Saw it advertised in the Audiotronics Xmas flyer. Russ ----- Original Message ----- From: "riffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
> > I will concede that I may be the luckiest shipper in the world. I have > never had a problem with UPS. > > Canada Post on the other hand: > > No attempt to deliver/ falsified notices of delivery attempts, so I > have to pick it up myself. > > No attempt to deliver/no falsified notification of attempt to deliver > resulted in something being sent back to the US. > > Our local postal outlet dropped the franchise because they spent all > their time handling parcels that the post office never attempted to > deliver. The lineups got so bad that they where interfering with > normal store traffic. > > The tracking for Canada Post/USPS is a joke, if the parcel tracks at > all. > > Three weeks in customs versus three hours. etc. etc etc. > > As for the UPS Brokerage fee. If you don't ship ground then there is > no brokerage fee. If Ground is your only choice, push the numbers and > pick the supplier with the lowest all-in cost. If it's to my > advantage, I use UPS ground. > > Still, one of the funniest threads I read a few years ago was some guy > who was indignant about UPS, so he put the supplier through hoops to > send it Fedex Ground. Had a good laugh about that one. > > One bit of advice. If you are dealing with a local dealer, make sure > you negotiate. I did so on my Transporter and got a very good deal. > > > -- > riffer > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
