Neat watch, but doesn't suit my lifestyle especially. 1991 Datejust Perpetual. The least valuable, most common Rolex, but still a fine watch. And it's unfashionably small.

My niece finished grad school last year. She's a psychologist now. I'd like to send her the Rolex. To me it's a neat watch, but to her it would be her GRANDFATHER'S watch. Plus she's working in a skirt and high heels type professional setting, and a high end watch would fit in perfectly. But I cannot trust any of the major carriers to get it there undamaged, or indeed not stolen.

And insurance is often useless-ask Miles Fortis.

As it is, I'm waiting for one of our sadly infrequent face-to-face meetings to hand it off to her.

Your posting reminds me of why I haven't sent the watch off to Atlanta.

We live about 60 miles south of Midway. But the collaborative sheltered workshops of UPS and Columbia Mo USPS can't send your Midway Nitro Express package due south; that might be racist. They route it to KCMO or St Louis. I had one that skipped around southern KS for weeks, then vanished from tracking. I raised hell with Midway until they re-shipped it.

The good news for me at least is that UPS and Fedex here are reliable. On the increasingly-rare occasions I order from Midway, I'll pay the extra two bucks to avoid my packages being routed through Planet of the Apes. I gladly pay 2-5 bucks more for powder and primers locally.

I had ordered a carbon steel XR#-RED gripframe for a project - tracking info showed it had been picked up by UPS, then nothing for weeks.

Last week a damaged parcel was delivered by the US Postal Service - the trigger I ordered was in there, but the grip frame had been removed - the padded shipping envelope had been cut and the Ziploc bag the grip frame was in, was left behind.

Midway Customer Service was polite and credited my account without further discussion - also told me the part was out-of-stock so no replacement.

Bowen will NOT use UPS for these same reasons. FEDEX is not much better. On the other hand, USPS seems to be reliable - go figure.

Doug Mann

delivery from all.

Commercially the FEDEX delivery guys are now the rudest, all contractors. I think that our delivery problems are just one expression of the general dysfunction of our society post-pandemic. I see absolutely rotten service in all areas as well as good people trying to do their best for every customer. It sure is a mixed bag.

I had not heard that MidwayUSA was sold, is this so? Dang. Of course Larry, like the rest of us, isn't going to be around forever. I'd hate to think how much money I've spent at Midway over the years.

PS - I can say that I have had absolutely wonderful service and delivery from Choate Machine and Tool, Bellms TCs, SSK, Haus of Arms, and Amazon in the past 2 weeks.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

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