Sounds like a good excuse to make a trip to S. Fla. After all you don't want to
trust any shippers to get them back to you, do you?
> From: RMcGraw@Blomand.net
> To: TenTec_Eagle@yahoogroups.com; tentec@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 21:09:10 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] [TenTec_Eagle] Re: Why is Eagle #2 on order?
>
> Well the real crux of the story. There's 2 parts, of which this is the 2nd
> part.
>
> Yes I shipped the Eagle 599 and manual to a friend in FL. Later that
> evening while trying to answer a question on one of the reflectors about the
> Omni VII, I reached for the manual and guess what? I discovered the Omni
> VII 588 manual was not present and thus I shipped it with the Eagle and the
> Eagle 599 manual was on the shelf. I have all of my manuals in white three
> ring binders with custom covers and spine labels.
>
> Now the fact that I shipped the manual in error was bad enough, but that was
> not the concern. I can loose the radio and replace it. However my manuals
> have information and my personal test data, alignment procedures, along
> with my notes pertaining to my activities as a beta test person for Tentec.
> That frankly is information that I do not want to loose. And then, to make
> matters worse, I get the message from my friend that the radio package did
> not arrive. In the mean time I did send the Eagle 599 manual to him by
> USPS. So now I have neither manual and the radio package appears to be
> lost.
>
> Talk about being snake bit on this deal. Man I felt as though I'd been
> eaten alive.
>
> Oh well, it has all worked out, he received the Eagle with the Omni VII
> manual and then the Eagle manual. The radio and manuals will "vacation" in
> South Florida for August and then will return home. FYI - He is an officer
> in South Florida DX Association so you have an idea what kind and type of
> workout the radio will see. I'll be eagerly awaiting his report.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 8:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] [TenTec_Eagle] Re: Why is Eagle #2 on order?
>
>
> > Excellent news Bob, and thanks for letting us know.
> >
> > Unfortunately, some delivery drivers -- regardless of which service they
> > work for, be it UPS, USPS, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, or whomever...
> > just
> > plain don't give a darn.
> >
> > I still remember the day that my Omni VI+ was SUPPOSED to arrive. The
> > boss
> > was home, had the day off, but the UPS driver never knocked or rang the
> > bell, just left a note. When I got wind of it, I called and raised
> > heck...
> > they got a hold of him and told him to try again... and he did the exact
> > same thing again! (I ended up going to the local UPS depot that evening
> > and
> > picking it up myself)
> >
> > I've had FedEx packages for my neighbors delivered to my home.
> >
> > I once got a package addressed to a (would-be teenage rapper)
> > "N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S T.E.D" at a totally different address on the other
> > side
> > of town... because the postal carrier saw that 'gag' name and somehow
> > thought it was meant for me.
> >
> > And, it's a running joke in my club that Roadway STILL has our tower
> > trailer
> > "on the books" as lost and never delivered... even though it arrived
> > (without packaging crate, go figure that one) on the very day that N3ZK
> > was
> > being told that it was lost... in fact, it was being delivered as he was
> > on
> > the phone getting that news. But Roadway tells us that they are still
> > looking for it, and one of these days, they will find it...
> >
> > Never mind. The important thing is that the Eagle has been found and all
> > is
> > well.
> >
> > 73, ron w3wn
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob
> > McGraw
> > - K4TAX
> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 6:37 PM
> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment; TenTec_Eagle@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] [TenTec_Eagle] Re: Why is Eagle #2 on order?
> >
> > The good news is that the Eagle has been located and retrieved. So all is
> > well and UPS has been so notified.
> >
> > The bad news, apparently the UPS driver does not know street names or
> > numbers or doesn't care. Yet their system shows it was delivered to the
> > correct address, which indeed it was not. Fortunately the caretaker of
> > the
> >
> > unoccupied property where the packages were left found the items and
> > arranged to get them to the proper person and correct address.
> >
> > Yes, we find there are a few honest and respectable folks still left in
> > the
> > world. I am thankful for that.
> >
> > 73
> > Bob, K4TAX
> >
> >
> >
> > DISCLOSURE:
> > This is to inform all persons, I am a Tentec Ambassador and I receive
> > compensation according to the Tentec Ambassador program. In addition, I
> > serve as a volunteer beta test person to Tentec for the Omni VII, Eagle
> > and Argonaut VI radios. I hold no employment relationship, no financial
> > interests nor do I conduct any commercial business, direct or indirect,
> > with Tentec.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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