Isn't it funny....

[goatflieg]

This could be considered OCD... but I straightened the paper and folded it or rolled the longer pieces, and now I use it for masking paper.
BTW... my QB kits were loaded onto the truck in Oregon today. I have the trucking company info from Tony Partain, and should hear from the driver by Wednesday. Anticipating arrival in about 9-10 days.
"Why am I telling you? I'm telling EVERYBODY!"

[jpowell13]

OK, I've got to confess. I was a total slacker. I never inventoried any of my 6A kits. Just unpacked the boxes and started building. In one case I got two left ribs instead of a left and right. Vans made it right months after the kit arrived. I don't think there were any other missing or wrong parts in any shipment. John

[jdmunzell]

Wow! Three days since the thread started and already three pages into it! ...because it struck a cord with all of us!!

I just received my -8QB Fuse several weeks ago from Tony Partain's driver, after ordering it last March!! I was originally told an August/September time frame, which turned into November, which then got hung up with the Christmas holidays...

The uncrated kit showed up here a couple of weeks ago, and I've been eyeballing this canoe packed full of all kinds of goodies under ALL THAT PAPER!!

Started inventory yesterday and I too have several large 50 gallon bags of paper sitting out at the curb tonight.

Just finished inventory of the HW bag...made my eyes hurt after a while.. Next... to the large rectangular box with tons of other stuff...

I love it!

[daveyator]

I've found that Vans packing paper is very useful for cleaning my barbecue plate. My hot plate is always clean, and probably will stay that way for many years. I guess when I run out of paper, it will be time to think about 'reoffending.'
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[xblueh2o]

Originally Posted by jdmunzell

Just finished inventory of the HW bag...made my eyes hurt after a while..

That took a me a while too. I ended up finding two brackets not in the bags but a little investigating on my shipping paperwork showed them backordered. They showed up about a month later with no work required on my end.

[BSwayze]

Not to rub it in or anything, but my experience was very different because I live close to Vans. So I just drive over there whenever I need something and bring it home. So I never had to deal with shippers, boxes or crates, or all that paper. (I saved $$$ by not having anything crated, and of course, no shipping cost). I'm very grateful and thankful for this. My major kits were waiting at Will Call, usually on a rolling table or cart of some kind. Vans would call me when it was ready for me. It was still exciting to load up, though, and inventory when I got home. I'm sure that's the same for us all! Here are a few photos from memory lane:

My empennage kit, waiting for me on this rolling table. This was like the day after I ordered it, as I recall:



About 6 months later, here's my wing kit, all loaded into my SUV:



And believe it or not, even the fuselage kit all fits in an SUV:



... as long as you can use the front seat and floor:



The finish kit would not all fit in my SUV, though, and I knew it. So I got my brother to come along and bring his van. Between the two of us, we loaded up the canopy, the cowlings, and all the other stuff in the finish kit. My Dad came along for the fun, too.









We even had some time for some silliness while we were at Vans. My brother, the cone head!



My Dad was such a good sport. This was out of character for him! He is no longer with us, so this is priceless.



For those of you who haven't been to Vans, it's definitely something worth doing some time when you can work it out!