Totally unacceptable, unprofessional business that makes their problems your problem.
I paid $80 for this light exposure unit (for silk screen printmaking) to be delivered to a residential address. I am curious what this extra charge was for?
Today, my wife and a man smaller than her (the delivery driver), struggled getting 160lbs of crated goods off the back of a truck that had no lift gate and no dolly. From there they had 150 feet of loose gravel driveway on a 7% grade to navigate to get the crate up to the house. This is totally unacceptable. My wife strained her back doing this and now has to go into work for a night shift at the emergency room.
RAC transport was the last carrier to bring this to our house. While they should have had the wherewithal to recognize a residential address within their delivery they did not accommodate. When the driver pointed out to his boss the freight was on a truck without a lift-gate and no dolly, the response according to the driver "it's not my problem".
Buddy, it is your problem.
How hard is it for a shipping company to recognize a residential address? Have you folks ever heard of Google? It is an amazing tool that would have shown you what you were up against. They even have arial view maps! Genius!
So, what did we pay an extra $80 for? My wife's injured back? My damaged driveway? My skyrocketing blood pressure? The potential to have damaged equipment delivered because it wasn't the freight carrier's problem? I am utterly confused to why I have to pay extra for all this malarkey.
While I appreciate the effort on your part to facilitate me through this purchase I also feel I should reimbursed the $80 for the amount of time and effort my wife had endure trying to remedy a problem compounded by multiple fallacies from shipping and receiving of Nevertheless and the sheer audacity of the freight carrier used to deliver the light table. As it stands, I do not feel I can recommend RAC Transport for any of my professional friends within the field of printmaking. You get charged for your grief and injury while the manager sits in his office saying "not my problem".
This isn't my first round with RAC as I used to work for two years on a dock they delivered to almost daily. Very nice drivers and accommodating, but the fact they never, and I mean NEVER had their own dollies, or on multiple occasions didn't have a lift gate and everyone capable of pulling product off the back of a truck bed with a 5' height, multiple injuries were the norm.
Steer clear of this business if you can. Their unreliable and unprofessional management should be canned. They honestly don't care about their customer even when they are paid. read more