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I am aging out. I have some small parts to NOT throw in the trash or even just give it all away, however I would give it away rather than trash it, but I paid good $ for it and I expect to sell it well below wholesale, but I do not look forward to all the BS involved!!!! I plan to make "packages" of related small parts and offer such at good prices. Not going to sell it off piece by piece and ship 1000 small boxes! Well will see.
 

barbee6043 said:
I am aging out. I have some small parts to NOT throw in the trash or even just give it all away, however I would give it away rather than trash it, but I paid good $ for it and I expect to sell it well below wholesale, but I do not look forward to all the BS involved!!!! I plan to make "packages" of related small parts and offer such at good prices. Not going to sell it off piece by piece and ship 1000 small boxes! Well will see.
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Hey Barbee , maybe I should come by and buy your parts hoard !
 
RAT ROD AL said:
Hey Barbee , maybe I should come by and buy your parts hoard !
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It would be nice to meet you, but I really don't have that much worthwhile.. Nothing high $ just a lot of small things that should not be scraped.
For instance, examples....half a doz. 1 and 2 bbl carbs. half a dozen books on building Mopar, AMC, Ford engines, all kinds of literature. What looks like an oem (new?) torque convertor, a Mopar bud gave me years ago!! But come on by, you could have played in 3 inches of snow a few days ago!!!! etc etc etc
 
ProjectBazza said:
Just keep your paws off the Ford stuff! :lol:
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I am down to the 66 Fairlane and 64 Comet. All extra parts will go with them. Gone is the 62 Lancer and 75 AMC Hornet!
I could sell the Fairlane and ship it Fed. X. but they would no doubt lose it!!!!!!!! Or the USPS would measure it and then tell me the next day, IT IS TOO BIG!!!!!!
 
barbee6043 said:
I am down to the 66 Fairlane and 64 Comet. All extra parts will go with them. Gone is the 62 Lancer and 75 AMC Hornet!
I could sell the Fairlane and ship it Fed. X. but they would no doubt lose it!!!!!!!! Or the USPS would measure it and then tell me the next day, IT IS TOO BIG!!!!!!
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:rofl::rofl:

Love it! :thumbsup:

Sure wish my shed/shop was up and running as I'd be all over that '66! But you already know that...

Timing, as they say, is everything.

(Edit: Any intertest in a running '67 F250 Camper Special from California? :lol:)
 
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barbee6043 said:
I could not afford the gas for a 67 Ford pick up up!!!! :thumbsup: :BangHead: :confederateflag: :poke:
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(LOL!) How do you think I feel? I have two of 'em!

But the '68 will be getting the drivetrain from my '92 F150 (351 w/EFI, Auto w/OD, etc), after the shop is done, so "theoretically" that should help.
 
volaredon said:
Not blaming the seller here at all but as a courtesy he sent me a copy of the receipt showing it was shipped (ups store again) and the one I have coming was charged right at double that. I get convenience, and not having time to shop around, but yours was ups, mine is coming ups but double? C'mon.... And I'm a little short of Michigan.... I sent an aluminum weiand for a small block from Illinois to Michigan I'm guessing 3-4 years ago and $30-ish sounds like about what that one cost about what you stated but again that wasn't yesterday....
Are the ups stores company owned or franchised?
The last time I tried a ups store this past summer they wanted $74 to ship some trim pieces for a camper. That was more than what I sold the parts for. I went a mile away to the PO and asked them and it was $26.... Helluva difference. I wasn't paying (or making the buyer pay);$14 more to ship than I was getting for the parts.... That would have definitely killed the deal.
As quoted shipping has done for lots of stuff I've wanted to get.
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pirate ship.

you have a computer, i'm guessing that you have a printer, i'll assume you have paypal, buy a digital postal scale off amazon for 20~35 bucks. grab some shipping tape while you're there. reuse your amazon boxes to ship stuff out.

box, weigh, create a shipment on pirate, pay thru paypal automatically, print, tape. then you can hand the USPS or UPS driver the package, go to the ups store and drop it off (and get a receipt!) or even schedule a pick up.

i don't know how much more convenient it gets unless you want somebody to come over and package the stuff up for you.

don't want addt'l charges ex post facto? don't short the tape or the scale measuring it up and get the actual addy you're shipping to not just the zip.
 
RustyRatRod said:
Good luck gettin it.
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I’ve gotten them to cover a set of missing pushrods but I have HOURS in jumping through hoops, filling stupid **** out and going down to the local postmaster and getting on the phone with other PO ding dongs to get it.

It wasn’t really worth the hundred bucks I got back but it became the principle of the thing.
 
RAT ROD AL said:
The post office is good on paying insurance. Theresa will file a claim for any package we ship and gets lost or smashed and haven't had 1 denied yet.
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Have you ever filed a claim with USPS?

It’s not easy. In fact it’s retardly hard. Way harder than it needs to be.
 
gunbunny said:
1. I don't know if you're the shipper or receiver, but what I can say is that whoever packaged that did a piss poor job.
2. USPS will pay insurance, but only to the shipper.


Del's right, this isn't on the USPS, this is whoever shipped parts to you.
People need to pack their **** like somebody else's heavy *** **** is going to land on it. Because somebody else's heavy *** ****, will land on it.
Seriously, do people think that their packages are delicately handled and hand carried from point to point?
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Nonsense.
 
Newbomb Turk said:
Have you ever filed a claim with USPS?

It’s not easy. In fact it’s retardly hard. Way harder than it needs to be.
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My wife takes care of the shipping end of things. As the shipper she's never had a claim denied. You need to have all the information saved that they want.
As someone else said above, the Shipper is the customer here, not the recipient.
Guess they don't care about the recipient
 
The shipper needs to file the claim. In most cases ,we just refund our buyer, and it really helps if the buyer takes a few pics of the damaged package before they open it and throw it away.
Then she files the claim with the Usps and they really don't reply, just send a check for the full amount with the shipping fee included. Just like magic!
 
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RAT ROD AL said:
Guess they don't care about the recipient
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The problem is, people get pissed off and blame the carrier for damaged parcels.
I can't tell you how many times I received a box to deliver that became damaged somewhere in the system. I didn't damage the box, I didn't have a clue where the damage occurred, I only delivered what was left.
Want to know who got blamed for it 100% of the time and called lazy? Me, that's who.
After you get called a lazy POS and thief enough times, over things you have zero control over, you learn not to give a rats *** about the recipient.
 
gunbunny said:
The problem is, people get pissed off and blame the carrier for damaged parcels.
I can't tell you how many times I received a box to deliver that became damaged somewhere in the system. I didn't damage the box, I didn't have a clue where the damage occurred, I only delivered what was left.
Want to know who got blamed for it 100% of the time and called lazy? Me, that's who.
After you get called a lazy POS and thief enough times, over things you have zero control over, you learn not to give a rats *** about the recipient.
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I was referring to the PO not caring about the recipient as they didn't buy the shipping label, The Shipper bought the label. Wasn't referring to you .
 
If it's a heavy, stupid part, double-box it, with sturdy boxes, and use enough/appropriate packing material that it won't shift in flight.

If it's a breakable part, and you want accountability, you take it to FedUPS and have _them_ package it. Yes, it will cost extra, but it also means they can't go "Oh, sorry, no insurance for you; your packaging was inadequate".
 
slantsixdan said:
If it's a breakable part, and you want accountability, you take it to FedUPS and have _them_ package it. Yes, it will cost extra, but it also means they can't go "Oh, sorry, no insurance for you; your packaging was inadequate".
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^^^ this. this is the way.

if you have something that's fragile or stupidly expensive take to them and have them deal with the packaging and processing end of it. that way they are fully accountable if something goes brown and round with it.

does it cost more? yes. is it more of a burden on you? i guess. but you build that into the price of the transaction, and if the buyer wants to chirp about it you tell them that's how business is done-- it's this way because it protects both of us should there be a problem. if they don't like it tell them to go find that part at that price someplace else.

if that's too much of a pain in the *** for you, then maybe don't sell parts.
 
RAT ROD AL said:
I was referring to the PO not caring about the recipient as they didn't buy the shipping label, The Shipper bought the label. Wasn't referring to you .
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Most people are reasonable, and understand.
Then you have people who act like the OP and vocalize, in a loud and threatening voice:
"THAT ACTUALLY DO THEIR JOB THE CORRECT WAY AND YOU USLESS BASTARDS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE UPS GORILLA'S CAN ROT IN HELL."
this kind of stuff at the carrier. Who had nothing to do with it.
Then people who are reasonable get frustrated because people like the OP, and few others here, have abused the folks who are trying to do their jobs right.
I have no idea how many times I've tried to explain how USPS insurance works to people. They don't want to hear it.
 
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