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    FedEx Lost My Cover

    Back in February, I ordered a new cover with zip off skirts from Cory at Evolution for my 2100V. I ordered fairly early for this year to make sure I had it with some time to spare for the summer in case any delays popped up.

    He’s basically had the cover done since late March even with a machine failure on his side that put him at a disadvantage, but his vendor screwed him on the zippers. They sent the wrong zippers to him and made it seem like an error, when in reality they substituted them without telling him because the ones he ordered weren’t available. They stayed on backorder for nearly two months. That used up the entire cushion I had built into my timing, but once he got them, he was able to finish the cover up quickly.

    He shipped the cover FedEx Ground to me on June 7 with an estimated delivery of June 14th. It made steady progress towards me in Concord until it hit Nashville. It spent 2+ days in Nashville, which I found a little suspect, but the delivery date remained unchanged. The last tracking update put it in the Charlotte hub June 13th at about 3:30pm.

    Since then, both myself and Cory have had numerous phone calls with numerous departments and people, but no one knows where the cover is. I work very near the Charlotte hub, and have talked to them frequently about coming over to assist, but I’m not allowed (can’t completely blame them for that though). A couple of people there in the QA department seemed to really want to help, and I now believe that the cover is not likely there after dealing with them. One even said the full scan history that they can see looks rather odd, and they’re not 100% sure it actually made it to Charlotte. Now, I’m guessing if it’s still within FedEx’s system its probably headed to their over goods hub, which I’m told is in Salt Lake City. At this point it seems I’m pretty much done for for the summer. Cory has been doing everything he can; but given the time of year, he’s so backed up he likely cant remake my cover until October if we’re not able to recover the original shipment.

    I guess if anybody in the Charlotte, Nashville, or Salt Lake City area happens to see what looks like a black Evolution cover with zip off skirts about the right size to fit a 2100V pop up on Craigslist or eBay, let me know.

    #2
    That's a bummer man. I'm in SLC. I'll keep an eye out for it on our local classifieds (http://www.ksl.com/classifieds/).

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      #3
      I am in Charlotte area....Lake Norman is my main boating area. I will keep eye on classifieds as well tho it looks like you are also local.
      Crazy story with crappy ending...hope he put insurance on it in case it does not turn up. Maybe it will have a happy ending after all tho, we can hope

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        #4
        Thanks guys. I'm still somewhat hopeful, but at this point it looks like I'll be cutting up my winter cover to fit around the tower to get me through the summer.

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          #5
          What is FED EX doing to make it right since they lost it?

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            #6
            HOpefully this was sent with the insurance.
            Be excellent to one another.

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              #7
              Hopefully what Tall said.

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                #8
                Cory is handling FedEx on his side since it never made it to me. Other than timing I won't be out anything, and Cory has offered to refund my money in full if that's what I want. However, I still want a cover from him one way or another so I've just told him to keep the money, and if he ends up having to remake the cover we're already squared away.

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                  #9
                  Just a follow up for anyone who's curious, Cory managed to get the replacement cover out to me sooner than he originally thought he would be able to. I got it last Tuesday, the day before we left for a 5 day camping trip. I sure was glad to have it, as it poured the entire tow up. The inside stayed nice and dry and clean except for just a bit right around the tower legs. I'm still working on getting it adjusted just right as I've got a couple pesky rail grabs that like to pop off at highway speed, but after it has some time to stretch out and conform to the boat, I'm sure I'll be able to take care of that.

                  Here we are, ready to leave the house:
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                  This is so much nicer than having to try to set up the poles and ropes to keep the old cover from pooling, plus being able to tow with it. It even shrugged off what was left of Irma as it she rolled through our area without pooling.

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                    #10
                    Did FED EX step up and reimburse or pay for the new cover?

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                      #11
                      No they basically raked him over the coals, and Cory pretty much built this second one for me out of pocket.

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