New rims...damaged!!

[502tripower]

Originally Posted by BowTieOgre

If I hadnt met the seller in person and seen the wheels first hand I would tend to agree with you that I am probably screwed but I visually inspected the rims before I bought them and everything was NIB condition. I called the guy as soon as I got them and told him about the damage and he offered right there on the spot to send me the funds to buy a replacement but since he is such a stand up guy I told him lets wait and see what the USPS says.



I talked to a local company and he said it would be about $125 to fix the bent rim and about the same to take the dents out of the other one.



I went to the post office this afternoon and boy was that a blast. They wanted a receipt (sorry, cash purchase) then they wanted to know what I paid for them so they could knock down the claim amount, THEN they wanted to know how long the PO had them so they could what, figure in depreciation??? Well I walked out of there with a bad feeling about the whole situation and no rims. I should know something in a week or two.

Oh, they scoffed at the packaging "THATS how they packed it?!?" and tried to act like I should have known that a big machine manhandles anything marked Standard Mail. Its funny that the other 2 arrived safe and undamaged yet the 2 that I brought them looked as if they fell off the back of a truck.

I purchased a crankshaft pulley that was used on 1961 348/409's. A very hard part to find. It was shipped USPS and damaged. When filing the claim the post office said if I wanted to collect on the claim I would have to hand over the pulley and they would not pay to have it repaired. The pully was very repairable. Luckily The seller took care of the issue but the USPS just shrugged their shoulders. Typical government BS.