Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With respect to Mr Wilson, I also have a lot of experience shipping items, in my case, cameras and optical gear. The Postal Service has NEVER, count them, NEVER lost anything and, over the past six years, has engendered ONE complaint, when something that was time-critical took six days to get 250 miles. I ship approximately six to ten items per week. UPS is getting worse. The number of damaged parcels has gone up dramatically over the past year. FedEx is even worse. They have lost several items, all of which were eventually found, but with a delay of several WEEKS. I ship a lot overseas. Neither UPS nor FedEx will insure 'unique items' when shipped overseas: they define this as serial-numbered items not in current production. And they are nasty enough NOT to tell you this unless a claim is made. As some of my overseas sales amount to thousands of dollars, I'll ship by the Postal Service, thanks: they DO insure, and their insurance is guaranteed by international treaties. Another annoying thing? I can get my mail on Saturday. If I'm out of town, the Post Office holds it at my box. UPS and FedEx try three times and ship it back. Jerks. The result of all this? I ship by mail. When I buy, I insist it come to me by mail. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!