I know. I am a Canadian temporarily living in the US, and hate UPS (and despise their "brokerage" fees). It is just that, having dealt with sending things by US Postal Parcel service, you can see why a vendor would prefer to use UPS, just because of the time saved on the shipping side. When I return to Canada I will not deal with a vendor who does not offer a non-UPS shipping option, for the reasons described.
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: Re: OT: Shipping from U.S. - Receiving In Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: GM > Subject: Re: OT: Shipping from U.S. - Receiving In Canada > > > > The choice of UPS (or Fedex) is largely a matter of > convenience and time for > > the seller. For a small retailer to deal with the USPS is very > wasteful of > > time and effort. They make Canada Post look customer friendly. > I try to use > > USPS for all my on-line purchases, but they are a PITA for > sending things. > > Because they have so few postal stations (here in southern CA > at least, you > > can stand in line for 45 min to mail a $10 parcel. > > Never had anything broken by any of the services though. > > I would suggest that if you want to sell to people in Canada, > you should explore any shipping option other than UPS. Fed-Ex is > very good, as is Global Logistics, which uses Purolator as the > delivery sompany in Canada. > > For a private individual in Canada to deal with UPS is very > wasteful of time and effort. They make El Quaida look like model > citizens. > > The UPS issue up here is ongoing, and the company seems > uninterested in fixing their problems. > > For myself, if you insist on shipping UPS, I insist on shopping > elsewhere. This would include breaking eBay contracts if the > shipper insisted on UPS after the fact. > > They really are that bad. > > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
