Random Rants
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I find it sort of ironic that a lot of the time, USPS is the fastest and cheapest option for us here. I sell a lot of music stuff on Reverb and almost always ship Priority — sometimes it's a little delayed, but I've never had anything flat-out lost and most of the time it takes just 2, 3 days max. Meanwhile I shake my fist anytime I order something and it ships to me via UPS or FedEx Ground.
I will say though — UPS and DHL International are f'n incredible. It never makes any sense to me that stuff can get to me from outside of the US in 1 to 2 days, yet domestically it can be a real shitshow.
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I have a package being shipped FedEx ground right now from out of state. It was first scanned in state in a town roughly 40 miles east of where it was to be delivered. It then travelled within 1 mile of the delivery destination (I know this because there is only one highway a FedEx truck would have taken), past the destination, and was scanned again about 20 miles southwest of the delivery address. It then went another 20-30 miles south of the delivery address. It then went 20 miles Northeast and is now going on day two of sitting in a warehouse about 30 miles from the delivery address. It took 3 days for the package to make it from Illinois to Washington (roughly 2,100 miles/3,400KM) and we're now going on 4 days of the package pinballing around the state.
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Can you have the delivery changed to fedex location to be picked up? Ive done that with USPS and UPS.
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If it was something I needed that badly I might consider it, but in this case it's not worth my time.
I have had some unbelievably bad luck with doing that in the past as well. Basically call in to FedEx, request they hold the package, FedEx confirms the package is being held. Drive down to the FedEx. Person at the FedEx store confirms the package just left on a truck to be returned to sender.
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I've found that FedEx are the absolute worst. I've had em leave a $2K signature-req'd guitar on my doorstep without even ringing the doorbell.
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@popvulture gonna need a pic of said porch axe.
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Haha I unfortunately don't have it anymore — it was a white Music Man St. Vincent. It was super cool but for some reason (Chronic Gear Acquisition Syndrome) I sold it.
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It’s in LA! It moved over night finally. I was discouraged after I called USPS yesterday and the person I spoke to was mostly clueless but it seems to be in transit now. @JP thanks for checking in and being concerned. It would have been just as easy to say “Your problem now dude.”
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I think 3sixteen has changed the quality of cotton or something else in their tshirts. I have a drawer full of the long version black T-shirts and the last ones I got shrunk so bad I had to give them to a friends teenage son. I don’t think any adult could wear them after a wash and I get the XL! Something seems off recently. They just feel different than my older ones. The customer service was great and replaced the two I had to give away but the replacements are just as bad. After the wash I have to physically stretch them to try and get them to a wearable size. Very disappointing. Anyone else have issues with their T-shirts recently?
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Day 25.
309 is still in Los Angeles. No one knows why it went there from Mexico. The border crossing was surely harrowing and the bitter cold of crossing the Rio Grande in the black of night surrounded by the eerie bowls of coyotes and the biting wind can still be felt deep within its delicate Aspero fibers. The shocking transition from living with uncertainty over whether it would make it another day to being in a truly strange and jarring urban landscape is palpable. Without money or friends God only know what horrors 309 will have to debase itself with in order to survive. You’re in the jungle baby. You’re gonna die!
To be continued…?
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I'd like more Cormac McCarthy vis a vis Axl narratives for all IH deliveries, if I'm being honest.
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The 309 awoke on the middle of the night, the campfire had dwindled to embers resembling the twinkling of stars in the pitch sky above. Or like the hot ground of hell. It was dirty… or bloody. It couldn’t remember which. The whores from the night before would have accounted for either.
How’s that?
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Too much punctuation and not enough blood
@deanclean have you tried the conditioner trick? Cold soak-and-stretch?
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I have tried everything but there is just something up with the shirts now it seems. Here is a photo of an older XL long and a newer one on top.
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Man that is super weird, such a drastic difference there.
Despite the fact that I really like 3sixteen, I have had a few QC issues come up with them over the years. That said, their customer service has always been great. Maybe email em? I'm sure they'll help you, considering how nuts that is.
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Yes they were really good about it and replaced them but the new ones were the same. I think the quality is different. They just feel thinner than the older ones. I’m hoping maybe it was just a bad batch because I love their long tshirts. I haven’t been able to get an answer from them about it though. This is an opportunity I guess to try a different brand. IH makes a long T-shirt as well so it’s probably worth a try.
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@deanclean I've found Buck Mason's pima and slub tees are totally reasonably priced for a solid US-made shirt. I've got nicer tees, but theirs have been my basic go-tos for years.
