Sorry, I know the waiting is difficult.
I had four different birds to ship out yesterday. After I got up early, fed them all a last goodbye breakfast, kissed and cuddled them all, I went to the airport and they informed me I couldn't ship any of them!! So I started calling the new owners to let them know what happened.
First one was going to Alabama and was told that Atlanta did not participate in the summer program!! That was definitely wrong so the guy at the airport called a 2nd time and was then told that they did participate. So that one got shipped!
Then I spoke with another new owner who was in Miami and he asked me to ship it late at night. So I went back to the airport for the 2nd time yesterday and did as he suggested. The temp was 74 when the bird arrived at 11:45 pm.
The biggie that really upset me, was one I was shipping 3 hours away from me, the lady said shipping was less than driving! But the airport he was going in to doesn't accept shipments on Tuesday because they are overloaded with military cargo!! No one at the airport had ever heard about this; and it was an airport I used to ship from before we moved.
Then the 4 one was because of the weather, he was going to Salt Lake City. So I called Delta yet again to see when they thought he could be shipped, told them we were in no hurry, just wanted to know an approx. time. They said to ship today, that today was good weather but after today was in the triple digits.
So finally, after using 1/2 tank of gas they were all sent to their new owners destination.
The today I got a call for a guy that was picking his up next and he wants it shipped tomorrow!! Made reservations for it and all stops were in the summer program.
So far I have 4 happy new owners, and hopefully 1 more tomorrow. Not shipping anything else for a while, (I hope)!
I had four different birds to ship out yesterday. After I got up early, fed them all a last goodbye breakfast, kissed and cuddled them all, I went to the airport and they informed me I couldn't ship any of them!! So I started calling the new owners to let them know what happened.
First one was going to Alabama and was told that Atlanta did not participate in the summer program!! That was definitely wrong so the guy at the airport called a 2nd time and was then told that they did participate. So that one got shipped!
Then I spoke with another new owner who was in Miami and he asked me to ship it late at night. So I went back to the airport for the 2nd time yesterday and did as he suggested. The temp was 74 when the bird arrived at 11:45 pm.
The biggie that really upset me, was one I was shipping 3 hours away from me, the lady said shipping was less than driving! But the airport he was going in to doesn't accept shipments on Tuesday because they are overloaded with military cargo!! No one at the airport had ever heard about this; and it was an airport I used to ship from before we moved.
Then the 4 one was because of the weather, he was going to Salt Lake City. So I called Delta yet again to see when they thought he could be shipped, told them we were in no hurry, just wanted to know an approx. time. They said to ship today, that today was good weather but after today was in the triple digits.
So finally, after using 1/2 tank of gas they were all sent to their new owners destination.
The today I got a call for a guy that was picking his up next and he wants it shipped tomorrow!! Made reservations for it and all stops were in the summer program.
So far I have 4 happy new owners, and hopefully 1 more tomorrow. Not shipping anything else for a while, (I hope)!