Nordraw
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Little 5 day vacation to San Diego and Temecula area starting today!
Should be fun. The only tool will be a cork puller.
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12 hours ago, khariV said:
Actually I have had Amazon ship things in the original boxes with just a shipping label slapped on the outside. When you check out with a large item, there's a checkbox that says something to the effect of "this item will be identifiable by the packaging. If you don't want this, check here for gift boxing". Then again, I've also gotten idiotically giant boxes from Amazon with one small thing in them, so perhaps it's up to the person on shipping duty.
Yeah maybe, you know what they say about common sense right.
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2 hours ago, khariV said:
A lot of bigger tools ship in their retail boxes, which is to say that the retail boxes are designed and built sturdy enough to be shipped by truck. So, if you order big, heavy tools like a miter saw, jobsite table saw, etc. it doesn't come packaged in a 2nd box because
A. a bigger cardboard box would be really hard to find and would have to be custom built - i.e. expensive and time consuming.
B. unless the custom box was a LOT larger, you wouldn't be able to add sufficient padding material to make a difference and then you're adding ~20" of extra shipping dimension - i.e. more expensive to ship
C. The manufacturer's boxes are designed to ship bare because of A & B
So, from how I see it, UPS trashed your compressor. I've had them mess up quite a few boxes and it's rarely the fault of the sender.
UPS is the culprit no doubt but relying on the manufactures box is just saving money period. Have you seen Amazon ship that way? This box did not seem up to the task to say the least. Could you imagine paying the 37.50 they wanted for a 2 day delivery and having this happen? Money is always the concern for these companies but how much do you save when you lose the customer?
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As an update I have heard nothing from "Tool Barn" since they told me on the phone they would ship another one right out. I asked them to give me the new tracking number when they got it and she said they would so......... Haven't written off "Tool Barn" as of yet, waiting to see if they make good on this. At the very least I will be waiting a good long time to get something that I could have got 2 day shipping on from Amazon.
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3 hours ago, Atlas2000 said:
Seems unlikely that UPS would go to the trouble of patching it over with tape. I have gotten things shipped poorly before. No excuse except too cheap to do it right. Glad they are sending another without a lot of grief. Hope #2 arrives in better shape.
I worked on the hub for UPS many a moon ago and they will slap some packaging tape on a ripped package if it's not too bad but this was a joke. The driver said he couldn't believe they put it on his truck in the shape it was in.
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Yeah, that would be a good reason to recall if you ask me.
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15 hours ago, bsayles13 said:
Wow, hell of a deal. Mine only ever has bullshit on sale or in the clearance section
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Packers fan huh? Nice.
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3 hours ago, KC_Tool said:
No bueno. Mind if I ask what you paid for shipping? Just curious. Trying to think how we would ship something like that, maybe LTL?
It was free shipping on something that price. It took 7 days to get it from when it shipped. Just my opinion but nothing like that should be shipped cross country without some kind of extra protection. I worked for UPS as a student and know how things are treated. What is LTL?
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Looks like it would hold a lot of screws. Nice.
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Looks like a good thing to have around.
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What's wrong with them?
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1 hour ago, Poisonfangs85 said:
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know the newest crew member is here!
Lillian "Lillypad" Ann Hess
She was born 3/6/17 7lbs 2 oz 19.5 inches
we came home yesturday and are settling in. Soon she will be another helper for daddy and mommy.
Lilly pad, I like that. When does she get her first "tool"
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17 hours ago, Nordraw said:
Ordered a Rolair JC-10 air compressor from "The Tool Barn" last week and it just got here delivered from UPS. Well..........it was trashed to say the least. It was shipped in the box like you would get it from a store nothing more. The box was completely torn open and had some packing tape put over the gaping holes in the box. I took in out of the box while the UPS guy was waiting there and the compressor had paint scratched off in a couple of places and one of the rubber feet was damaged. The driver said I should just refuse the delivery and that is what I did so than I called "The Tool Barn" and they were closed for the day of course. Sent two emails and will have to wait to see how they deal with this. I'll keep you posted about how their customer service is. This sucks bad.
Talked to "Tool Barn" today on the phone and they seemed pretty cool about it and are putting a claim in to UPS and shipping me another one. If it's shipped the same way I don't have much hope it will be in better shape but we shall see. This is the last chance I will give them to get this right to be sure.
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10 hours ago, Conductor562 said:
Talk about something that will ruin your day. It's heartbreaking to open a tool shipment and see it's damaged.
Hope Tool Barn makes it right
Yeah and it the second week in a row that I have gotten something in the mail and had to return it. Last week got a entry door knob that was not damaged but just didn't work and I sent it back.
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6 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
So it was obvious UPS didn't do that? Or don't you know for sure?
No, most likely the handling by UPS was to blame but how can you ship something across country in the same box that you would get if you just bought it at a store that carried it? Makes no sense to me.
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2 hours ago, Jronman said:
I would've thought that something like a compressor would be in a more sturdy shipping box around the retail packaging.
That was my thought exactly. Shipping it like that was a joke. That is how Tool Barn is to blame here. The actual damage had to come from the handling by UPS
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On 3/6/2017 at 8:04 PM, Mordekyle said:
Did you depreciate it for the last 18 years?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYes, then you have to give all of that back when you sell whether you took the depreciation write off or not. So you better take it.
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Ordered a Rolair JC-10 air compressor from "The Tool Barn" last week and it just got here delivered from UPS. Well..........it was trashed to say the least. It was shipped in the box like you would get it from a store nothing more. The box was completely torn open and had some packing tape put over the gaping holes in the box. I took in out of the box while the UPS guy was waiting there and the compressor had paint scratched off in a couple of places and one of the rubber feet was damaged. The driver said I should just refuse the delivery and that is what I did so than I called "The Tool Barn" and they were closed for the day of course. Sent two emails and will have to wait to see how they deal with this. I'll keep you posted about how their customer service is. This sucks bad.
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I've had Purdy paint brushes last for close to a year with proper cleaning after each use. Not a pro painter but cutting in takes a good brush. I do have some of the cheap HF brushes that I toss after one use but they are for small quick touch up jobs around the house.
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On 2/21/2017 at 9:03 PM, BMack37 said:
...but you have to live in California.
That's the bonus...........
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seems like something is wrong dude.
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2 hours ago, SetBuilder said:
I wanted a "smart" thermostat but my wife is against all the wifi in the house. Who knows what the long term effects can be. When we had the new 200 amp service put in, they wanted to put the meter on the outside of my daughters bedroom. We said no way and had it run to the other side of the house, so it is away from the bedrooms.
We even went so far as to put "shielding" up behind the drywall behind the meter, 4 ft in each direction. It may have been a total waste of money, but it gives my wife a little piece of mind.
We also have a switch in the master bedroom wired to an outlet across the house where we plug the wifi in. This way we can turn the wifi off from the bedroom.
Like I said, all of our precautions may be for nothing, but having a child in the house is out main concern.
That's something to think about for sure. Can you imagine if it turns out that WIFI is harmful to your health? That would be Cigarettes all over again. People would say "Remember when we used to allow WIFI in the house?"
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Customer service is an added bonus with KC Tool, you can't say that too often these days.
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3 hours ago, Jronman said:
are professional tradesman allowed in harbor freight?
No, strictly banned
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Favorite Tool Store?
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HD, Lowes, for typical easy to get stuff. Rockler for woodworking and as far as on line I would go with KC tools, The tool nut or The Tool Barn.