Pittsburgh, wrap up and frustrations

[Libby Ritchie]

We have heard so many teams complain about the shipping situation. Nothing as horrible as this, though. Team Roboto's Leader was told after the St. Louis Regional that they were going to be disqualified for Chicago because the team lost all of their airbills and used one of ours that we were not going to use! (And this was not a FIRST person going to disqualifiy them, but the shipping people!) By the time it was over, the carrier's had Marci balling! It was horrible!!

WHY CAN'T WE CHOOSE WHO WE SHIP OUR ROBOT WITH? It's nice of Fed Ex to give the gift of free shipping, but for my team, we have free shipping with BAX Global and we were told that FIRST wouldn't even allow them on the property because of their deal with Fed Ex! I hope they consider giving us the option to choose next year.

To team 45....congratulations on getting through such a nightmare with your head up!!! You guys are a class act.