Amiga 4000 damaged in shipment, fair compensation?

[Nlandas]

Was it shipped through UPS? They have a default of $100 insurance coverage in each shipment. I'd go after then if that is the case.

You might still be able to sell the parts remaining of that A4000 for about what you paid.

Motherboard
PS
HD Floppy(I got like $79 for my spare.)
motherboard(working.) w/RAM
Daughtercard
etc.

Or look around for a dead A4000 and pull the case top, keyboard and pick up a 3640 for cheap. Then you'll save one more of the old girls from becoming parts.

-Nyle

[Nlandas]

pkillo wrote:
....... UPS refused to pay even though they had clearly kicked the box _dozens_ of times from the bootprints on it. I don't waste my money shipping anything via UPS anymore,
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 And don't tell me mine was an isolated incident: I worked for a computer repair shop for a while and we stopped using UPS altogether because of many, many damaged shipments of expensive parts and systems. Use FedEx or Airborne/DHL instead - or even the good ole USPS. I've never had any problems with shipments from any of those three carriers.

Strange, I've had the opposite experience. Well actually, I've had minor problems with Fedex and UPS but I get a lot shipped to me here and through work. USPS has actually been way better than their reputation and on par with UPS/Fedex. DHL/Airborne on the other hand, have lost whole pallets of computers and in my area of service do not honor any overnight or 2nd day delivery. We are lucky if we get the items in a week, which is a major problem when they are repair parts from a major vendor that our customers expect overnight.

I guess we each get our own experience because I never use DHL/Airborne if I have a choice.