swampsniper
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This is the text of an email I sent to a friend who bought a precarved Hawken stock I had. The incident was even more heated than this, but I was so upset when I posted it that I forgot some details.
Good morning,
I took the package in to UPS. The young lady put it on the scale, and asked me "what is in the box,sir"? I told her, "a precarved stock for a Hawken rifle". At that point, things began to run downhill. She turned pale. She told me that they would not ship "weapons". I told her that I lied the first time, it was a wooden lamp base. She said she would need to open the box. I said O.K., if you will use your tape to reseal it. She slit it open, and peeked in as though it contained live Cobras. I asked her if she wanted me to pull it all the way out. She said she was calling her boss, and did so. He said no weapons. By this time, other employees were watching, other customers were edging for the door, and I was getting pissed off. I told her, and everyone, that it was not a "weapon, it was a chunk of wood, and that they had no valid or legal ground to refuse my business, and they would accept my money and ship my damned package or I wanted the name and contact number of every damned executive in the company to give to the lawyer I was going to contact. After a huddled conference, she said O.K., they would make an "exception", but she was just following company policy. I told her that in any job I ever had company policy demanded that I use common sense from the start. I hope the bomb squad doesn't blow your stock up. Also consider that it may be delivered by an undercover agent disguised as a UPS driver.
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Good morning,
I took the package in to UPS. The young lady put it on the scale, and asked me "what is in the box,sir"? I told her, "a precarved stock for a Hawken rifle". At that point, things began to run downhill. She turned pale. She told me that they would not ship "weapons". I told her that I lied the first time, it was a wooden lamp base. She said she would need to open the box. I said O.K., if you will use your tape to reseal it. She slit it open, and peeked in as though it contained live Cobras. I asked her if she wanted me to pull it all the way out. She said she was calling her boss, and did so. He said no weapons. By this time, other employees were watching, other customers were edging for the door, and I was getting pissed off. I told her, and everyone, that it was not a "weapon, it was a chunk of wood, and that they had no valid or legal ground to refuse my business, and they would accept my money and ship my damned package or I wanted the name and contact number of every damned executive in the company to give to the lawyer I was going to contact. After a huddled conference, she said O.K., they would make an "exception", but she was just following company policy. I told her that in any job I ever had company policy demanded that I use common sense from the start. I hope the bomb squad doesn't blow your stock up. Also consider that it may be delivered by an undercover agent disguised as a UPS driver.
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