Skydiving Eskimo in Alaska????

[unlucky1 0]

So here's the scoop. I ordered a custom FF suit. SPent about 500 bucks on it! Supposed to be shipped in 12 days. This was July 10. I paid for Express service. I needed this suit for a memorial jump back in Ohio. It got to be about the 26th of July. Called and asked where the suit is. They say it will be August 2nd. ABSOLUTELY no later than that. No big deal. I leave for Ohio on August 3rd. Aug 3, still no suit. They tell me Aug 7th at the absolute latest. Well, its already too late for the Memorial jump. I get home today to Alaska. Still no suit. Call the company and they told me they delivered it to me on the 7th. Impossible. No notice on the door. No package on my doorstep. They told me they delivered it to Platinum,Alaska. The only problem is that I live in Wasilla, Alaska ! They said an Eskimo by the name of G. Pete signed for the suit. I do a little research. Platinum is an Eskimo village of 41 people on the edge of the Bering Sea! They have no phone service, so I can't get ahold of Mr. Pete. The FF suit company tells me no big deal. They'll just send UPS back out to retrieve the suit and have it to me by Friday. I don't think he understands that the only way to get the suit back is to fly 700 miles into the Alaskan bush, land on some little airstrip in an Eskimo village, and have the UPS driver track down Mr. Pete. Then he can ask for it back, but my guess is that they already have turned it into tie-dye fishing lures ! or maybe even decorated it with Beaver fur and beads for their annual potlatch or Eskimo games.
Worst case scenario is that they make me a new suit. I should have it by the middle of Sept. Perfect. Alaska skydiving closes 2 weeks later !
My question is why did they deliver it to Platinum instead of Wasilla? Is there really a West Stratford Court in a village of 41 people and 12 houses? And why was it allowed to go to mr. G.Pete when his name is nothing like mine??? And common sense would tell somebody that there is no dropzone in Platinum,Alaska..... a village of 3 dozen Eskimos! I'm so pissed its not even funny. Well, I guess it could be.

[NWFlyer 2]

UPS doesn't give a flip what they're delivering and aren't going to think "gee, I wonder why an Eskimo needs a freefly suit."

Either the freefly company screwed up in addressing the package, or UPS screwed up in labeling and/or delivering it. Depending on how the package was marked for shipment, UPS may have just been required to get ANY signature, not yours.

Fuckups all around, sounds like. Next time, get a tracking number as soon as it is shipped and keep an eye on its progress online. Oh, and I'd ask for a refund of your express delivery fee at the very least, if not a discount on the suit.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[unlucky1 0]

The company already said they wrote down the right address with the exception of the zip code. They got the zip code wrong by 1 digit. It was marked Wasilla, with Platinum's zip code. Unbelievable. Hence, my avatar name....

[freeflir29 0]

I'm sorry............but that shit IS HILARIOUS. Hope it works out for you in the end. Thanks for the laugh. I keep picturing this guy stalking seals in his new suit.

[unlucky1 0]

Clay,
It is funny. Except for the cost of the FF suit. New update: I got ahold of the Eskimo that handles the mail for Platinum, Alaska. He said that there is no such native in the village with the name of G.Pete. Do you think he is protecting his partner's new whale hunting outfit?????

[stitch 0]

Unfortunately, you really live up to your name.

"No cookies for you"- GFD
"I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65
Don't be a "Racer Hater"

[unlucky1 0]

New update...still don't have my suit! If the company made me a new one right now, I may get 2 or 3 jumps out of it by the end of skydiving season. On a side note: An Aleut Eskimo near the Bering Sea was found hunting baby seals in his new traditional Tie-Dye Eskimo garb......