2 things that happened To me :
A slight colour difference between shells, and a crack in one of the floor Tom shell next to the leg mount.
If it’s new, not seeing the boxes trashed is a good sign. If they double box them, that’s even better. Good advice given already, but the box thing is big. If the FedEx driver delivers disintegrating boxes that I’m gonna sign for, you know he’s staying until I open that box to determine if they stay or go back.
A new thing I’ve been doing whenever I ship something is to take a picture of the box with the printed tag too. I send that to the buyer so he knows the condition it was in when I left it with the shipping company. If m communicating through eBay, then all that becomes part of the record for the transaction. I haven’t had any problems yet, but I figure any way to protect myself couldn’t hurt.Hopefully your fed ex drivers are better then mine! If no signature is required they set the box by my door and literally run back to their truck without even a knock on the door. If it requires a signature they quietly sneak up to my door like a friggin Scooby doo cartoon and place a signature requirement tag on my door (without knocking or making any attempt to actually obtain my signature) then run away. In my area USPS and Amazon drivers seem to be the only reliable ones unfortunately.
Definitely - no one has the time to wait 15 minutes. Drivers have a terribly tight schedule. Online shopping has gotten bigger over the last years but the pandemic has made things a lot worse for the drivers: they should avoid contact and deliver even more things in a day because people don't want to go the stores. It's a tough job!
No, I meant if a box shows up obviously damaged, then we’re gonna have words, or at least I’m gonna find out what office he came from and who his supervisor is so I can take it there myself and do a formal complaint. Of course I could always refuse the shipment and let the sender take care of it as well.That was my thought. No way the driver is going to wait for me inspect every part of the drum.
No, I meant if a box shows up obviously damaged, then we’re gonna have words, or at least I’m gonna find out what office he came from and who his supervisor is so I can take it there myself and do a formal complaint. Of course I could always refuse the shipment and let the sender take care of it as well.
If it makes you feel any better, even during these times I haven’t had anything show up damaged, and the shippers in my area are stupid busy (SoCal area). Things might be a day later but that’s ok. It’s tough work so I’m cool with them. One driver caught me at home so he was surprised when I gave him an ice cold bottle of water. People can be jerks to each other so I try not to be that way. I always think it’s karma on stuff like this - my father-I -law always seems to be arguing with somebody about something and consequently bad things always happen to him. I wonder when he’s gonna figure it out ?Both good ideas. With the pandemic putting lots of stress on the shipping companies, I've heard lots of recent nightmares about damaged packages, lost drums, horrendous experiences with FedEx claims departments never resolving their issues.
I'm a bit paranoid, but hoping for the best
If it makes you feel any better, even during these times I haven’t had anything show up damaged, and the shippers in my area are stupid busy (SoCal area). Things might be a day later but that’s ok. It’s tough work so I’m cool with them. One driver caught me at home so he was surprised when I gave him an ice cold bottle of water. People can be jerks to each other so I try not to be that way. I always think it’s karma on stuff like this - my father-I -law always seems to be arguing with somebody about something and consequently bad things always happen to him. I wonder when he’s gonna figure it out ?
I had a friend who worked for UPS loading the planes at the airport, and he said they are literally throwing boxes into the planes, and when they finish one plane, another truck comes up and another plane.....back-breaking work. You definitely have to be in your 20s for that!Yea agreed. I'm pretty cool with our local delivery guys. Always offer them something to drink, but they're typically in a hurry to finish their routes.