USPS-Fedex collaboration is cheaper then Fedex for an average customer. However, I was talking about UPS (Not USPS or Fedex) which I have used a couple of times. The service have been good and the cost is not too high . For a 0.5 lb package, UPS charges around $55 against the $38 or so by USPS-Fedex collaboration. I just got hooked by the USPS low cost .
BTW, the minimum cost for Fedex (0.5 lbs) is around $58 not $75. Also, USPS International Express Service guarantees delivery only in a very limited set of countries (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea). This info is as per guidelines published in USPS website ... http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_008.htm . >*** Yes of course, Fedex could be expected to be a better service provider than the USPS, and that's why they also cost a whole lot more. >I saw a big poster in our neighborhood, by no means a high-rent >district, that showed the various services USPS provides , including the FedEx collaborated Guaranteed three( ?) business days service, which cost the same ( $ 75.00 ??) as FedEx. Under the circumstances, why would one want to go the USPS route, if the cost is same as FedEx's? >I used the USPS International Express service that guarantees seven business days delivery, which cost $ 27.00-- a big saving from the $ 75.00 Fedex collaborated three bus. days guaranteed svc. > >..... stick to UPS for time sensitive international mail. >*** Did you mean Fedex? or UPS ( as opposed to USPS) ? --- Krishnendu Chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My bad. I forgot that you are an Amerikaan and not > an > Assamese :) Or may be , I thought you have taken > up > the arduous task of fixing flaws of USPS :-) > > I am aware of this Amerikaan Mannerism but in my > experience I always heard something like - " I would > have done this " instead of "I will ..." . > Learning never ends. > > Going to the top indeed help as have been my > experience with MTNL, Mumbai (new phone activated in > less then 30 minutes once I met the DGM). > > The good news is, Fedex turned to be much better > then > USPS in customer Service. They have rectified the > duplicate billing issue. Yet to work out the > Service > Guarantee refund but I am hopeful that Fedex will > work > it out. > > I have found a simpler solution than writing to Post > Master or Congressman ..... stick to UPS for time > sensitive international mail. > > > > > >*** When I wrote "I will write to my Congressman" > or > "--- to my > >Post Master --- " , it is a polite way of saying > "you > should be doing > >that". It is an American mannerism, 'kothaar maat'. > > >I wish I could help. But I am too bust with too > many > different > >things. I am sure you are quite able to pursue it > on > your on. Good > >luck. > > >If the Post Master gives you the run-around, which > I > don't expect > >him to, a call to the elected rep. does wonders. A > few years back, we > >could not get cable in our house. After two years > of > getting the run > >around from the cable company ( because the house > sets back more than > >the 200 feet or so that they are required to string > cables to) I > >called our County Councilman's office. The clerk > made > one call and we > >got cable within the next two weeks. Did not even > have to pay the > >extra fees for 200 yards of cable laying that I > anticipated paying. > > >I told the story to my fellow Board Members of our > large neighborhood > >association about a a year or so back. Our leader > remembered it. He > >too had been having the same problem. So he > inquired > again how > >exactly I got results. Told him again. He called > the > same > >Councilman's office, and voila--a month later he > had > cable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 12:35 PM -0700 4/25/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty > wrote: > >Thanks C'da. I have sent all details (dates, > >locations etc) to you separately. Please keep us > >posted on the progress/response. > > > >USPS domestic service is great but for > International > >Service I found UPS to be more reliable. > >An occassional miss (by USPS, Fedex, UPS , any > body) > >is perfectly understandable but the attitude of > >passing the buck is definitely not acceptable ... > >particularly when you are paying such a high > service > >charge. > > > >Did you use the same service (GXG) or the regular > >Postal Service? How was the delivery ? Did they > stick > >to commitment? > > > >> > >> > >> >I would compile the facts, and send it to my > >> Congressman. And follow > >> up with him/her in two weeks or so. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
