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Thank you DHL for destroying a Graphics Card

tweakboy

tweakboy

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Packages arrive here any day of the week. UPS, DHL, FedEX, TNT .. we're on a first name basis. Not often things go wrong, in fact almost always all goes flawless except from a delay here and there. So today DHL delivered a package from MSI, it's a new graphics cards that is soon to be announced. Now the carton was already dented as if an elephant actually sat on it. But OMFG, sometimes you just have to wonder with how much care freight is dealt these days. Are you ready to be shocked, have a peek and hit read more.
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It happens. UPS did a documentary on a new sort facility a while back. Basically, it gets put on a conveyor belt and giant robot arms beat the crap out of the package until it screams "NO MORE" and delivers itself.

And then there's the dudes in the warehouses with the forklifts.

DHL, FedEx, USPS, all the same kind of thing. And the worst of them still get it right 99.9% of the time.

File a damaged goods claim and relax.
 
In my experience, UPS and DHL are much worse than Fedex on beating up packages. With that said, Fedex can do some real damage also.

Some of it is on the person/company who ships it. If air gaps are left in the box then it is going to get crushed. If the box is full with foam peanuts then it generally survives in decent shape.

To the OP's issue, I don't even think a well packed box with peanuts would have fixed that...
 
It happened to some guy... I mean what that's 1 in every 5000 arrive like that. He got it from a bad batch; people handling it weren't in your favor either.

Ya DHL just want's their money they dont know what their shipping and care if its a little dusty if you know what I mean.
 
Im in the UK so its likely a different branch of the company i deal with but i find DHL the worst of the couriers. Ive seen their drivers sat in the center of glasgow looking at what appeared to be a map, i thought to myself "they're probably looking for glasgow 🙄", they're really hit or miss.
 
You have a right to refuse delivery, when the package is visibly damaged. But, nowadays, the package is left on your doorstep without any opportunity to refuse when something is damaged.
 
tweakboy said:
Packages arrive here any day of the week. UPS, DHL, FedEX, TNT .. we're on a first name basis. Not often things go wrong, in fact almost always all goes flawless except from a delay here and there. So today DHL delivered a package from MSI, it's a new graphics cards that is soon to be announced. Now the carton was already dented as if an elephant actually sat on it. But OMFG, sometimes you just have to wonder with how much care freight is dealt these days. Are you ready to be shocked, have a peek and hit read more.
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What New card 'to be annouced is this?' And why is this post even in the Video Forum?


Edit: Are you reposting this or is this your package?
 
All i have to say is wow.It happens i guess but on that scale,wow.

I am guessing Ace Ventura delivered this package,its a crying shame too.
 
tweakboy said:
It happened to some guy... I mean what that's 1 in every 5000 arrive like that. He got it from a bad batch; people handling it weren't in your favor either.

Ya DHL just want's their money they dont know what their shipping and care if its a little dusty if you know what I mean.
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So someone else's package was destroyed somewhere and it happened to contain a video card.

I'm not sure what this has to with the video cards forum, perhaps it belongs in ether the CSB or email forwards forum instead?
 
KingFatty said:
You have a right to refuse delivery, when the package is visibly damaged. But, nowadays, the package is left on your doorstep without any opportunity to refuse when something is damaged.
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That's my problem. Used to be you got a signature and handed it to someone. Now they just drop it and run off. Especially bad when nobody is home and my $2,000 worth of PC parts or whatever is sitting there for someone to take.
 
cmdrdredd said:
That's my problem. Used to be you got a signature and handed it to someone. Now they just drop it and run off. Especially bad when nobody is home and my $2,000 worth of PC parts or whatever is sitting there for someone to take.
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I have been amazed at the value of some packages that are sent without signature confirmation. Seems like the perfect opportunity for a immoral person to claim they never received the package. I guess places like Newegg eat this loss every now and then instead of paying $2 - $3 per package for signature delivery.

On a side note, I have always wondered if a courier drops a package off at your door without you home and the contents end up being damaged, can you take the open package back to the local shipping center and "refuse" delivery at that point?
 
DHL sucks. Last time I used them my package arrived at their local hub in my state, it then took the moron(driver) three days to find my house, no joke. I had to give them(driver and the office) directions three times on three separate days, each time it was like the first time they heard it. Each day my package would go on the truck for delivery, each day it wouldn't show up because the driver got lost. Eventually some guy in his car dropped it off at 9 p.m. I live in a rural area but not that rural. UPS, FedEx, and USPS find it no problem.
 
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Despoiler said:
Tweak has just been re-posting articles from Guru3d for the last couple of months.
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Longer than that. 🙄
Everyone should just stick him on their ignore list.
And all new members should have him auto-assigned to the ignore list as well.
 
Elixer said:
Longer than that. 🙄
Everyone should just stick him on their ignore list.
And all new members should have him auto-assigned to the ignore list as well.
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Pretty much this. I can see letting him post in the social forums, but his posts lower the collective intelligence in the tech forums. Or what's left of it anyways.

As another aside, there should just be a stickied thread in OT for whining about shipping companies. Better yet, the whiners should band together and make their own shipping company that never damages a single package and is profitable at the same time.
 
AdamK47 said:
What card is it?
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SlowSpyder said:
Hard to tell, but looking at the first picture towards the top of the card I think I see a "GT..." on the box. Possibly the word GEFORCE under that. So, something Nvidia I guess?
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Looks like one of these. ^_^

MSI GTX 660 Ti Power Edition Graphics Card

MSI N670GTX Twin Frozr IV PE OC Graphics Card


MSI-N670GTX-Twin-Frozr-IV-PE-OC-Graphics-Card.jpg
 
Damn looks like they ran over that one.

While shipping companies could certainly improve on handling, shippers are guilty too with their half-ass packing techniques. Proper packing makes a world of difference.

An item (especially a heavy component) should be placed center mass of shipping box and surrounded by packing material. Be it paper or peanuts, packing should be such that a little pressure is required to close the box flaps. I've rarely seen anything close from most companies. Some suck more than others..
 
When you order from a reputable retailer, they double box. Did they just stick a shipping label straight on an MSI retail box? The retail box was designed primarily for sales displays and not shipping.
 
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