Originally Posted by 5-Dinks
Maybe rods need to be shipped in PVC tubes and the customer returns the tubes once delivery is taken and a credit is returned to the customer once returned to the shipper?
why pay for all that shipping back and forth to complicate matters?The cost of PVC tubes in bulk isnt a whole lot more than good cardboard tubing.
Those rod tubes look old, like the cardboard has been wet and dried. They just don't look like quality rod tubes.
If tape is applies over the seams, it really increases the likelihood of not coming apart, (like canned biscuits).
Never again...
13 year old Tracker
Every company uses cardboard. 99.9% of the time it's fine.
Ive had a few rods broken, but the shipper should always use a pvc tube and bubble wrap. That being said, i had fedex destroy 8 Loomis Glxs at one time....they ran the tube over with a forkliftIt seems they do this on purpose... 3rd time the post office broke a rod for me. I never
had one broken thru FED EX or UPS.....WTF!!!
It does not mater who the carrier is they all do it. Got one last week via fedex snapped like a pretzel....its a crap shoot at best.
Our cardboard tube has been approved by all carriers (FEDEX, UPS, USPS). Unfortunately this is just the nature of the beast with online sales. It doesn't matter the container or the carrier, we can ship in a Sherman Tank, but from time to time things are going to break. We've always got you covered should an issue arise with your shipments. Tim, your new rod is in the mail with FEDEX today. Many thanks to the BBC community for your support.
Regards,
Adam - ALFC
I've had several broke by UPS. Never had one shipped USPS or FedEx.
Recieved 6 rods over the last 2 years from Tackle Warehouse in cardboard tubes shipped by UPS and all came in perfect condition. I think it’s just bad luck once in a while that it gets damaged from any shipper.
Not sure why when it’s broken that they go ahead and deliver it, seems like it would be sent back.
Do they think we might go a head and use it!
So the shipping company can dispute the claim, is my guess. They'll say inadequate or insufficient packaging and deny responsibility.
That's what happened to a friend of mine on two computer monitors, two separate occasions, both packed the same way: in their original foam, inside their original box, then packed inside a larger box that was padded. They got smashed during shipment, but the carrier said it was because of insufficient packaging so they didn't have to pay for the broken monitors despite the insurance he paid for.
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They got me last year. Lady at the office said there convertors ain't set up for something that long.
I'm thinking a $400.00 retail rod cost about $30.00 to get them made , so replacing 10 percent of them is no problem .
Do not ship many rods anymore--would rather sell local for less or donate to youth organizations but USPS has got to be the absolute worse when it comes to rods. real crap shoot on how many sections the tube is broke into when you or the buyer gets it
I would never ship a rod. But then again I know how a hub works. Faster faster faster, shove that chit in the trailer, it isn't yours move move move -----Man in a white shirt with a stop watch.
Never again...
Ouch...where did that one come from?
Probably because people still use them after breaking 2 rods. They know they can get away with it and it won't hurt business.
That's just criminal in and of itself......
Charge someone a chunk of money to insure it, then when you screw up & break it anyway, they claim you didn't pack it right........imagine if allstate denied your injury claim after someone hit you because they said you didn't know how to sit in your car properly.
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I would want to choke somebody.Never again...
My Kistlers came in these, a couple of years ago though.
I’ve had probably 2 dozens rods shipped to me, and haven’t had one damaged. Most are St. Croix shipped by the vendor from the factory in really heavy duty cardboard tubes. A few dents, but no breaks. Guess I’ve been fortunate so far.
I can see how it would chap your a$$ even worse because they delivered a clearly damaged shipment anyway.
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