[Jeffhs]

I had a Zenith MJ-1035 stereo FM radio shipped to me via UPS from Arizona a few years ago. When the set got here to my apartment near Cleveland, it worked, but two controls (volume and tone) were loose and were flopping around under the chassis, eventually sustaining damage that destroyed one control (a two-section volume potentiometer). I understand the radio may have been subjected to very rough handling by UPS, resulting in the problems I mentioned. The radio no longer works due to the damage which was eventually done to the 2-section stereo volume control; I haven't yet found a replacement, since it is a special 2-megohm potentiometer.

I am taking this as a warning never to ship anything via UPS (and to be extremely wary of other carriers such as FedEx, et al.), as the carrier, from what I have read here of others' experiences with them as well as my own, seems to be less than gentle with the packages it delivers. I don't know how UPS has managed to stay in business as long as it has, with this horrible track record. By contrast, however, a Zenith C845 radio was delivered to me via UPS some time before the MJ-1035. The C-845 arrived here unscathed, and still works ecellently, with that great Zenith sound, to this day.