Spent most of yesterday morning boxing up glass to ship around the country. UPS, USPS, and FEDEX are so sorry when it comes to shipping, that I am required to do their job for them. Fragile means "Throw Underhand". We have had three panels damaged during shipping this past month, always someone other than the shipper at fault. As a result, not I have to spend $$ and time, building a "bomb-proof" shipping container. After Sherry took these to our UPS Store (which is really good, none of the damage occurred at the point of origin ), she called with the totals. Remember, these panels (or rather, panels identical to them) were shipped a month ago. The costs of shipping these doubled as a result of the weight of the new containers. I lose time and money in building the new containers, and my clients lose money in the costs associated with the weight of the new shipping containers. All the while the shippers, (who are responsible for delivering the glass undamaged) is rewarded with increased costs! It is infuriating! I just want to build glass, and not have to deal with all of the incidental aggravation that goes along with it.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Spent most of yesterday morning boxing up glass to ship around the country. UPS, USPS, and FEDEX are so sorry when it comes to shipping, that I am required to do their job for them. Fragile means "Throw Underhand". We have had three panels damaged during shipping this past month, always someone other than the shipper at fault. As a result, not I have to spend $$ and time, building a "bomb-proof" shipping container. After Sherry took these to our UPS Store (which is really good, none of the damage occurred at the point of origin ), she called with the totals. Remember, these panels (or rather, panels identical to them) were shipped a month ago. The costs of shipping these doubled as a result of the weight of the new containers. I lose time and money in building the new containers, and my clients lose money in the costs associated with the weight of the new shipping containers. All the while the shippers, (who are responsible for delivering the glass undamaged) is rewarded with increased costs! It is infuriating! I just want to build glass, and not have to deal with all of the incidental aggravation that goes along with it.
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