On Oct 27, 2008, at 10:51 PM, Charles Lenington wrote:
>> DHL is fast, and the packages get there in good shape. I had a >> "ground" package make it from the Chicago area to the Seattle area in >> 3 days instead of the promised 7! >> > that's strang it took a replacement cell phone, shipped in Dallas, > over > a week to go to Ohio, then back to Tulsa and finally to my local > usps in > Paden, Ok. They made no attempt to deliver to house. UPS ground ships from its "hub" in the south side of Chicago to the West Coast by rail. Usually by a Union Pacific "unit train" (dedicated to UPS). It takes three days or slightly less to get to the hub in the San Francisco area from the hub in Hodgkins, IL. However ... get this ... the item will remain in the depot until the am before the committed delivery date. Meaning, on a "3 to 7 day" delivery commitment, the package will get from Chicago to S.F. within the first three days, then the package will sit in S.F. (usually in San Pablo) for three and a fraction days, and then it will be delivered to the local UPS center at about 5 am on the day of committed delivery. So far, UPS has never been later than 7 days, but they have also never been even one day early, although they certainly had the capability of doing so. Retailers which have a different contract with UPS, say, 3 day guaranteed delivery at zero or no extra cost will get the 3 day service, and occasionally two days. Hence, I strongly favor retailers which have special contracts with parcel services. One retailer which as a distribution center in L.A. can usually get its merch to me overnight, even though I am getting free or paid for three day service. They have a contract with FedEx. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
