Insurance Optional

Dang... :(

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I saw a pic of the box before it was shipped, and it was packed reasonably well, so I don't fault the seller... I guess the USPS needed a bit of stress release. :mad:

Oh, well. I'm glad I got it for cheap. It's just the body shell and window glass parts that are ruined. I'll pick up another regular ITR kit somewhere... :dunno:

The actual race-car parts are really cool, like the stripped interior tub, rollcage, and the Fujimi seatbelt set.

Man that sucks. I hope mine are ok.

Damn! I would kick some asses for that.

Hey,

Oh man damn!!! :-/ Stress release indeed. Good luck with a replacement.

Frank X.

Perhaps the driver was really short and used it as a seat booster.

Bad luck Jay:(

Parcel firms just do not care. That is pretty bad. At least it was perfect when you brought it, and it was the delivery firm that ruined it.

I've just got a kit (OK it was cheap) from an ebay seller, and even though it claimed to be none started and complete it's not. The picture I looked at on the ebay site is nothing like what I've just got..!! It's been started, and started poorly..

Dang... :(



I saw a pic of the box before it was shipped, and it was packed reasonably well, so I don't fault the seller... I guess the USPS needed a bit of stress release. :mad:

Oh, well. I'm glad I got it for cheap. It's just the body shell and window glass parts that are ruined. I'll pick up another regular ITR kit somewhere... :dunno:

The actual race-car parts are really cool, like the stripped interior tub, rollcage, and the Fujimi seatbelt set.

I hope this makes you feel better.
I received one that still had the tire tread marks on the outside and two that were punctured and crushed with a forklift. Total loss was around $1800.

And most people think model sellers have it so good. :)
David
http://www.scaleracecars.com

Hey Jay, that sucks. Been there! Not to hijack your thread, here is what I got:
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I got this last week. Shipping by UPS, and the box must have been so bad they repacked the model in another box. In doing so they lost the decals to boot. Thankfully the first $100 is covered. Not a big deal as I got a good deal on the kit.
Chris

I hate to blame this on the USPS since my dad works for the Postal Service.

One thing I might note is the box says nothing (looking at the picture) about keeping it on top. There are pretty heavy shipments made, believe it or not, and sometimes those will end up on your box.

I'm sure there are things the USPS can do to prevent this, but I'll leave it to the big guys to figure it out.

Ouch...

Doesn't look that good. I really hate it when it happens.
UPS and others just don't seem to care...

(UPS once ruined alithography I ordered because someone stepped on it: a big footprint on the box!)

Wow, such a good kit! Thank god my Gathers ITR came good:). So what do you do when your kit arrives like that? I have never had that happen to me.

That even makes me mad.

That really sucks! The worst that's happened to me wasn't really that major, but pissed me off nonetheless. The UPS man left my package on a big sheet of ice on my porch, failed to realize that ice melts, which it did, soaking through the box and totally ruining the decals on a race car kit :(

I'd be talking it back to them and demanding some answer's for there crap service

that sucks man, seems like it was ace ventera delevering it.

Nasty :(
When you recieved the package was it just dumped at your door or personally delivered by a courier/mailman? If the latter was there any way to note it had been crushed? I've had a parcel delivered that was damaged and had it recorded as such before opening. Fortunately everything was okay so I didn't need to take things further.

Danm... I would be ver heated. Have you tried anything to make the postal service pay for the damage?

The seller is a guy from a different message board, and like I said I got a great deal on it. IMO, it was my fault for not asking for insurance (which would have been what? $1.30? :rolleyes: Freakin' hindsight!)

If I go to the post office and bitch, they'll say, "did you buy insurance?"
And I'll say, "No, but..."
And they'll go, "NEXT!!"

:loser:

Frankly, I never even considered insurance before unless the item was well over $100. Now I'll be interested for anything up to about $50, or in this case, for particularly rare items. I mean, like I said before, I'll pick up a regular ITR kit and be fine. But I'd be in a better position if I'd just gotten a box full of cool ITR parts, and then got my money back from the insurance.

I've done and number of transactions and trades over the internet, and I've had great luck. Law of averages, I guess. No biggie.
One thing I might note is the box says nothing (looking at the picture) about keeping it on top. There are pretty heavy shipments made, believe it or not, and sometimes those will end up on your box.True. I guess I've always taken the big "FRAGILE" stencil for granted. I'll be loading up all my future packages with warnings. ;)

I wonder if the USPS workers happen to be more careful with the packages that have the insurance tag on them... :uhoh: :thinkerg:



In any case, the remains of the crushed body has already found a new destination... ;)

This reminds me of that Hersheys Chocolate Milk commercial. The guy puts some chocolate milk in a box, marks it fragile. Mails it to his house, and on the way it gets all banged up, ran over, falls out of the truck, thrown, and then thrown at his door.

True. I guess I've always taken the big "FRAGILE" stencil for granted. I'll be loading up all my future packages with warnings. ;)

I often send out Car Parts which are long and flat made from Aluminium and I always used to but a sticker stating "Do No Bend" most turned up bent, it was if the postie said Yes it does. Now I just send all stuff insured and put nothing on the box.

I know the feeling...
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Luckily, the wheels were alright.:)