FEDEX can lick my wrinkled bag

[joshh]

Good! Fuck them.
They make all kinds of cash and still wont take responsibility for shipping.

[blunttech]

how did they fuck up a block??? pics?

not sure but my guess is they put the pallet on a conveyor and it fell off a good distance and landed on the edge of the block. all 3 pistons were trashed and the wrist pins totally gone. see attached pic of corner of block.
one piston was totally gone. i probably didnt explain this well but i had another thread a while back about it. all i care about is i got my loot. evo3 blocks are still avail but i suspect theres maybe 1 or 2 left. i bought a good portion of them 8 months ago and there were only 14 more produced

[ThaiRacer]

So how much does a motor like this cost? Why didnt u sue them for more becasue to me a block that rare should be worth more then 2k

[blunttech]

So how much does a motor like this cost? Why didnt u sue them for more becasue to me a block that rare should be worth more then 2k

i sometimes gamble on shit like this and lose. this is one of those cases. i insured it for less because i know where the price breaks are. i wound up losing 200 on the overall cost. you win some and you lose some. i declared a value of 1900.00 on it so thats all i can recoup.

[scabzzzz]

Did you recover the cost of the lawyer as well? And court fee's, etc..?

[blunttech]

Did you recover the cost of the lawyer as well? And court fee's, etc..?

court fees yes. dave assisted me "pro boner"
i told him i was a pro with my boner and this seemed to be good enough for him

[george graves]

Question: Why is it FedEx's fault for how the block was "packaged" when they received it? I was under the assumption that it's the shippers responsibility to package it to fedex standards or the insurance is invalid.

[ThaiRacer]

Question: Why is it FedEx's fault for how the block was "packaged" when they received it? I was under the assumption that it's the shippers responsibility to package it to fedex standards or the insurance is invalid.

The package was in perfect condition when it arrive to fedex, but once fedex got ahold of it they fucked up the package while in the process of shipping it to blunt. This is what i understand from my readings.

[george graves]

^Yes, I can see that. That's not what I was asking...

[Wh33lhop]

^Yes, I can see that. That's not what I was asking...

Fedex will claim "improper packaging" on just about anything as I understand it. If you don't have reasonable proof that it was packaged properly (pictures documenting it) they will not pay, even after charging you for insurance. And I've heard plenty of UPS/Fedex packaging things themselves (for a fee, of course) and STILL claiming improper packaging.

But to answer the question I think the idea is that a) it was packed by the manufacturer in factory packaging and b) the packaging protected the block fine on its way from Germany, but somehow Fedex managed to fuck it up delivering inside the US. Both would point towards Fedex boning it up and not the packaging.

At this point I tend to insure stuff for what it's worth plus whatever I feel would be reasonable compensation for putting up with shipping companies' bullshit. It's usually about a penny on the dollar for insurance, so no real reason not to. Probably different when you're shipping high-dollar items and/or overseas and dealing with customs.

[Dave]

^Yes, I can see that. That's not what I was asking...

Its pretty simple, George.

Block comes from Germany to Minnesota - BY FEDEX - packed a certain way. No damage.

Blunt then turns around and ships it, again via FedEx in the exact same packaging - and it gets damaged.

Logic suggests that if it could get overseas packaged that way it should be able to go a little farther packed the same way.

Also, When you add to that the fact that he shipped several other blocks with Fedex, in the exact same manner, and none of those were damaged the variable was not the packaging, but the (mis) handling of this particular one.

Dunno if he brought it up in Court, but FedEx supposedly trains its intake and drivers to spot crappy packing and reject it. No one did that here.

[george graves]

Fair enough - just asking. I just thought that the shipper was 100% responsible for the packaging to FedEx standard.

[blunttech]

Its pretty simple, George.

Block comes from Germany to Minnesota - BY FEDEX - packed a certain way. No damage.

Blunt then turns around and ships it, again via FedEx in the exact same packaging - and it gets damaged.

Logic suggests that if it could get overseas packaged that way it should be able to go a little farther packed the same way.

Also, When you add to that the fact that he shipped several other blocks with Fedex, in the exact same manner, and none of those were damaged the variable was not the packaging, but the (mis) handling of this particular one.

Dunno if he brought it up in Court, but FedEx supposedly trains its intake and drivers to spot crappy packing and reject it. No one did that here.

that was the nail in the coffin dave... right before he dismissed us i asked the judge if i could ask one more question. he said yes and i asked fedex's lawyer if their drivers are trained to reject packages that look poorly packed or easily damaged. (like you suggested)
and the lawyer said "yes, but in this case he would have no way of knowing what it looked like inside"
and that was the end of it.

[TexasTerp]

It's good to hear that you won your case!