Comments on: Lying to FedEx http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2008/05/lying-to-fedex/ Musings from the BS Brewing Brew Crew Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:56:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2008/05/lying-to-fedex/comment-page-1/#comment-11676 Dave Sat, 03 May 2008 02:38:32 +0000 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/?p=603#comment-11676 Like mentioned before, double box it, make sure the beers are upright and each in bubble wrap. line the inner box with a garbage bag, place your beers in it, fill with peanuts/shredded newspaper. Tape box shut. Put that box into another garbage bag, place on a styro in second box and fill it with whatever you can. peanuts, cardboard and the like. Works well. As for talking to the FedEx guy. . . get an online account, weigh it yourself, pay with a credit card, print your labels and just drop off. They don't as as many questions that way. For next time. Cheers and good luck. -Dave Like mentioned before, double box it, make sure the beers are upright and each in bubble wrap. line the inner box with a garbage bag, place your beers in it, fill with peanuts/shredded newspaper. Tape box shut. Put that box into another garbage bag, place on a styro in second box and fill it with whatever you can. peanuts, cardboard and the like. Works well.

As for talking to the FedEx guy. . . get an online account, weigh it yourself, pay with a credit card, print your labels and just drop off. They don’t as as many questions that way.

For next time.

Cheers and good luck.

-Dave

]]> By: D http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2008/05/lying-to-fedex/comment-page-1/#comment-11671 D Fri, 02 May 2008 23:59:59 +0000 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/?p=603#comment-11671 We declared our package as filled with olive oil when shipping wine back from California to Mississippi. Unfortunately one bottle broke on the last leg of the UPS journey...the trip to our front door. So they sent it all the way back to California before notifying us and would not honor any damage claim :-( So we ended up with twice the shipping cost and one less bottle of wine (of course the most expensive bottle is the one that broke). UPS guy must have been doing jumping jacks on top of our box though, it was packed really, really well originally. We declared our package as filled with olive oil when shipping wine back from California to Mississippi. Unfortunately one bottle broke on the last leg of the UPS journey…the trip to our front door. So they sent it all the way back to California before notifying us and would not honor any damage claim :-(

So we ended up with twice the shipping cost and one less bottle of wine (of course the most expensive bottle is the one that broke). UPS guy must have been doing jumping jacks on top of our box though, it was packed really, really well originally.

]]> By: Michael http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2008/05/lying-to-fedex/comment-page-1/#comment-11668 Michael Fri, 02 May 2008 21:26:28 +0000 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/?p=603#comment-11668 Pack it well (double box, lots of peanuts) and lie your ass off. The only thing you're risking is the loss of the value of what you're shipping as if it breaks you won't be able to file a claim. Other than that, ship away. Case in point, I worked for UPS and in the summer the whole small (package) sorting area smelled like weed. Do you really think people declared their drugs? Pack it well (double box, lots of peanuts) and lie your ass off.

The only thing you’re risking is the loss of the value of what you’re shipping as if it breaks you won’t be able to file a claim. Other than that, ship away.

Case in point, I worked for UPS and in the summer the whole small (package) sorting area smelled like weed. Do you really think people declared their drugs?

]]> By: zak@portlandbeer.org http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2008/05/lying-to-fedex/comment-page-1/#comment-11666 zak@portlandbeer.org Fri, 02 May 2008 18:56:57 +0000 http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/?p=603#comment-11666 Yes. We must continue the charade until beer lobbyists work as hard as wine lobbyists. I'm planning on shipping some magnums and 22s back to my hometown. I just hope FEDEx buys the idea that "yeast samples" weigh so damn much. They usually do. Yes. We must continue the charade until beer lobbyists work as hard as wine lobbyists.

I’m planning on shipping some magnums and 22s back to my hometown. I just hope FEDEx buys the idea that “yeast samples” weigh so damn much.

They usually do.

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