I'm sending a tortoise and a deformed turtle to Jacqui. So I box them all up in a box I had sitting around here, marked "this side up" and "caution, harmless reptiles" all over the box, and poked holes in it for a bit of air. I took it to the UPS store here in my neighborhood yesterday afternoon.
Around 6p I get a phone call from Chris over at the UPS terminal. Seems that the box I used had some letters printed on it that told them the box can't be put on an airplane. I don't remember the letters, but it was something like "sc-u" two letters, a dash and another letter. I asked Chris if he can't just scratch off the letters (they were only printed on one end of the box) and he said that he would be subject to a $50,000 fine if he messed with my package. So it ended up that he would put the box back on the truck and it would come back to me sometime today. I even got a call back in an hour telling me that the box is on the truck.
Just now I get a phone call from Pam with UPS. She tells me the whole thing all over again, like this is my first phone call. I told her that yes, I understand, and that Chris told me the box was wending its way back to me sometime today. She said that no, she has the box right there on the counter in front of her. It is open and the turtles are just fine. And do I want her to re-package the turtles and send them out tonight to be delivered tomorrow? I told her YES, PLEASE!!!
I never used to have any problems shipping out tortoises. Hopefully my shipment makes it to its destination in good order tomorrow.
Around 6p I get a phone call from Chris over at the UPS terminal. Seems that the box I used had some letters printed on it that told them the box can't be put on an airplane. I don't remember the letters, but it was something like "sc-u" two letters, a dash and another letter. I asked Chris if he can't just scratch off the letters (they were only printed on one end of the box) and he said that he would be subject to a $50,000 fine if he messed with my package. So it ended up that he would put the box back on the truck and it would come back to me sometime today. I even got a call back in an hour telling me that the box is on the truck.
Just now I get a phone call from Pam with UPS. She tells me the whole thing all over again, like this is my first phone call. I told her that yes, I understand, and that Chris told me the box was wending its way back to me sometime today. She said that no, she has the box right there on the counter in front of her. It is open and the turtles are just fine. And do I want her to re-package the turtles and send them out tonight to be delivered tomorrow? I told her YES, PLEASE!!!
I never used to have any problems shipping out tortoises. Hopefully my shipment makes it to its destination in good order tomorrow.