An alternative to UPS

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Jul 27 13:41:03 2000

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:

> What they don't tell you is that this is the same thing as third class
> postage, and when you send stuff third class, it moves from post office
> to post office *only* when the trucks aren't full of first and second
> class mail.
>
> I had a guy mail me three boxes of Prime manuals from South Carolina
> using the book rate; two boxes arrived in about 4 days; the third box
> took another week and a half before it arrived.

Well, yes, what I didn't mention is that this method is slow. So unless
you need something quick, it's a nice, cheap way of shipping printed
materials (I always opt for it).

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