UPS Warning

[Brian Carling]

I had thought that the USPS post office was ONLY cheaper if you were
shipping 5 pounds or below. Now I am starting to wonder. Things have changed.

USPS made a massive increase on small Priority Mail packages recently, BUT
with whatever changes they both made, the other rates are all pretty close between
Parcel Post, and UPS. I think they are competing!

However, I have never ONCE had UPS damage a package or lose it in the
past 3-4 years.

Many years ago they were not as careful as they are today.

The reason they want you to double box things is so that you will not be
disappointed!

I don't always double box, but I know some things don't need it. If you get to know the
people at UPS, they will be a lot more accomodating. Just don't plan to ship
items with GLASS dials or tubes in them without double boxing or surrounding them
with a good thickness of padding.

Anecdotally - I had ONE shipment that was damaged by the postal service
in another country. It was insured, and the USPS *FINALLY* paid on the claim
about FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER! They had smashed the rig to smithereens.
(what exactly IS a "smithereen" anyway?)

Just last week I heard of another USPS shipment of a radio that had been badly
smashed.

I am one VERY happy user of UPS, who is still wondering about these occasional
horror stories.... but then that is why you have insurance.

On 21 Feb 2001, at 7:38, Chris Trask wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Ed Goss wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >      I used to be a big fan of UPS, and I even wrote off the
> > occasional horror story as "statistically insignificant."  But let me
> > share this morning's experience:
> >
>
>         <<MASSIVE SNIPPING>>
>
> >
> >      If you choose to use UPS, be ready for some surprises.  And if
> > you insist on using them, you better put something like "cast iron
> > ingot" on the contents line...don't dare put "rare Chinese vase" or
> > you will live to regret it.
> >
>
>         I stopped using UPS many years ago when they demanded that I
> double-box unpopulated PC boards as they were related to electronics.
> The post office is very often cheaper, and they now have merchandise
> tracking just like UPS.
>
> Chris
>
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