FedEx also doesn't ship reptiles legally from what I understand, nor does
UPS (unless you have an account with them, then they will ship). There's
Delta Dash, but that's 60+ for shipping. And then you have people, like
me, who are hours from any major airport (El Paso, TX and Albuquerque,NM
would be my closest large airports) and thus is a hassle to receive/ship via
Delta Dash. I have always shipped USPS and have never had any problems.
What's even better is due to my location anywhere I ship is supposedly 2
days, no matter how I ship. What's better about this is I have shipped from
here, Alamogordo, NM, to WI and PA with the packages getting to the
destination's post office within 24-26 hours. What this means is the animal
is indoors and away from the elements. Anyway, just my say in this matter.
This same discussion has taken place on quite a few of the Kingsnake.com
forums (recently on the Leopard Gecko and Gecko Forums, as well as the Corn
Snake Forum).
My 2¢ in the shipping matter,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Laura Ricketts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] Going Postal is ok!
> We use them to ship bettas, and have noticed the rates
> have gone up... but I don't know of any other
> freight/shipper that will ship live animals, like
> fish. Do others ship live animals like lizards? What's
> the difference (besides the obvious!)
>
>
> --- Doug Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > While I don't ship any where near your quantities,
> > I've used USPS
> > Express for a couple years with only one problem.
> > I'm only upset because
> > of the recent rate increases. I'm under the
> > impression that they are no
> > longer half the rate of Airborne, UPS, etc.. But
> > still my primary
> > choice!
> >
> > Julie Bergman wrote:
> > >
> > > Fellow gexers,
> > >
> > > January is coming to a close rapidly and I am
> > reflecting on my first
> > > exclusive month with the USPS Express Mail
> > service. I have shipped quite
> > > a few shipments, and there was only a small
> > problem with delivery on one
> > > of them (knocked on the wrong door and took gex
> > back to Post Office!). I
> > > am very happy with their service and will continue
> > to use them as my
> > > primary gex shipper. Airborne costs twice as much
> > and I don't see their
> > > service as being better in most circumstances.
> > >
> > > A little feedback for you considering shipping
> > your gex in the USA
> > > mainland.
> > >
> > > Julie Bergman
> > > http://www.geckoranch.com
> > > GGA lifetime member
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
>
>
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