The thing to keep in mind about international shipments is that UPS and FEDEX
take the package all the way to its destination, including customs clearance,
while USPS transfers it to the postal service of the destination country.
In my case, this means at least a month of extra time plus a
I've had exactly the opposite experience than Ken - excellent, flawless
performance from FedEx and horrible experience with the post office.
The local post office claims to have found a rule that says that if your
house is more than 1/2 mile from the public highway, they don't have to
deliver
Thanks, Lynn! That's a much more cogent explanation than I was able to
extract from either UPS or USPS the time it happened to me.
Ironically, that event ended up in my favor. Although I had to re-order my
goods with a different destination, the price dropped in the meantime and I
saved quite a
On 4/26/2017 3:28 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> As to delivery of UPS by USPS -- this business arrangement was
> established (quite publicly) several years ago, and has worked fine for
> me. I believe it's limited to UPS ground.
FedEx has th same arrangement. It's good business for the Postal Service.
On Wed,4/26/2017 11:54 AM, Fred Jensen wrote:
It cost a LOT more to ship an envelope at the FedX Store than it did
when I took it to work and shipped it with a company label.
The easy fix for this is to go online to FedEx, generate the shipment,
print a shipping label, and drop it off at the
see.
73,
Erik K7TV
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don
Wilhelm
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 12:17 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Package shippers
Erik and all,
I believe that amount is $1000 rather th
things after you have been shipping frequently for a while.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/26/2017 2:46 PM, Erik Basilier wrote:
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From: Erik Basilier [mailto:ebasil...@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 11:43 AM
To: 'Rick Tavan' <r...@tavan.com>
Subject: RE: [Elecra
FedX places a top priority on businesses with whom they have shipping
contracts, to the detriment of individuals. My employer had a contract
with them, practically everything went overnight, and the volume was
"yuuge." Nothing ever got lost. I was on the road a great deal and
regularly got
This is a UPS "service" that has a lower service commitment and a lower
price than "UPS Brown."
It takes advantage of "consolidator" rates, with UPS delivering
pre-sorted packages to a hub Post Office for final delivery.
FedEx has a similar service.
E-Commerce and mail order companies love
-Original Message-
From: Erik Basilier [mailto:ebasil...@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 11:43 AM
To: 'Rick Tavan' <r...@tavan.com>
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] OT: Package shippers
In the past I have used UPS extensively, but recently they refused to ship
my expensiv
The radio world seems to be converging on your opinion, Ken. Almost all
packages I've received in the past few years have come via UPS and I use it
myself for my occasional outbound shipments. That being said, there is a
disturbing relationship between UPS and USPS: In some rural areas, and
maybe
I suspect for each of us our view of shippers will vary widel.
While certainly not a "large" shipper, Rose (Elecraft Covers)
ships a number of packages a week, with many going to
foreign destinations.
She -always- ships via the USPS and mostly via Priority Mail.
In almost ten years she's had one
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