New turbo, I was owned by Fedex

[Raven97990]

I think this is the appropiate thread.

Lesson one, always ship a turbo with a exhaust housing on it... because no matter what precautions you take, some low paid jackass at fed ex will damage it.

I got my t-61 with water cooled jackets in, very stoke, untill I look close at the box, it has a hole in it, and is beat all to hell, mind you it was shipped only 40 miles tops. Open it up and find two fins on the turbine bent severly. File claim, they pickup package and return it a few days latter. Im waiting for a call, waiting, waiting. Two weeks pass I finally get ahold of the claims person... her statment is "Oh, we found the engine fan was not damaged, so we cant pay your claim" I submit 13 digital pictures, and am still waiting, but I felt I would share my pictures, and see if you can figure out if the "engine fan" is damaged or not..

BTW this turbo is for my 89 Supra fully built with some auto transmission(havent decided for sure). This will carry my car to its 600hp daily setup, and a larger turbo will be for dyno days that we hope to make 1000hp+ on the lowly 7m.

 

[supra90turbo]

Yes, those fins are bent.
Gather up this topic when we're done and forward it to Fedex HQ.

 

[lagged]

take them to court.

 

[s383mmber1]

Yup, DEFFINATLY bent. i work for UPS and packages are just thrown around!

UPS > Fed Ex

If ya shipped it UPS i could help ya out with the claim!

 

[IJ.]

Was it shipped without a Turbine housing?

 

[Joel W.]

Is it Fedex's problem it was packaged improperly? Who ever put that in a box unprotected like that is the problem.. Sorry if it is anyone here, but what do you expect? No fragile stickers?

 

[IJ.]

DOH reading is important!

No housing = really stupid!

Even with a Housing they'd find some way to damage it!
(I ship 100's of parcels internationally each year and have learnt to bombproof anything I send)

 

[s383mmber1]

Is it Fedex's problem it was packaged improperly? Who ever put that in a box unprotected like that is the problem.. Sorry if it is anyone here, but what do you expect? No fragile stickers?

UPS advises us to not use fragile stickers when "we" ship stuff.

50 percent of the UPS people out there are more likley to "drop" a "fragile" box.


This goes for any carrier, unless it was packeged to carriar Spec, they will NOT cover damages.

 

[IJ.]

Each big carrier has a dept set aside to figure out exactly how to damage the most parcels in the least amount of time/effort!

"Fragile" or "Do not Bend" is taken as a challenge!

 

[Joel W.]

UPS advises us to not use fragile stickers when "we" ship stuff.
50 percent of the UPS people out there are more likley to "drop" a "fragile" box.
This goes for any carrier, unless it was packeged to carriar Spec, they will NOT cover damages.

Another reason for me not to use UPS...:icon_conf

 

[Yellow 13]

Science needs to hurry up with teleporters so we can avoid these things.

 

[Wills7MGTE]

well not to be an ass but its not all thier fault, we all know how uncarrying these corporate shippers are so why ship it without the exhaust portion which would have kept said damge from occuring? Yea well at least we know for next time.

 

[tte]

Its always good to place "FRAGILE" or other warning labels on the package
That way when your package is damaged, and it is the shipping company's fault
you have a better case with their insurance.

When we ship our products out, we always place all the neccessary warning labels. My boss told me most likely the delivery drivers wont give a fuck but
the labels are for the insurance in case your item is damaged.

Plus your package has to be packaged and cushioned well. You have to assume that the drivers will throw it around.

"Prepare for the worst and hope for the best" I say.

Cheers,
Roy

 

[Wills7MGTE]

stop quoting that horrible tornado movie set in nebraska with your "prepare for the worst hope for the best" line LMAO

 

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[Supra]

UPS advises us to not use fragile stickers when "we" ship stuff.

50 percent of the UPS people out there are more likley to "drop" a "fragile" box.


This goes for any carrier, unless it was packeged to carriar Spec, they will NOT cover damages.

A friend (manager) @ UPS told me the same thing. :aigo:

 

[Raven97990]

the housing was already here at my place. the turbine had three inchs of impact foam, about six inchs of bubble wrap and four inchs of packing peanuts all around the turbo. I don't think it wasn't packaged well, but I will always ship with a housing from now.

 

[lagged]

the housing was already here at my place. the turbine had three inchs of impact foam, about six inchs of bubble wrap and four inchs of packing peanuts all around the turbo. I don't think it wasn't packaged well, but I will always ship with a housing from now.

did you get insurance with the shipping company?

 

[Raven97990]

yes I had insurance, which makes it even more annoying, the 45 minute drive to get the damned thing is now nothing compared to what I'm going through.

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

You're crazy man, those fins are supposed to be like that. It gives you more air catching power.

Don't let them screw you over like that fight until you get all the money it's worth or a new turbo. I knew I always had good reason to hate Fed Ex.