Originally Posted by DrCharles
About 20 years ago I had the opportunity to observe the trucks being unloaded onto a belt and the packages picked off the belt... yes, they do throw them. No time or space to set them down gently. I'm sure the process is not slower than it was, too.

I also got to put on a set of "browns" and spend the morning with a driver in his package car (what UPS calls the delivery step vans). That driver was really earning his pay that day, and glad to have a helper. It's not an easy job physically, especially with the red tag (70+ lb) packages.

However, I would not expect to see a tire track printed on a box, or a forklift tine punched through it!


About maybe 15-20 years ago I shipped a 1970 C-body dash pad to a guy through UPS bubble wrapped 3 layers, double hard foam cover and wrapped twice in cardboard and then boxed. Got a call from the guy that the box showed up bent into a 'V' shape with a forklift tire down the center. UPS said they would not over the claim as it was not properly packaged to prevent damage is shipment. How the heck do you package a product to survive a 4 ton forklift running over it!? After about 18 packages being lost, damaged, ruined or delivered late (one was 6 weeks late), I gave up on the and have been Using FedEx for the last 15 years and have had only one problem out of a couple hundred packages shipped. I have turn order down if the buyer insisted on using UPS. Plus FedEx is cheaper too.

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