I'll go you one better:

I bought an FL-7000 amp from Dan at the Ham Station a few years ago. This is a big, heavy amp, which was packed in its OEM shipping box...and then that box was put into another larger box. You aren't going to misplace the thing underneath the driver's seat.

UPS somehow managed to lose said amp between the shipping location (Evansville, IN) and my doorstep. It took us MONTHS to get those fuck sticks to acknowledge the claim and refund my money.

I managed to buy two more and had them shipped from much further distances by FedEx. They arrived without incident.

I'll state far and wide that I wouldn't trust UPS to deliver anything more valuable or fragile than a box of wadded-up newsprint. They've earned their dubious reputation as far as I'm concerned.