Carol Ratliff.clayart.CLAYART.MAILING LIST on sun 16 feb 97
Marshall,
I'm glad you have had such good luck with shipping ups. Do you ship alot? I
haven't done much & what I've done has been ok too, However, all of us have
grown up hearing about these horror stories so we know it does happen.
Anyway, this leads to a new question re the clayarters first annual. Should
we perhaps have the consignment forms prepared in advance & have our copy on
hand in case of problems? Of course I'm optimistically hoping that all my
work will sell out & there won't be any need for return shipping, but I am
wondering about getting the work there. Maybe we all could use a course in
shipping 101.
Carol Ratliff
Marget and Peter Lippincott on tue 18 feb 97
Carol Ratliff.clayart.CLAYART.MAILING LIST wrote:
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> Marshall,
> I'm glad you have had such good luck with shipping ups. Do you ship alot? I
> haven't done much & what I've done has been ok too, However, all of us have
> grown up hearing about these horror stories so we know it does happen.
> Anyway, this leads to a new question re the clayarters first annual. Should
> we perhaps have the consignment forms prepared in advance & have our copy on
> hand in case of problems? Of course I'm optimistically hoping that all my
> work will sell out & there won't be any need for return shipping, but I am
> wondering about getting the work there. Maybe we all could use a course in
> shipping 101.
> Carol Ratliff
Hi Carol, Marshall, et al:
I have been shipping a lot by UPS and have had moderate problems with
breakage, but no problems with their insurance covering my claim (they
have all been below $100 which seems to be a point beyond which they
care a lot more) Though I have had enough breakage and claims that I am
worried that they will black list me in the future. I am following
their instructions to double box everything, using lots of bubble wrap,
peanuts, etc. I am having an especially difficult time with a form
which is essentially a candle ring, a 12" open ring with 8 candleholders
evenly spaced around its perimeter. Does anyone have beaucoup
experience shipping stuff and some advise to offer?
Peter Lipppincott
Mudpuppy Pottery
eden@sover.net on thu 10 dec 98
Just another word about holiday shipments: UPS puts alot of temporary help
on between Thanksgiving and Christmas so it is the worst time for shipping
fragile stuff. If you have to ship this time of year double-boxing is the
only safe way to do it.
E..
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