Received my NOS Paint Dividers today - Check these babies out

[davepl]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Honestly... don't bother. They'll conclude "insufficient packaging" and you'll have just wasted your time...

Basically, unless it was boxed at a UPS store (even then they would try to find a way not to pay), it will come down to the packaging and they'll claim it wasn't sufficient to protect the package.

Been through this before with UPS. Never got a dime.

Looks like a super comfy chair you got there....

My stainless bed trim had a subtle shipping bend that I've learned to live with, so I feel his pain.

To be fair, it is possible to package this stuff cheaply and properly (I've ordered a whole car's worth of side trim) in a Schedule 40 PVC pipe, etc. If it's packed insufficiently, then I don't think UPS should be on the hook, do you?

Now if it's brain-dead obviously packaged well enough and got run over by a truck, that's different, but I doubt that happened here.

Based on the packages I've received from eBay sellers over the years, I'd wager most of the times UPS says it was improperly packaged, it probably was.

Had a guy offer to ship me broken stuff and claim it (there's a whole Seinfeld episode on that topic). Didn't even know me, and like we were going to conspire to defraud the shipper!

[Clavo106]

I got my drag link in a pvc pipe. the end of the pipe was completely broken off..

[In The Ten Ring]

Fight it. UPS damaged (dented badly) a 1971 OEM fender I bought on here and had shipped from CA.

They finally agreed to pay for a body shop to fix it but I had to kick a little out. I ended up not using the fender and will later sell it.

Now I DEMAND any part (easily bent) be shipped in a wooden crate or I won't buy. In some cases I just drive a long ways to pick it up.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Never did hear back from the seller. Ebay processed a full refund, and I left a bad review.

I won't give the guy's user ID, but he features a somewhat large assortment of automotive collectibles, and he's a fan of Chevy.

[In The Ten Ring]

Could you PM us? Might save us a headache ourselves!

[davepl]

Originally Posted by Clavo106

I got my drag link in a pvc pipe. the end of the pipe was completely broken off..

I said Schedule 40 because it's pretty thick - made for pressure, not just as a drain pipe, so it's stronger. Which isn't to say that it wasn't already Sched40, or that Sched40 would have lived, but it's tougher than the basic pipe.

[Crabass]

I just erased my initial (harsh but honest) reaction to this post and toning this way down out of fear of liability/retaliation, legal or otherwise.

From years of seeing packages come in to the facilities I worked at, my perception of service, from best to worst, is FedEx, USPS, UPS. If I order or ship something other than an anvil I do so with this rating in mind.

I am in no way affiliated with any of these concerns.