Re: [CR]Colnago Arabesque decals/UPS is evil !!

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 10:20:48 -0400
From: <questor@cinci.rr.com>
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "peternaiman" <hetchinspete@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Colnago Arabesque decals/UPS is evil !!
References: <F25SNsiXxfzhBwSDpdI00003b17@hotmail.com>


Some Colnago decals are available for purchase at the following England site:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/NICK_AT_LLOYDS/

Goog luck, Steve

peter naiman wrote:
> Clive in Oz bought a 1983 Arabesque from me and it was damaged in shipping
> by the evils bastards at UPS. Clive has been trying unsuccessfully to locate
> decals, even Colnago does not have them. Anybody in our group have any ideas
> on a good decal scource.
>
> I work for Prudential in Boston, working in the apartment rental end of the
> business. Recently I placed a family in a home in my neighborhood. While at
> my desk, the fellow of the couple I was working with overheard my
> conversation with UPS about the two bikes that had been damaged in shipping.
> One bike went to Clive in Oz, the other to Craig Griffith. My customer, had
> worked at UPS a few years part time. He is a pro-bike racer, so as he is
> part of the cycling community, I believe his story. He told me that he was
> not suprized that the bikes were damaged, large parcels go on rollers and
> much larger, heavy boxes can easily fall on smaller boxes and crush them.
> Quality control and care do not exist.
>
> The box that the Legnano was shipped in was badly damaged. I feel like no
> matter how well a bike is packed, there is no confidence is shipping with
> UPS. Some people in our group have used UPS successfully for years as had I,
> but nolonger will I be using UPS.
>
> Craig and I have been going in circles with UPS to file a claim, they are
> incompetent in every aspect of their business. Every time I call, I need to
> repeat the same information I've already given to another UPS "imbicile". As
> well as damaging two of six bikes shipped, they forgot to collect a COD.
>
> Peter in Larz Anderson Land.