William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "ann sanfedele"
Subject: Re: Poor FEDEX service
Believe it or not, the best people I've dealt with as far as getting
reliable deliveries is the USPS. If I have a choice between UPS and
the postal service, I'll take the postal service.
absolutely - only way I'll send anything...
My brother works as the comptroller (I think that's the term) for a
jewelry manufacturer. He tells me that they have yet to find a reliable
shipper of jewelry, to the point that when it was time to send some of
my Grandmother's jewelry to a family member a couple of provinces over,
he waited until a family member was headed in that direction and had it
delivered by hand.
William Robb
Two things.
First of all, you may not realize FedEx is comprised of contract owners and
drivers. Someone owns the franchise, and the drivers contract to work for him,
and they pay for the use of the logo and uniforms, etc.
There ARE no FedEx employees on the road, per se. All truck drivers drive
decorated trucks and approved uniforms. But, they are not FedEx employees...
Second item:
Disguise anything you send via "common carrier."
If shipping it requires a certain package size and weight, it's almost a
certainty it contains something valuable. You'll know...
Use wood or any other item of moderate weight, and tape the item you're shipping
to it, and pack it so it won't rattle around.
I'd even wrap the interior items, disguised tho' they be, in double strength
aluminum foil, to confuse and disuade thieves with an xray machine.
Third, downplay the actual cost of the item.
If it's really expensive, I don't know what to tell you, but a small package
with thousands of dollars of worth of insurance is automatically marked for
attention!
I don't know how USPS handles it, but I'm with Ann. I'd use USPS before any of
the others, if it's really valuable.
keith whaley
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