Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-30 Thread Bill Gallagher
Look to me the PO guys are displaying Nationalism .I see it at time with customs at the US border coming back to the US. Why do you leave the US, don't like it, is a common question Bill 1981 300 TD andrew strasfogel wrote: My local PO (NW D.C.) is open 7 days a week and

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-30 Thread Jeff Zedic
I get simliar thing going into the US. How do you know people in the US? Have you ever been arrested? NO Are you sure about that? YES I'll ask you one more time.. Has everyone in the US been arrested?? Why do they never believe me?? Is it my looks?? (see FRAPPR) I almost prefer the guy

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread LT Don
What is killing UPS is the additional charges paid to drop something off at a pickup spot (aka a store). I ship FedEx Ground from my office for free. I walk it up a block to the local UPS pickup spot and get charged a surcharge for giving them my business. On 3/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread Tom Hargrave
: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex What is killing UPS is the additional charges paid to drop something off at a pickup spot (aka a store). I ship FedEx Ground from my office for free. I walk it up a block to the local UPS pickup spot and get charged a surcharge for giving them my business. On 3/28/06, [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread Rick Knoble
Thirty-eight pounds for seventeen bucks plus three more for $1000 worth of insurance. Return by UPS was 35 bucks. Damn. Don't blame ya. Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread Rick Knoble
What is killing UPS is the additional charges paid to drop something off at a pickup spot (aka a store). I ship FedEx Ground from my office for free. I walk it up a block to the local UPS pickup spot and get charged a surcharge for giving them my business. Yeah, ya gotta point. Anytime you

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread David Brodbeck
Tom Hargrave wrote: I've given up on both and ship through the post office these days. I find the post office is cheaper for most items, but UPS becomes cheaper if the item is very heavy. Also, UPS has real package tracking and doesn't charge extra for it, whereas the Post Office charges

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread Tom Hargrave
] UPS vs Fedex Tom Hargrave wrote: I've given up on both and ship through the post office these days. I find the post office is cheaper for most items, but UPS becomes cheaper if the item is very heavy. Also, UPS has real package tracking and doesn't charge extra for it, whereas the Post

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread John Berryman
On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:30 PM, LT Don wrote: I ship FedEx Ground from my office for free. Uh.. I hope your boss doesn't mind you doing so. People lose their jobs over petty theft quite frequently. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs FEDEX

2006-03-29 Thread James Jetton
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Re: [MBZ] UPS vs FEDEX

2006-03-29 Thread Desert Rat
I have just started using this process and it is just great! I print down the mailing label and pay for the postage all at the same time. Actually, I do this through Ebay and Paypal most of the time when I sell something. We live in a rural area and know our post lady well. She takes our

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread BillR
, March 28, 2006 11:16 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex Tom Hargrave wrote: I've given up on both and ship through the post office these days. I find the post office is cheaper for most items, but UPS becomes cheaper if the item is very heavy. Also, UPS has real

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread Tom Hargrave
Unless it's his office... Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Berryman Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:55 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex On Mar

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread LT Don
No, many of us do it. By free I don't mean that I don't pay the shipping costs, I mean that I don't pay any sort of surcharge for pickup. I reimburse the corporation once a month when we get the FedEx bill. On 3/29/06, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:30 PM, LT

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
You dont have to pay extra to drop things off at the ups store, formerly known as mail boxes etc. When I used to use UPS, I have an account and printed the lables at home, then just walked in to the UPS store and dropped my boxes off, no charge for that. If they do the printing of the lable

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I never go to the PO to ship things, you can do it from USPS.com, print the labels, and schedule a pickup. I use stamps.com though, I can print USPS and fedex labels with that software, I schedule the pickup and the mailman gets them off my front porch. David Brodbeck wrote: Tom Hargrave

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread andrew strasfogel
My local PO (NW D.C.) is open 7 days a week and practically empty late afternoons Sat. and Sun. Still, some of the clerks seem to take immense satisfaction in putting me down because I am not prepared with the proper forms for sending stuff to Canada Fedex is convenient, UPS less so. On

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread l02turner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex I never go to the PO to ship things, you can do it from USPS.com, print the labels, and schedule a pickup. I use stamps.com though, I can print USPS and fedex

Re: [MBZ] UPS vs Fedex

2006-03-29 Thread David Brodbeck
BillR wrote: I ship stuff on occasion to my daughter in Antigua. USPS is about 4 - 5 times cheaper for that [last box at 12 lbs was $46 vs. $235 for FedEx] but I take it to UPS first for packaging. UPS is also known for charging ridiculous customs brokering fees for foreign shipments. I've