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@Pezdogs pointed this out back on April 1:
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/trading-post/black-mbh-26/ It's been a challenge every step of the way as no agents lived close to the seller, the seller was always slow to respond, schedules didn't work out, etc. Finally a bbq friend was able to meet the seller, negotiate a lower price, and bring it home. Then at the suggestion of fellow FL Grillfella
@chiku18 I decided to try having it shipped via Greyhound. With the discount it was a great price, about $78 compared to the $198 I paid UPS. The online booking process was easy enough although my agent did have to drive about an hour each way to get it to the nearest bus station. So he gave up his Saturday morning and dropped it off at the station with the label I'd bought and emailed to him. I went online that evening to check out where it was with the tracking info I had. Nothing shows up. OK surely by tomorrow. Nothing. I wait a 3rd day and check and there is still no record of this 28x28x28 x 56lb box. I check with my friend about the receipt he got for it and he says they didn't give him one. They just told him to "set it down over there" which he did, then left. Oh damn. I emailed their Customer Service about it and got no response. I called them the next day and after 20 minutes of being on hold and lots of questions and them calling other bus stations looking for it they told me they had no idea where it was. So I'm figuring it's sitting in some Greyhound dude's back yard by now and I'll never see it. But they assured me it would make it and just hang tight. Eight days since the drop off and still no package. I call the Lakeland (final destination) terminal to see if they had seen it - nope. I'm feeling it's gone for sure. About an hour later I get a call back from the Lakeland terminal and holy $#!t it's just arrived. I make the 40 minute drive to pick it up yesterday, tell the wonderful lady behind the counter why i'm there, she goes in the back then comes back out and says she can't release it. It's not in the system and she's not letting it go. WTF are you kidding me?! It's got my name on it and here's my ID. What else is there to know? She has to make some phone calls and finally says I can have it. Thank you. I don't think my experience was typical for Greyhound. Just make sure your package gets scanned into the system.
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This is a sweet Fleetwood thumbscrew (1963?) 26 in fantastic shape. Only one small chip on the rim and everything else is golden. No bowl or lid rust, no dents, and all the tabs are there. Wheels in great shape. Handle is tight. It did have a great fade on it but I think that got shot when my buyer sprayed Break Free CLP on the thumbscrews and it got everywhere. I'll probably have to darken the whole thing. I think this will clean up great. All it's missing is the metal hubcaps. Anyone got a line on a pair? Thanks to all who helped get it here! Here's some quick pictures I got yesterday.
Topic: Black Thumbscrew 26 is Home, Updated 5/9 (Read 3495 times)