I'm not blaming TB Saltwater, but my shipment that was supposed to arrive in Boston at 5pm isn't going to arrive tonight. The airline isn't even saying it will show up tomorrow. Mary at TBS thought it would be on a flight through Chicago but it never made it onto that flight and is now sitting in Newark (not getting loaded onto the four flights from Newark to Boston that it could have been loaded onto).
I will never, ever have any dealings with Continental again -- this is no less than the fifth bad experience I've had with them (the others were as a passenger).
My suggestions to anyone in Boston ordering rock from Tampa -- make sure the airline you use has several direct flights (DELTA). Nothing is a gaurantee because the airlines apparently have 48 hours to transport the cargo with the type of shipping TBS uses but frequent direct flights certainly help reduce the likelihood of delays.
Now I've wasted an entire afternoon/evening trying to see if it would get on any of the later flights out of Newark...all for nothing. My rock and critters are sitting in NJ, dieing with everying passing hour and now I have to figure out how to cancel everything on my schedule tomorrow so I'll be able to pick up the shipment -- and pray that it does indeed showsup tomorrow.
Not the best situation. Ugh.
Joe
I will never, ever have any dealings with Continental again -- this is no less than the fifth bad experience I've had with them (the others were as a passenger).
My suggestions to anyone in Boston ordering rock from Tampa -- make sure the airline you use has several direct flights (DELTA). Nothing is a gaurantee because the airlines apparently have 48 hours to transport the cargo with the type of shipping TBS uses but frequent direct flights certainly help reduce the likelihood of delays.
Now I've wasted an entire afternoon/evening trying to see if it would get on any of the later flights out of Newark...all for nothing. My rock and critters are sitting in NJ, dieing with everying passing hour and now I have to figure out how to cancel everything on my schedule tomorrow so I'll be able to pick up the shipment -- and pray that it does indeed showsup tomorrow.
Not the best situation. Ugh.
Joe