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UPS screw-up!!
Spartacus
Member Posts: 14,415
Or maybe it's just me.
I sold some ammo on the auction side and shipped it by air.
paid the appropriate fees (online) and put a couple ORM-D stickers on it.
everything just like i've done in the past.
today the box comes back to me with a "Hazmat Reject" sticker across the top and a 8x11 form in a plastic window.
the form has everything checked off as correct except it says the box has to have an "ORM-D AIR" sticker on it.
the stupid basturds drove it 6 hours to Kansas City airport, then drove it back here because it had the wrong sticker on it!
wouldn't it had been alot smarter to just slap an ORM-D AIR sticker on it and send it along?
this is the first time I've had problems with UPS, how bout you?
tom
I sold some ammo on the auction side and shipped it by air.
paid the appropriate fees (online) and put a couple ORM-D stickers on it.
everything just like i've done in the past.
today the box comes back to me with a "Hazmat Reject" sticker across the top and a 8x11 form in a plastic window.
the form has everything checked off as correct except it says the box has to have an "ORM-D AIR" sticker on it.
the stupid basturds drove it 6 hours to Kansas City airport, then drove it back here because it had the wrong sticker on it!
wouldn't it had been alot smarter to just slap an ORM-D AIR sticker on it and send it along?
this is the first time I've had problems with UPS, how bout you?
tom
Comments
Ammo goes UPS GROUND ONLY. Is considered a hazardous material and is not to be shipped by air. HAZMAT CHARGES don't kick in until 66 lbs per shipment, but is not supposed to be on a plane.
+1
No longer true.
here's a direct quote from the checklist they sent me;
"package marked ORM-D. needs ORM-D AIR label and shipping paper to go in the air system..." that was handwritten by an "auditor" after he checked off the previous 14 items on the list! and another signature appears next to "HMSC Rejection authorized by____"
sorry carrie2, I'll get it back to UPS tomorrow and throw a couple pocket knives in for good measure. (don't get too excited, theyre new, but cheap[:)])
tom
sarge,
I've not had any problems either, until now.
I'm not posting this to slam them, i wanted to see if anyone else had similar problems (and you usually get some interesting stories on a thread like this![;)])
like sarge, i know my driver by name and if i'm not home for a package he'll bring it to the office. he's even gone as far as calling the hospital and having me paged!
so i'll continue to use ups. it just bothers me cause i know if I was the one waiting for the ammo, I'd be pretty dissappointed not getting it on time. Especially on an upcomming holiday weekend!
anyway, off to UPS now with re-boxed box.
hey carry, i'll email tracking # to you.
thanks for your patience!
tom
Check out my last ammo Delivery Started in Ok.
quote:
05/21/2009 4:45 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
PORTLAND,OR, US
05/20/2009 10:35 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/20/2009 5:17 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
HERMISTON,OR, US
05/20/2009 1:30 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/20/2009 9:40 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
COMMERCE CITY,CO, US
05/19/2009 2:55 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
COMMERCE CITY,CO, US
05/18/2009 11:04 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
SALINA,KS, US
05/18/2009 2:26 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/18/2009 12:48 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
OKLAHOMA CITY,OK, US
05/18/2009 7:43 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/18/2009 12:19 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
AMARILLO,TX, US
05/15/2009 8:00 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
GUYMON,OK, US
05/15/2009 6:23 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
05/15/2009 5:34 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
05/15/2009 11:20 A.M. PICKUP SCAN
no need for me to check. I already knew ammo could be shipped air, because I've done it before.
the point of this thread was that they returned a package because it was missing "AIR" on the ORM-D label. seems like a huge waste of money to me.
tom