Re: [MOPO] Shipping Blues

[JR]

Sue and Dale,   Well,  even within the continental U.S., as far as I know, FedEx, DHL and UPS don't actually "ground ship" any parcels anymore -- it all goes by airplane for the bulk of the distance to local distribution center and is then trucked to the individual addresses from their. UPS just calls it "ground" because back in the old days the parcels used to go by rail and big semi-tractor trailer rigs. It basically means the "slower" rate, without a guaranteed delivery date (but almost always within 7 to 14 days, even for overseas).   Dale is probably right that it is an oversize surcharge which is running up the price... but,  I mean, there *must* be some way to send them at a reasonable cost... surely the studios aren't paying that kind of money to ship a banner or two to each theater?   -- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Heim To: JR ; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 15:14 Subject: Re: [MOPO] follow up to JR's last post How do you do ground shipping to Australia? The main reason I don't ship my frames outside of the lower 48 states of the U.S. is that there is no ground shipping and air shipping is astromical.   Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: JR To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] follow up to JR's last post Dale,   Wow... you must have been pricing next-day delivery or something... I know that regular ground shipping with UPS or DHL doesn't cost anywhere near that much.   -- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Dilts To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 13:44 Subject: Re: [MOPO] follow up to JR's last post I just priced shipping a couple banners in 60” boxes to go to Australia and UK via Fedex/UPS/DHL all came back $140 - $160 for 10 pounds.   USPS will not deliver due to length constraints.       From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JR Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 12:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] follow up to JR's last post   Interesting possibility... all the more reason to use a delivery service like FedEx, UPS or DHL for a large tube (or a pricey poster), particulary which shipping from overseas. Those services will tell you at the counter if a package is "too big" and they have much more liberal package-size regulations. Certainly a 44" inch-long tube shouldn't give them any problems.   -- JR   ----- Original Message ----- From: P Molitor To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:36 Subject: Re: [MOPO] follow up to JR's last post   Hi Walter,   I think the problem may have been the 40x60".  I recently [allegedly] bought a 40x60" from the UK and the seller tried sending it twice through the Royal Mail and it got returned to them after weeks each time with no explanation.  It turns out the RM wouldn't take packages that large although apparently the "rejection" only happens further on down the line than the package counter so nobody ever tells you it's too big.   Well, that's the story I finally put together anyway.  Happily the seller was believable and gladly refunded my money once I decided somebody was trying to tell me something about that ("Day of the Triffids") poster...   It may yet show up back at the seller's place but I doubt it will ever show up for you.   Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.