Shipments

[Harvey A. Kader]

Mike Shelton wrote:

> I too have been at the mercy of the USPS and others
> in trying to get stuff delivered!!!,Postal Officials
> are taking a Serious Look at  contents and anything
> that looks to be the "Least Bit Out of Context"  It
> will be tucked aside amd may or may not get there,
> Like
> what has happened to the mail in the sorting rooms
> that
> are shut down !!!, each piece I assume will have to be
> checked!, and in the last 6 weeks or so they have lost
> two orders for me and a parts order I placed. Their
> suggestion ,Ship everything with a confirmation ticket
> this gives better control of Looking for it if it
> doesn't show up.I have a couple of customers that
> didn't receive their stuff due to the Postal Service,
> I have taken care of the  orders and will use the
> tracking method from now on. I thank you for your time
> in reading this,I just wanted folks to know others are
> experiancing problems as well, we are shipping!, after
> it leaves us its up to the carrier.
>
>    Mike ke4lgx
>  Total Electronics Co.
>

Mike, I have usually preferred shipping and receiving shipments by using the
Post Office. However, in these unprecendented times, the Post Office may not
be safe anymore in many ways.

Last week I received a shipment here in Ontario, Canada via United Parcel
Service. I ordered a radio from the UK, and had requested shipping via the
Post Office. Well, they sent it by UPS either in error or on purpose(I think
the latter). I have not ever had any problems with UPS damaging my goods,
despite reports of horror stories from other people, but I took a disliking
to them because they charge a brokerage fee of a mininum of $30 in addition
to duty and taxes for goods brought into Canada from other countires. The
Canadian Post Office only charges $5 for the same service. A HUGE difference
for the same thing.

It turns out that considering all the problems in the Post Office with
anthrax, shipping by a private company(=courier) is probably the wisest
thing to do now. UPS and FEDEX use their own planes, and their own
facilties. Until Osama bin Laden and his deranged cronies target UPS and
FEDEX(shhh, don't give him any ideas!), the couriers are safer and faster.
My package from the UK took only SIX days to arrive including UPS processing
through customs. And this time they charged zero brokerage fee for some
reason! Harvey.

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