[geeks] UPS and shipping morons

[Ken Hansen]

And, of course, USPS offers saturday delivery for *free*...

I used USPS to ship two SS/5s to Scotland not long ago, I think it was $100
with an estimated delivery of 4 - 6 weeks...

See additional comments below...

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Huhn" <kurt at k-huhn.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] UPS and shipping morons


> Any time I've taken boxes to the UPS customer counter for shipping, the
> counter rep *ALWAYS* opens the box and roots around to make sure "it's
> packed good".  Unless you bring a packing reciept from an "accredited"
> packer, they won't issue insurance.  Even the the cheesy 'first hundred
> dollars' insurance.

Never seen that, the one time I had to file a claim (FedEx ground ate my
monitor) I didn't think they would pay-out, as the monitor was packed in
peanuts in a big flimsy box...

> Lately the Postal Service has come a long way ina  short time.  Even
> huge-mongous packages shipped 3 day priority mail make it in three days -
in
> as-packed condition.  As a bonus, the USPS is about half (or less) UPS and
> about 30% of Fedex.  I've started shipping all my stuff via USPS -

USPS is great for small packages, and I try and use FedEx Ground for most
everything else... They (FedEx Ground) "lost" my Ultra 30 shipment 24 hours
after I shipped it (the tracking number was not found), after several phone
cals I had to go to the servicce counter and see for myself if the package
even left the building! (they don't give out the counter phone number)
fast-forward 24 hours, the monitor turned up and got there on time. It seems
that FedEx Ground is *truely* seperate from FedEx, every package has to be
manually entered into the tracking system, and mine wasn't (for some
reason) - the other package I shipped was entered fine (same manifest!),
odd.

> because,lets face it, when do you *really* need something there overnight?

Oh, I've got a shipment on it's way to me that I would love to get *right
now*... I've got a TurboSPARC SPARCbook somewhere between here and Texas ;^)
(Mr. Bill - no sweat, I understand, no problem)

Ken


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