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Lakland Owners Group #69

#13,341
JEDI BASS said:
Speaking of shipping issues:

My neighborhood has had a problem with UPS for months now. I've had 6 packages this year (4 different occasions) dropped off at the wrong place. Yesterday was the last straw, and I ended up calling their customer service hotline and reporting the incidents that myself and my neighbors have had. My last 4 items went to 4912 when my house is 4812. And, from talking to my neighbors yesterday evening, while I drove around looking for my $600 Warmoth bass neck at 8:30pm, the driver has been confusing 8s and 9s for a while now.... dropping off 4920's items at 4820, and so on. He also has dropped off Chewy.com shipments (mine and my neighbor's) at the wrong address because quote: "that house down their always gets Chewy boxes. So, I figured they went there." Yep, that's what he told my neighbor when he was confronted about it, SMH!

Anyways, UPS called me back and said the driver is new and has been notified, as well as his supervisor. Hopefully, this will fix my neighborhood's issue. Next time I have a high dollar item coming, I will use the kid's sidewalk chalk and write big notes on the road, guiding the jack### to my door.
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USPS has been having issues since last March. I don't know if it's cause of the pandemic. They say it is.
Fedex has remained right on time.
I sold a bass body on the classifieds here. 29 days from Wisconsin to Louisiana.
I sold one of my leather straps on Reverb. Customer got the strap. Tracking showed it left the original post office. That's it.
Never showed delivery. My customer was very happy with the strap that was never delivered....
 
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Gecko 5 said:
USPS has been having issues since last March. I don't know if it's cause of the pandemic. They say it is.
Fedex has remained right on time.
I sold a bass body on the classifieds here. 29 days from Wisconsin to Louisiana.
I sold one of my leather straps on Reverb. Customer got the strap. Tracking showed it left the original post office. That's it.
Never showed delivery. My customer was very happy with the strap that was never delivered....
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I'll never use USPS for anything bigger than a pedal. They have always charged more for larger items, than the competition. And, after hearing that they're unreliable, I'll definitely stick w/ UPS and FEDEX. They've always served me very well, except for this new UPS guy that works my street. It will be interesting to watch him, on my cameras, deliver my next item (whatever that may be) and see if my giant chalk road notes/directions tick him off or not, LOL. Hopefully, I'll be home. And, if he acts like a jerk with my package, and I can deal with him myself.
 
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#13,344
Bleecker said:
So who gives out numbers around here...I have a few pending! LOL

FYI this neck is 1 3/4" at the nut...not the thinner J neck as some seem to have.

Cheers!
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I’ve had a US Lākland with that color body. It was an orphaned early-years Glaub body with a Warmoth neck that I installed. But, that color with tort is gorgeous!!
 
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Gecko 5 said:
USPS has been having issues since last March. I don't know if it's cause of the pandemic. They say it is.
Fedex has remained right on time.
I sold a bass body on the classifieds here. 29 days from Wisconsin to Louisiana.
I sold one of my leather straps on Reverb. Customer got the strap. Tracking showed it left the original post office. That's it.
Never showed delivery. My customer was very happy with the strap that was never delivered....
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It very much is the Covid nonsense... I'm a carrier... as I stated above, we've been slammed worse than at Christmas for since February... most folks don't take into consideration that we deal with way more than FedEx or ups ... we have longer routes, more stops more packages... which most of them, if not Amazon, we deliver tons of FedEx and ups packages... PLUS mail... my shortest route is 50 miles with over 600 stops... compare that to the FedEx driver I talked to last week complaining that he had 80 stops of JUST packages...

That being said, we are very overworked and under appreciated... lots of carriers chose to take off several weeks, some have been out for a couple of months... due to the Covid nonsense... with that, it puts that burden on the carriers that are still working... we go seven days a week.. sometimes 12+ hours running multiple, or helping with multiple routes... plus, it's not always the same carrier delivering places ... our bodies are broken and worn out... physically, mentally and emotionally drained... but we still go do it... are there hiccups, absolutely... but please understand that there are numerous variables as why a package may have been misdelivered, or even temporarily misplaced...
I understand the frustration... but we are human, we make mistakes in a not so perfect system... folks are quick to blame and judge without any understanding of what the job actually entails... IE.. a customer sad once... "I'd love your job, it's easy, riding around all day"..
Sure pal... come try it for one week.. you probably won't last... my point is, we deal with WAY more than folks realize...
Trying to understand goes a lot farther than just getting angry and blaming "inadequate" service... don't get me wrong, I do know that there are carriers that simply just don't care one way or the other... they do the minimum to get a paycheck... but for the most part, an abundance of us are about the deserved customer service... it's always nice when we're appreciated back, because it's not an easy job...

Sorry for the rant, and no disrespect meant to anyone. It just struck a chord with me since I live it... plus hearing and reading multiple comments daily that bash us..
 
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MTN.bass72 said:
It very much is the Covid nonsense... I'm a carrier... as I stated above, we've been slammed worse than at Christmas for since February... most folks don't take into consideration that we deal with way more than FedEx or ups ... we have longer routes, more stops more packages... which most of them, if not Amazon, we deliver tons of FedEx and ups packages... PLUS mail... my shortest route is 50 miles with over 600 stops... compare that to the FedEx driver I talked to last week complaining that he had 80 stops of JUST packages...

That being said, we are very overworked and under appreciated... lots of carriers chose to take off several weeks, some have been out for a couple of months... due to the Covid nonsense... with that, it puts that burden on the carriers that are still working... we go seven days a week.. sometimes 12+ hours running multiple, or helping with multiple routes... plus, it's not always the same carrier delivering places ... our bodies are broken and worn out... physically, mentally and emotionally drained... but we still go do it... are there hiccups, absolutely... but please understand that there are numerous variables as why a package may have been misdelivered, or even temporarily misplaced...
I understand the frustration... but we are human, we make mistakes in a not so perfect system... folks are quick to blame and judge without any understanding of what the job actually entails... IE.. a customer sad once... "I'd love your job, it's easy, riding around all day"..
Sure pal... come try it for one week.. you probably won't last... my point is, we deal with WAY more than folks realize...
Trying to understand goes a lot farther than just getting angry and blaming "inadequate" service... don't get me wrong, I do know that there are carriers that simply just don't care one way or the other... they do the minimum to get a paycheck... but for the most part, an abundance of us are about the deserved customer service... it's always nice when we're appreciated back, because it's not an easy job...

Sorry for the rant, and no disrespect meant to anyone. It just struck a chord with me since I live it... plus hearing and reading multiple comments daily that bash us..
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I also work for USPS and this is spot on... I love when people think they know what the job entails, most of them wouldn't last 2 days..
 
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MTN.bass72 said:
It very much is the Covid nonsense... I'm a carrier... as I stated above, we've been slammed worse than at Christmas for since February... most folks don't take into consideration that we deal with way more than FedEx or ups ... we have longer routes, more stops more packages... which most of them, if not Amazon, we deliver tons of FedEx and ups packages... PLUS mail... my shortest route is 50 miles with over 600 stops... compare that to the FedEx driver I talked to last week complaining that he had 80 stops of JUST packages...

That being said, we are very overworked and under appreciated... lots of carriers chose to take off several weeks, some have been out for a couple of months... due to the Covid nonsense... with that, it puts that burden on the carriers that are still working... we go seven days a week.. sometimes 12+ hours running multiple, or helping with multiple routes... plus, it's not always the same carrier delivering places ... our bodies are broken and worn out... physically, mentally and emotionally drained... but we still go do it... are there hiccups, absolutely... but please understand that there are numerous variables as why a package may have been misdelivered, or even temporarily misplaced...
I understand the frustration... but we are human, we make mistakes in a not so perfect system... folks are quick to blame and judge without any understanding of what the job actually entails... IE.. a customer sad once... "I'd love your job, it's easy, riding around all day"..
Sure pal... come try it for one week.. you probably won't last... my point is, we deal with WAY more than folks realize...
Trying to understand goes a lot farther than just getting angry and blaming "inadequate" service... don't get me wrong, I do know that there are carriers that simply just don't care one way or the other... they do the minimum to get a paycheck... but for the most part, an abundance of us are about the deserved customer service... it's always nice when we're appreciated back, because it's not an easy job...

Sorry for the rant, and no disrespect meant to anyone. It just struck a chord with me since I live it... plus hearing and reading multiple comments daily that bash us..
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Sorry if my comments offended you or struck a nerve.
My comments were based solely on MY experience. They are not a reflection of the entire system.
Back to topic.....
 
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Anyone in the service industry, manufacturing, logistics, whatever it maybe, is stretched right now. We are all on edge in someway. We all have to remember that and understand that all systems are strained in some way. Give everyone a break. We are all in this together.

Let's just be thankful that we have this bass/Lakland comradery that gives us a place to take our minds away from the insanity of the world right now and gives us a few seconds to concentrate on the instruments that we love.

Unity people, unity.
 
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blondmix3 said:
Seems a little on the petty side... If you're going to state a certain timeframe, I think "Lakin era" is the way to go. Oh well.
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Dan’s been petty for a while now. He’s lost my support and respect over it. If he’d done a better job, no one else would have needed to buy the biz and take it to the next level, which Steve and John have, IMO.
 
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Texan said:
Anyone in the service industry, manufacturing, logistics, whatever it maybe, is stretched right now. We are all on edge in someway. We all have to remember that and understand that all systems are strained in some way. Give everyone a break. We are all in this together.

Let's just be thankful that we have this bass/Lakland comradery that gives us a place to take our minds away from the insanity of the world right now and gives us a few seconds to concentrate on the instruments that we love.

Unity people, unity.
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Well said.
 
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