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I believe that most of the pick-up/delivery folks at DHL are in fact
independent contractors, usually smaller local courier companies. I know it was true a couple of years ago -- might be different now but I really doubt it. This could account for the WM-2 in the snow bank and other foolish delivery problems. I'm not sure what accounts for the screwups at the central distribution points. I gave up on DHL long ago. I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills (~1,700 ft) where it rarely snows, and they still couldn't get it right. USPS, UPS, or FedX are the only ways to go. Fred K6DGW Auburn CA CM98lw _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:49:01PM -0800, Fred Jensen wrote:
> I believe that most of the pick-up/delivery folks at DHL are in fact > independent contractors, usually smaller local courier companies. I > know it was true a couple of years ago -- might be different now but I > really doubt it. This could account for the WM-2 in the snow bank and > other foolish delivery problems. I'm not sure what accounts for the > screwups at the central distribution points. > > I gave up on DHL long ago. I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills (~1,700 > ft) where it rarely snows, and they still couldn't get it right. USPS, > UPS, or FedX are the only ways to go. I believe that DHL bought Airborne Express recently and things might have changed, at least domestically. Bob, N7XY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We paid extra for DHL@Home Delivery on some checks They dropped it off at the post office up the street for them to deliver to us. So no more DHL for me 73 - ----------------------------------- John N5BSD www.N5BSD.Com Linux user #286770 Machine # 246511 http://counter.li.org - ------------------------------------ - -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Bob Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:30 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DHL On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:49:01PM -0800, Fred Jensen wrote: > I believe that most of the pick-up/delivery folks at DHL are in > fact independent contractors, usually smaller local courier > companies. I know it was true a couple of years ago -- might be > different now but I really doubt it. This could account for the > WM-2 in the snow bank and other foolish delivery problems. I'm > not sure what accounts for the screwups at the central > distribution points. > > I gave up on DHL long ago. I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills > (~1,700 > ft) where it rarely snows, and they still couldn't get it right. > USPS, UPS, or FedX are the only ways to go. I believe that DHL bought Airborne Express recently and things might have changed, at least domestically. Bob, N7XY -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQiZD2z4STIkCKSUlEQLoCACfZkq3ooyjD1aPit5a1H6jPy72vJsAnjIi /EpqVJh3MfY2BDJGcLli8lZk =3fgL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by k6dgw
I hate to "jump on the bandwagon" and be another basher; but DHL, in my
opinion, has earned it. I realize they recently bought out Airborne Express; but that's no excuse. My story: I work for a company that imports professional photographic equipment from overseas. We distribute high end cameras, digital backs, studio stands and accessories and high end studio photographic strobes. I'm the service manager - it's my charge to repair broken items from around the country as quickly and efficiently as possible. A dealer in NYC sent us a powerpack for repair. No big deal. My techs repaired the unit (worth several grand) and shipped it back to them using DHL. Several weeks later, my dealer calls me and asks for the whereabouts of the pack. I told him I shipped it two weeks ago. He tells me he never got it. I told him I would track it. By all rights, the delivery should have taken a day, We're talking from Edison, NJ to Mahattan - 35 miles tops. I commence to trace it, to find out that it's not in the system. I ask the warehouse manager to call DHL. They're vague at best and promise they will call back. Which they did ..... the next day. It turns out the package is in .......... Texas !!!!!! How the heck it got there, I'll never know. So after much haggling, they deliver it to my customer ... a week later. The dealer calls me up - the box is now damaged ! I tell them to refuse it, so it will come back to us. The box is damaged (this is being kind) and the powerpack is once again broken (much worse than the original repair)! Call DHL to institute a claim. Even though they broke it and shipped it wrong; and it took 3 weeks to get to the customer; they refused to pay a claim. They stated that it must have gotten damaged somewhere while it was not in their possession. Moral of the story? Never, ever, under ANY crcumstances use DHL to ship ANYTHING! 73 de Larry W2LJ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Let's kill the DHL thread :-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ List Manager === Larry Makoski W2LJ wrote: > I hate to "jump on the bandwagon" and be another basher; but DHL, in my > opinion, has earned it. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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