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 lot of money. Not something one can count on, though! 73, /Rick N6XI On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 these services because they're > cheap, but the typical customer service agent doesn't know the difference > between "UPS Brown" (delivery by UPS) and the cheaper UPS to USPS service. > > Since the agent (or the website) thinks they're shipping standard Ground, > they insist on a "real" address. The company then uses the cheaper > service, the package hits the post office and goes back to the shipper. > > I've had good luck with the work-arounds in your post. I usually put > things like m/s 9999 in the "company" field because some shippers > "standardize" addresses, and the company name is usually unedited. > > If you specify "UPS Brown" and the shipper follows instructions, you'll > get the package from UPS, not through the Post Office. > > This cheaper service is only available to larger shippers. It's not > available to consumers. > > 73 -- Lynn > > On 4/26/2017 11:13 AM, Rick Tavan wrote: > >> 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 elsewhere, UPS can hand off a package for ultimate delivery by USPS. >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Rick Tavan Truckee, CA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
