Ed; The next time you need rearend parts try Tom's Differentials in
Paramount Ca. PH. (562) 634-8431 or 634-8452. They have always had what
I needed in stock and at jobber prices.
Doug in big ditch
Ed Van Scoy wrote:
>
> Well, the Great Battle is over, casualties were high and it is uncertain who
> won.........Got the shim pack by UPS yesterday, but no side yokes - took the
> ones out of the old rear-end & put 'em in the new unit. Put the rear-end back
> in the Vette last night with Linda's help (hey Keith, when was the last time
> Miss Kathy held your rear-end in place while you snugged things up with an
> impact? ;-) ) The side yoke turned up on my doorstep today.......... At any
> rate, the world is back to spinning in greased grooves
> again................................
> Ed
>
> Jim Dincau wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I have had very good luck with UPS. They have always been as fast or
> > faster than the UPS and they haven't lost or broken anything in the four
> > years I've been having car parts delivered by them. I also like their
> > tracking service, you can see where the stuff goes and when its delivered.
> > Jim in Palmdale, who's UPS driver honks if he sees me on the road.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>
> > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Cc: <IfixMGs@aol.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 1:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: CONSPIRACY OR LOST IN SPACE ? Use the Post Office.
> >
> > > So.....the obvious question is...Why doesn't UPS use the US Postal
> > > service, and just keep the difference??
> > > I took them to court once (My lawyer did, UPS that is.) about the
> > > altered
> > > money orders they sent back to me for a shipment of $1200.00 to Philly'
> > > which I'd marked in the label...CASH ONLY. box.
> > > I said "Hey, wos this, they've bin' altered.?" They said
> > > "So....How do you know there not any good unless you try to cash them.?"
> > > "Because it says on the back, 'NOT VALID IF ALTERED' dummy.....!"
> > > "Well try them through your bank before you tell us they are no
> > > good"
> > > So, like a fool I sent them to my bank.....you know the rest.
> > > In court they said they are not responsible for the packages
> > > they carry or the type of payment that is used to collect payment!!!!!
> > > So you ask yourself WHAT THE BLAZES IS THE POINT OF 'UPS' HAVING
> > > A LOST/STOLEN INVESTIGATION DIVISION..???
> > > The case was given to them 'cose the judge thought I shoulda
> > > checked the receiver out better.......Duh.
> > >
> > > DK. (really ticked with UPS.)
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----------------------------------
> > > IfixMGs@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Joe,
> > > > I feel for you. I restore and sell recond parts for Little
> > British
> > > > Cars for a living, and rely on UPS/USPS for my parts lifeline. A
> > disgruntled
> > > > doc once told me that if he has a package that "Absolutely, positively"
> > has
> > > > to be there, such as a heart and lung to go into his own body, he would
> > > > rather rely on his spiteful and drunken ex-mother in law than the UPS
> > fort he
> > > > organ donor delivery . I actually have better luck with the post office
> > than
> > > > with UPS because the PO delivers on Saturday and Sunday; UPS doesn't
> > arrive
> > > > until 4:30pm which can kill an otherwise perfectly good Monday....
> > > > My worst experience? I sent a very expensive, freshly smoked
> > vacuum
> > > > packed turkey to my parents via the old 2 day UPS for Thanksgiving.
> > Eighty
> > > > miles. This was "Pre-tracking/pre overnight" era. It was a no-show.
> > They
> > > > agreed to pay me for the insured value. Around Christmas, the package
> > turned
> > > > up on my parent's doorstep. The box was crushed and there was a hole in
> > the
> > > > vacuum wrapper. How anyone could have stood the smell is beyond me....
> > > > However, another obviously content employee I know says UPS is
> > > > on-time 99.99% of the time. They must be somewhere in-between. A
> > little
> > > > math lesson, perfesser....
> > > > UPS ships 300,000,000 packages between Thanksgiving and
> > Christmas
> > > > (peak season for getting the hot rod back together....) If 299,997,000
> > > > packages were delivered on time, then 3000 fell thru the cracks and
> > didn't
> > > > make it ON-TIME. That's because they were shipped to desolate places
> > like
> > > > Dallas and Chicago and New York City. So, if 99.99% of the remaining
> > 3000
> > > > eventually make it to their actual destinations, the remaining 3
> > completely
> > > > undeliverable, yet plainly addressed and wholly unreplaceable at any
> > cost,
> > > > yet somehow uninsured packages get shipped to the UPS's Black Hole
> > Division
> > > > which is located in beautiful downtown Bountiful, Utah, just a short
> > drive
> > > > from nowhere where they sit until the middle of August.... and are
> > finally
> > > > tracked down via www.oops.com...
> > > > ....on the phone, a dutiful employee:
> > > > "Hello, UPS Black Hole. Oh, I'm sorry, sir, we only have three
> > packages
> > > > here. Oh golly, they ARE yours! Well, gosh, figure the odds.... Oh, I'm
> > so
> > > > sorry again, sir, but gosh darn it, we close down this afternoon for
> > > > Speedweek. We all go down to Salt Lake City and sell Mormon Meteor Tee
> > Shirts
> > > > to the tourists. We'd be more than happy to send them right off. The
> > > > packages, sir, not the Tee Shirts. The shirts are fourteen ninety five,
> > plus
> > > > tax and UPS shipping and are high quality one hundred percent cotton.
> > Oh, I'm
> > > > sorry. You mean your packages.... Sure. They're headed your way as we
> > speak.
> > > > Oh, by the way, since we're out here in no-man's land, shipping time can
> > be
> > > > as long as 3 weeks. WE get everything in and out by way of the Post
> > Office.
> > > > Takes a day or two less. You should be getting it a couple days after
> > this
> > > > Speedweek nonsense is over.... Have a pleasant day, sir...."
> > > > Mark Childers Union Jack Spares & Repairs Virginia Beach
> > Virginia
> > >
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