone knob missing. How the hell did they manage that?

And i bet it was no one's fault either - the concept of personal responsibility completely eludes those morons.

Doctor J

"I work for a UPS authorized shipping center. Many times stores do not pack properly, and that is the result. I always handle all of the guitar shipments when they come through my center. A minimum of two inches of bubble wrap or of packing material around the gig bag or case (yes case...). Always buy the insurance, no matter what. Usually it is double coverage. Most stores already cover that type of damage so they can take it out on UPS on the back end. Also, they need to make sure that their boxes have a minimum crush resistance of 400 lbs. You should see the crap they pile on top of those boxes. It looks like your guitar was either a victim to that or a conveyor belt fall. Happens more than you think. Ship Fed Ex, that is all I can say.... I am glad you are getting a new one though. I hope this one won't be hurt by somebody's negligence. At least you didn't drop it on the way from the truck. LOL..."

feylya

Can you imagine what they'd to do a Gibson hollowbody? :eek:

Ancient1

Unbelievable........i guess dropping out of high-school and joining UPS wasn't such a good idea after all, huh?

Karl Hungus

Jesus... I weep for that guitar!

feylya

Say Karl, when's your BC Rich coming? And how's it being shipped

Ancient1

oooooooooh, that was below the belt, fey

Doctor J

feylya wrote:

Say Karl, when's your BC Rich coming? And how's it being shipped

Oh you cruel, cruel man.

feylya

One tries.

jcoote

has somebody got a new keyboard ...i've just soiled mine

Ancient1

jcoote, it's still a bit early for booze.

feylya

jcoote wrote:

has somebody got a new keyboard ...i've just soiled mine

I told you to wear pants!

Ancient1

ha ha, and didnt he say something to the effect of "real men don't wear pants" over on GS?

jcoote

oh no my bowels held up its that damn stomach of mine...curry for breakfast and a broken strat on my pc (thats my attempt to justify )...i'm becoming a priest **** it

feylya

Ancient1 wrote:

ha ha, and didnt he say something to the effect of "real men don't wear pants" over on GS?

Correct!

jcoote wrote:

oh no my bowels held up its that damn stomach of mine...curry for breakfast and a broken strat on my pc (thats my attempt to justify )...i'm becoming a priest **** it

Ah, I see what you did wrong there. You didn't have the pint of Guinness to cement everything in.

jcoote

rookie mistake sorry guys

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Say Karl, when's your BC Rich coming? And how's it being shipped

Oh you are some piece of work. I'm going to bottle you in the face. Right in the face, and scream "STITCH THAT JIMMY!"

feylya

Will the bottle be full? Can I empty it first?

Karl Hungus

No, I'll empty it down your asscrack first.

feylya

What a waste.

Karl Hungus

Ancient1

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Sorry. I had to.

feylya

Those pants rock! I want some.

Ancient1

The pants shouldn't be a problem - but do you have the moves?

feylya

Of course

Ancient1

oh f*ck.....haven't laughed this hard in ages.

jcoote

if u ever get a chance t watch his film biography thing u should...its sh1te

christophicus

Hey Karl what guitar/bass are you getting?

feylya

This one

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=237436

Nidge

Holy bejaysus! I really don't want that happening to the guitar that i have yet to be delivered to me. Ok to cut a long story short the luthier making the guitar has made a mess and the build time of 3months advertised on his site, for me anyway, has stretched to 6 months. Recently the guitar fell from a storage rack of his and he was forced to strip the paint and repair it. He sent me an e-mail following this damage apologising and said the guitar would be free but it would take another while. But at this rate seeing as almost everything has gone wrong i ask those of you in the know how i can get this guitar to me as safely and quickly as possible? Is there an expecially safe i can request he packs it? Should i definitely pay the full insurance on it seeing as by now it's free? Is Fedex extra cost? Is it possible to priority mail something as big as a guitar?

feylya

Well, if he insures it, he can ensure it for whatever he wants but you don't have to pay for the guitar. Get him to put it in a guitar box, wrap that six LOADS of bubble wrap and stick that in another box. What about DHL for delivery? Where's the guitar coming from?

Nidge

You mean he's the one who should be insuring it at this stage cos i amn't paying for the guitar anymore? It's coming from America. DHL expensive quicker?

feylya

If he insures it and it gets broken, he'll be able to claim money on it. Otherwise he could end up out of pocket for the guitar and you could be without a guitar. DHL is pretty good afaik. Dunno about prices though. Check the various websites.

Nidge

Sounds good nothing but the best for the guitar i've been waiting for for 6 months no point not doing all i can to avoid a disaster at this stage. Thanks, goodnight.

Doctor J

DHL are a bunch of ****ehawks too. I ordered some stuff from Thomann a few weeks ago. No sign of it. Yesterday there was a letter from DHL waiting for me when I got home, an Attempted Delivery Notice dated the 8th of July. Bear in mind yesterday was the 19th of July. An DHL's reason for non-delivery?

"Driver cannot locate your house."

:rolleyes: Seriously, FFS. An international courier company cannot find a house in a large estate in Dublin that has been in the same place for over 30 years? Don't they have maps and radios in those vans?

So what do they do? They can't find the house so they send me a letter through An Post to the same address their driver couldn't find!!! I still can't figure out why it took the letter 9 days to be delivered :eek:

Is it just me or is the whole world going crazy?

juno75

My balls hurt looking at those photos, thats beyond evil!!

Ancient1

juno75 wrote:

My balls hurt looking at those photos, thats beyond evil!!

You mean the broken strat or MC Hammer? Or both?

disgruntled

Doctor J wrote:

Yesterday there was a letter from DHL waiting for me when I got home, an Attempted Delivery Notice dated the 8th of July. Bear in mind yesterday was the 19th of July. An DHL's reason for non-delivery?

"Driver cannot locate your house."

Yeah I got that excuse before too, except it was from UPS and it was an office building that they have delivered to before. So I gave them a call gave them directions and was asured that it would be delivered the next morning. Next day I kept an eye on the tracking thing on their website waiting for my package to arrive only to see "Failed Attempted Delivery". I rang them straight away and was told that the driver aparently tried to call but there was no one there, IT'S A F***ING OFFICE!! Needless to say I wasnt to impressed, so I asked them if it would be possible to contact the driver and ask him to call back before the end of the day, but I just got a bunch of excuses and was told it would be delivered tomorrow. Eventually it arrived the next day, I thought that it would be quicker to get something delivered to work instead of my house because there wouldnt be any one there but no. It actually took longer to get from Dublin airport to Smithfield than it did to get from Music123 across the US to Germany and then to Dublin. I wouldnt have minded so much except the shipping was pretty damn expencive and the excuses were so pathetic.

Woops that kinda turned into a bit of a rant.. ah well

juno75

You mean the broken strat or MC Hammer? Or both?

now you mention it ,both :eek:

They a nice pair of pants though

Rozie

That's so not fair... guitars have souls...