Ordered an Aird X rod from Academy. They said it was their last one. They also charge $15 to ship a rod. It arrived like this. Rod was snapped completely off. I don’t blame Academy for this, with the exception of not labeling fragile or do not bend. Pretty sure the mail carrier bent this to fit in their vehicle, so no amount of labeling probably would’ve mattered. So if Academy exclusively uses the US Postal Service to deliver rods then I guess I should never order rods from academy.com again. I returned it locally with no problem, but just wanted to give others a heads up.
Posted by TableOk4258
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I’ve learned that if you absolutely must order a rod, to have it shipped to the nearest store to you. Never ever to your doorstep. It’s a lot easier to open and reject it when an employee is standing in front of you.
I’ll tell you right now, fragile stickers don’t mean a damn thing. I ordered a live turtle and got the UPS driver stepping out of his van then throwing it up like a basketball to catch it. With a “Live Animals” sticker on it. I’ve delivered for FedEx and people would purposely toss boxes with fragile stickers. Most of the time it’s the conveyor systems messing packages up.
I’ve had good luck ordering directly from the manufacturers websites.