Re: [Chevelle-List] Shipping charges, was: Why OPG Sucks

[Herbert Lumpp]

Here's an interesting tidbit with regards to shipping...  I sent my 6 speed back to Richmond on Monday - I'm in VA, they're in SC.  A 120lb package picked up from my house to be shipped ground to Richmond was $64.  Ground shipping pickups are done the day after you schedule it, I wanted it to go out on Monday so I brought it in to the customer counter and was charged $82.   Naturally I wanted to know why it cost more for me to drop it off than to have it picked up and the answer was "because more people have to handle the package when it's dropped off vs. being picked up!  I guess from now on I'll have things picked up.   And just to confirm Mail Boxes Etc is a total rip off, they quoted $225 to ship my trans by UPS ground!  cYa-   Herb Lumpp 1966 El Camino ACES 3509, MCC 528 http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/ ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 5:39 PM Subject: [Chevelle-List] Why OPG Sucks Ok, I need to vent here a little. I ordered 2 cans of paint from OPG last week, paint cost like $12 per can, no biggie.  I just got it today and I was looking over the packing list.  Where the hell do they get off charging $4.75 for 2 cans of paint that cost $24?  I know UPS and FedEx charges very well since I work with them everyday.  There is no way that it costs almost $5 to insure something that is that cheap.  The insurance charge for something that cheap is free since everything is insured at least up to $100.  So let's see here, $4.75 insurance plus $8.95 for shipping is $13.70, i just shipped a 20 pound package to Canada with an insured value of $200 cheaper than that amount.  UNBELIEVABLE!!!!  Needless to say they will be getting a phone call tomorrow, what a freakin rip off.  Ok I'm going back to watching my movie now. Tom