Re: Shipping hints for USPS

Steve Caple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> MrRathburne wrote:
> >  Ever deal with fedex
> > ground or home delivery??!!
>
> Well, last time I was building a new computer system from
> scratch, the FedEx lady got to know the names of our cats.
>
> Those times I arrived home to find a sig required package tag
> on the door, the local distribution center is under two miles
> away, so no problem,  Sounds like your mileage varied.
>
> --
> Steve Caple

Fed Ex ground is OK IF (and this is a BIG "IF"), the consignee is in a major
metropolitan area.  If you get away from town, forget it.  I've had packages
shipped to a rural location that took a MONTH to be delivered, once I called
to trace a shipment to a location in Idaho, and was told, "Oh we don't go
there, we got it as close as we could and gave it to the post office."

The problem is, unlike UPS and the USPS, or even Fed-Ex air service, the
people who actually pick up and deliver the packages are NOT Fed-Ex
employees, but rather outside contractors.

I don't use Fed-Ex ground anymore.

Don


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